Fellows at the Wittenberg Center of Advanced Studies

Rosinah Gabaitse – June to July 2026

Rosinah Mmannana Gabaitse is a distinguished biblical scholar and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Botswana. She holds a PhD in Theology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale University. She was also a Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellow at the University of Bamberg.

Dr Gabaitse’s research focuses on Luke-Acts, Pentecostal hermeneutics, biblical interpretation, gender studies, masculinities, violence against women and children, and the intersection of religion and social justice in African contexts. She has published extensively on gender, HIV and AIDS, and contextual biblical interpretation, and is widely recognised for her contributions to African feminist and Pentecostal scholarship. Beyond academia, she is an accomplished public intellectual and transformational speaker who actively engages communities through radio programmes and educational initiatives addressing social and gender issues in Botswana.

Her work is characterised by a strong commitment to contextual theology, gender justice, and the use of biblical scholarship to address contemporary societal challenges in Africa.

Seyram Amenyedzi –– May to December 2026

Professor Dr. Seyram B. Amenyedzi is an ordained minister, theologian, and missiologist from Ghana whose work integrates faith, culture, theology, and scholarship. She is a dedicated academic and research scholar with extensive experience in higher education, teaching, and research supervision in Ghana, South Africa, and Germany.

Her academic and professional experience spans both local and international contexts, through teaching engagements, scholarly collaborations, conference participation, and research networks across diverse institutions and global theological communities. This international exposure continues to shape her commitment to contextual, globally engaged, and socially responsive theology.

Her research focuses on the church and disability, women, and young people, with particular attention to contextual and liberative approaches to theological inquiry. She has also contributed to methodological innovation in the field, notably through the development of the Afrocentric Womanist Paradigm as a framework for contextual research and epistemological reflection. Professor Amenyedzi is the current West African Regional Coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, where she champions research, publications, public engagements, and mentorship of African Women Theologians.

Professor Amenyedzi is committed to academic excellence, ethical leadership, and the advancement of inclusive theological scholarship that engages both local realities and global conversations.

Frieder Ludwig –– July 2026

Frieder Ludwig, Dr. phil., Dr. theol., is Professor of Global Studies and Religion at VID Specialized University in Stavanger, Norway. His research focuses on the intercultural history of Christianity and interreligious relations. He taught in Germany, Nigeria, the United States, and Norway. In Summer of 2023, he was Scandinavian guest professor at the University of Kiel. His is co-editor of Transloyalties, Connected Histories and World Christianity during the Interwar Period 1919-1939 and of Transloyalties, Connected Histories and World Christianity during the Period of Decolonization and the Cold War 1945-1970 (both London, Routledge 2026).