Thomas Bauer

Thomas Bauer, born in 1961, has been professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic Studies at the University of Münster since 2000. In 2007 he became a board member of the CoE »Religion and Politics« at the University of Münster. From 2002 to 2006 he was the director of the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Münster. From 2006 to 2007 he was a Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study. His research focuses on the history of culture and mentality in the Arabo-Islamic world and on classic Arabic literature.