Hubert Wolf

Hubert Wolf is a Full Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Münster. He is also a member of the Faculty of History and a Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence 'Religion and Politics'. His research focuses on the history of the Roman Inquisition, Vatican archives, the Catholic Church’s engagement with modern totalitarian regimes (e.g., Nazi Germany), and 19th-20th century church history. He has led major projects, including the critical online edition of the diaries of Michael Cardinal Faulhaber and the opening of Vatican archives related to Pius XII.

• Education: PhD (1988), Habilitation (1991), University of Tübingen; ordained priest (1985).
• Positions: Previously held professorships at Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Tübingen.

Research interests span religious censorship, modernism vs. anti-modernism in Catholicism, and the Vatican’s role in historical conflicts. His work bridges theology and history, emphasizing archival analysis.

• Awards: Leibniz Prize (2003), Gutenberg Prize (2006), Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose (2021).
• Grants: Alfred Landecker Foundation (since 2024), EVZ Foundation (2022).

He heads the 'Belonging then and now' project and is involved in editorial roles for journals like Saeculum. His research also explores the Vatican’s responses to Jewish petitions during the Holocaust.