{"id":11205,"date":"2026-01-27T14:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/?page_id=11205"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:18:17","slug":"wissenschaftlicher-beirat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/en\/zentrum\/wissenschaftlicher-beirat\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-1430\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021-480x220.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021-940x430.jpg 940w\" \/><button class=\"image-fullscreen-btn\" onclick=\"openImageFullscreen('https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/files\/2021\/10\/advisory_board_meeting_october2021.jpg')\">\u26f6<\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How do you address your audience correctly? The Scientific Advisory Board discussed these and other questions at its first meeting in October 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent, interdisciplinary committee of renowned experts from the fields of theology, religious studies, philosophy of religion, Jewish studies, and Islamic studies monitors the scientific quality and relevance of BaFID&#8217;s research activities by reviewing ongoing projects and evaluating publication plans. The advisory board evaluates the centre&#8217;s activities and makes recommendations for the improvement of our work. The chair of the scientific advisory board is the president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.de\/fau\/leitung-und-gremien\/leitung\/prof-dr-joachim-hornegger-praesident\/\">Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger<\/a> of FAU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Advisory Board are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Asma <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Afsaruddin<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Department<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">of <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures<\/span><span class=\"s6\">, <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dr.<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Anna Ay\u015fe <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Akasoy<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Professor of Islamic Intellectual History<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, Graduate Center<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, City University of New York<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Clare Amos<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">Director and Trustee, The Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Nader El-<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Bizri<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s9\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Professor of Philosophy and Civilization Studies at the American University of Beirut<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof.<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Aryeh <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Botwinick<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Religion Department, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Temple University<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Lejla Demiri<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, Professor<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Islamic Theology, Center for Islamic Theology, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Eberhard Karls Universit\u00e4t<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> T\u00fcbingen<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr.<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s5\"><strong> Carlos Fraenkel<\/strong>,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">James McGill Professor<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Departments of Philosophy and Jewish Studies<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">McGill University<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr.<\/span> <span class=\"s5\">Sylvie Anne Goldberg<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">Director<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0(<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Directrice d\u2019\u00e9tudes)<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">Centre d<\/span><span class=\"s2\">e recherches historiques and<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Centre d\u2019\u00e9tudes juives, \u00c9cole des hautes \u00e9tudes<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0en sciences <\/span><span class=\"s2\">sociales<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Jens <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Kreinath<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Wichita State University<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof.<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Dr.<\/span> <span class=\"s5\">Suleiman Mourad<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, Professor of Religion, Smith College<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Gabriel Said Reynolds<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">Jerome J. Crowle,y and <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Rosaleen<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> G. Crowley, Professors of Theology<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Sabine <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Schmidtke<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">Professor of Islamic Intellectual History<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ias.edu\/hs\/\"><span class=\"s12\">School of Historical Studies<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Institute for Advanced Study<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, Princeton<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Sen. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Stefan Schreiner<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Eberhard\u00a0Karls Universit\u00e4t<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> T\u00fcbingen<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Ken <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Seeskin<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Philip M. and Ethel <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Klutznick<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span class=\"s2\">Prof. Dr. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">David Thomas<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s13\">Emeritus Professor of Christianity and Islam, \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s13\">Nadir <\/span><span class=\"s13\">Dinshaw<\/span><span class=\"s13\">\u00a0Professor of Interreligious Relations, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An independent, interdisciplinary committee of renowned experts from the fields of theology, religious studies, philosophy of religion, Jewish studies, and Islamic studies monitors the scientific quality and relevance of BaFID&#8217;s research activities by reviewing ongoing projects and evaluating publication plans. 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