Universität Bonn

Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät

Dr. Kemal Kikanovic

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

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Dr. Kemal Kikanovic

+49 228 73690-21

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Rabinstraße 4

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  • Analytic Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Islamic Theology
  • Islamic Philosophy
  • Comparative Theology

1. Kikanovic, K., & Doko, E. (2025). “Omnisubjectivity as a Divine Attribute from Islamic Perspective”. TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.14428/thl.v9i2.86823.
2. Kikanovic, K. Petitionary Prayer and Divine Action: An Islamic Philosophical Model. Brill/Schöningh. (Monographie)
3. Kikanovic, K. (2026) “Freedom, Necessity, and Divine Personhood: Response to Aaron Langenfeld”. In Nasrin Bani Asadi (Ed.), Zwischen Kontingenz und Ewigkeit: Muslimisch-christliche Denkwege zu Gottes Freiheit im Verhältnis zur menschlichen Geschichte. Brill/ Schöningh (accepted by editor; under peer review).
4. Kikanovic, K. “The Image of Human Being: Islam”. Springer Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene (accepted for publication).
5. Kikanovic, K. “Gibt es Zeit für Gott? Transzendenz als höchste Zeitlichkeit”. Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft.
6. Kikanovic, K. & Koperski, J. (forthcoming), "Divine Action". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, In Edward N. Zalta & Uri Noldeman (eds.).  

Education

  • University of Bonn – Ph.D. Philosophy (Mar. 2024 – Jul. 2025)
  • University of Paderborn – Ph.D. Comparative Theology (Mar. 2022)
  • Ibn Haldun University – M.A. Philosophy (Sep. 2019 – Jun. 2021)
  • Marmara University – B.A. Islamic Theology (Oct. 2012 – Jun. 2019)

Academic Positions

  • Research Fellow, University of Bonn (Jul. 2023 – Current)
  • Research Assistant, University of Bonn (Feb. 2022 – Jul. 2023)
  • Research Assistant, Ibn Haldun University (Jan. 2020 – May 2021)
  • Teaching Assistant, Ibn Haldun University (Sep. 2019 – Jan. 2020)

Teaching Experience

  • University of Bonn – MCT1 Comparative Theology: Christianity and Islam (14.10.2025 – Current)
  • University of Bonn – STh Comparative Theology: Islamic and Jewish Law (15.10.2025 – Current)
  • University of Paderborn – Guest lecture: Mohammed Iqbal: God in Becoming (29.01.2025)
  • University of Paderborn – Guest lecture: Divine Immutability in Islam (16.10.2024)
  • Ibn Haldun University – SPS 101: Humanity and Society I (30.09.2019 – 02.01.2020)

Organisational Experience

  • TMA Bensberg – First Conference on Comparative Theology in Europe (01–03.09.2024)
  • University of Bonn – International Meeting on Comparative Theology: God and Temporality (29–30.08.2024)
  • Theological Faculty Paderborn – Religion and Health (16–18.06.2022)

Exchange Programs & Projects

  • Go Styria Exchange Program, University of Graz, Austria (Oct. 2020 – Mar. 2021)
  • Mevlana Exchange Program, Qatar University (Sep. 2017 – Jan. 2018)
  • Mevlana Exchange Program, IIUM Malaysia (Mar. 2016 – Jul. 2016)
  • Sultan Qaboos Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers (Mar. – May 2013)
  • ERASMUS+ Diversity is Our Strength, Portugal (Nov. 2022)
  • ERASMUS+ Alliance of Civilizations, Egypt (Nov. 2019)
  • ERASMUS+ Carrying Peace in Iron Nets, Israel (Nov. 2018)

Academic Distinctions

  • Recipient of a competitive full scholarship from the Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı (YTB), Turkey. (2012–2018)
  • Recipient of a merit-based graduate scholarship from Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul.
  • Awarded the Go Styria scholarship for a funded research stay at the University of Graz, Austria.
  • Doctoral degree awarded summa cum laude, University of Bonn (15.07.2025)

Languages

  • Bosnian (Native)
  • English (C1+)
  • Turkish (C1-)
  • Arabic (B2+)
  • German (C1-)