Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Dr. theol. h.c. Dr. phil. h.c. Thomas Kaufmann
| 1981 | Abitur in Cuxhaven |
| 1981-1987 | Studies in Protestant Theology in Münster, Tübingen and Göttingen |
| 1987 | First theological Exam of the Evang.-Lutherischen Landeskirche Hannovers |
| 1988-1989 | Lecturer (Repetent) of the State Church at the Faculty for Protestant Theology, University of Göttingen |
| 1989-1993 | Research Assistant at the Faculty for Protestant Theology, University of Göttingen (Chair Prof. Moeller) |
| 1990 | Doctorate in Theology |
| 1993-1994 | Research Assistant at the Faculty for Protestant Theology, University of Göttingen |
| 1994 | Habilitation in Church History, University of Göttingen Head Research Assistant in Göttingen |
| 1996 | Professor of Church History at Faculty for Protestant Theology (Chair II), LMU München |
| 1998 | Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Akademiepreis) |
| 2000 | Professor of Church History, University of Göttingen |
| 2000 | Directeur d’études at the École pratique des Hautes Études, Section des sciences religieuses, Paris |
| 2003-2005 | Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Göttingen |
| 2005 | Received an offer for the chair of Church History, Basel, CH (rejected) |
| 2011 | Received an offer for the W 3-professorhip for Church History II at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 2012-2016 | First Vice President of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony and Head of the ‘Philologisch-Historische Klasse’ |
| since 2015 | Member of the PEN-Club |
| since 2016 | Abbot of Bursfelde |
| 2016 | Fellow of the ‘Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften’ of the Goethe University Frankfurt in Bad Homburg |
| 2016-2017 | Opus Magnum Grant of the Volkswagen Foundation |
| 2017/1 | Dr. theol. h.c. of the MF, Norwegian School of Theology |
| 2017/9 | Dr. phil. h.c. of the University of Oslo (UiO) |
| 2020 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the German Research Foundation |
| 2020 | Elected as Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy |
Offices and functions
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Selection Committee (since 2017);
- Board of trustees of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel (since 2017);
- Member of the board of the Association for Reformation History (chair since 2011);
- Full Member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony;
- Member of the Commission for Research into the Late Middle Ages at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences;
- Review board ‘Theology’ of the German Research Foundation (2004-2008; 2012-2016);
- Central selection committee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2010-2017).
Team
Dr. Gabriele Ball
Dr. Henning Bühmann
Dr. Alyssa Lehr Evans
PD Dr. Martin Gierl
Tobias Graßmann
Sarah Hilmer
Wolfgang Huber
Dr. Saskia Limbach
Dr. Christine Ruhrberg
Dr. Christoph Schönau