Dr. Franz Kogelmann
EIMAS Dean at the University of Bayreuth
Islamic Studies
- Islamic law in Africa
- Islamic foundations (waqf)
- Islamism/ political Islam
Contact
University of Bayreuth
Cluster Africa Multiple
Nürnberger Straße 38, ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.19
D-95448 Bayreuth
E-mail: Franz.Kogelmann@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: + 49 921 55-4590
Professional Background
Since 2019 | Managing Director of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth |
Since 2014 | Project coordinator, collaborative project with the Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université de Sousse, Tunisia „The Inception of a Professional Master in African Studies“, DAAD Chance by Exchange, transformative partnerships with universities in the transformation countries Egypt and Tunisia |
2013 – 2020 | Academic Coordinator of the Institute of African Studies, University of Bayreuth |
2012 – 2013 | Scholarship awarded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, special programme Islam, Moderner Nationalstaat und transnationale Bewegungen, research project Zakat und Islamisches Stiftungswesen im gegenwärtigen Nordnigeria |
2011 – 2012 | Research associate, Religious Studies I, University of Bayreuth, DFG research programme "Tradition and Innovation. The Economy of Sacred Space in Durban, South Africa" |
2010 – 2011 | Scholarship awarded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, special programme Islam, Moderner Nationalstaat und transnationale Bewegungen, research project Zakat und Islamisches Stiftungswesen im gegenwärtigen Nordnigeria |
2006 – 2009 | Director of Volkswagen Foundation project "Sharia Debates and Their Perception by Christians and Muslims in Selected African Countries" |
Since 2007 | Principal Investigator Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth |
2004 – 2005 | Contributor in SFB/FG 560 "Local action in Africa in the context of global influences" |
2003 – 2004 | Director of Volkswagen Foundation project "The Sharia Debates and the Shaping of Christian and Muslim Identities in Northern Nigeria since 1999" |
2000 – 2004 | Project coordinator at the German Orient Institute in Hamburg |
1998 – 2000 | Lecturer University of Bayreuth |