The Jewish studies scholar and Humboldt Katrin Kogman-Appel devotes her academic life to illustrated Jewish manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
Katrin Kogman-Appel, holder of a Humboldt Professorship of Jewish Studies, researches at the "Religion and Politics" Cluster of Excellence What would a scholarly network with a focus on "Religion and Politics" be without Jewish Studies' With the Jewish studies scholar Katrin Kogman-Appel, the WWU succeeded in 2016 in bringing one of the most internationally renowned experts in this field to Münster. As holder of a Humboldt Professorship of Jewish Studies, she enriches conversations about world religions, conversations for which the University offers ideal conditions, not least with the "Religion and Politics" Cluster of Excellence. Kogman-Appel is in many ways a traveller between worlds. Born in 1958 in Vienna, she began studying history there in 1977. At first, Jewish Studies was only her subsidiary subject. Her interest in Jewish history and culture was initially determined by contemporary history. It was the era of Willy Brandt in Germany, and of Bruno Kreisky in Austria.
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