Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Ilkka Lindstedt holds a PhD and title of docent in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has published studies on early Islam, Arabic historiography, and Arabic epigraphy. He is currently a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
His 2016–2019 research project at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, “Early Islamic rock inscriptions as historical sources,” looked at Arabic epigraphical material through theories of identity formation and group behavior. He utilizes in particular the social identity approach, a framework developed in social psychology.
The argument put forward is that the Quran and Arabic epigraphy of the seventh century CE do not yet evince a distinctively Islamic identity or rites but, rather, the “Believers” (the name of the ingroup in the early sources) included some Jews and Christians. The Quran and epigraphy feature instances of intercommunal and intracommunal discourse and polemics that help to trace aspects and developments of the nascent identity.
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
Publications
Muhājirūn
Lindstedt, I., 2019, Encyclopaedia of Islam - Three. Fleet, K., Krämer, G., Matringe, D., Nawas, J. & Rowson, E. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 142-145 4 p. (Encyclopaedia of Islam Three; vol. 2019-6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific
The Last Roman Emperor, the Mahdī, and Jerusalem
Lindstedt, I., 2019, Understanding the Spiritual Meaning of Jerusalem in Three Abrahamic Religions. Leiden: Brill, p. 205-225 21 p. (Studies on the children of Abraham; no. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Who is in, who is out? Early muslim identity through epigraphy and theory
Lindstedt, I., 2019, In : Jerusalem studies in Arabic and Islam. 46, p. 147–246 100 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Polemiikki identiteetin muodostuksen välineenä Raamatussa ja Koraanissa
Nikki, B. N. K. & Lindstedt, I. J., Apr 2018, In : Tiede & edistys. 43, 1, p. 31-47 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Pre-Islamic Arabia and Early Islam
Lindstedt, I. J., 2018, Routledge Handbook on Early Islam. Berg, H. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 159–176 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Projects
- 2 Finished
Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East
Berg, P., Hämeen-Anttila, J., Tuori, R., Svärd, S., Nokso-Koivisto, I., Lindstedt, I., Mattila, R., Ito, S. & Rollinger, R.
01/09/2010 → 30/09/2015
Project: Research project
The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East
van Dongen, E., Nokso-Koivisto, I., Lindstedt, I., Hämeen-Anttila, J., Rollinger, R., Tuori, R., Mattila, R. & Svärd, S.
01/01/2010 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research project
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Prizes
Activities
Varhaiskristilliset Jeesus-kuvat ja Koraani
Nina Nikki (Speaker), Ilkka Lindstedt (Speaker)6 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Teaching Islamic theology
Elisa Uusimäki (Chair of organizing committee), Anna-Liisa Rafael (Member of organizing committee), Siiri Toiviainen (Member of organizing committee), Ilkka Lindstedt (Speaker: Presenter), Mulki Al-Sharmani (Speaker: Presenter)9 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Teaching Islamic theology at University of Helsinki
Mulki Al-Sharmani (Speaker), Ilkka Lindstedt (Speaker)9 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Fringe Orientalisms
Henning Trüper (Chair of organizing committee), Ilkka Lindstedt (Chair of organizing committee)6 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Katsomuskasvatuksen iltapäivä "Merkityksellisiä kohtaamisia Hakunilassa"
Jutta Jokiranta (Speaker: Presenter), Ilkka Juhani Lindstedt (Speaker: Presenter), Nina Nikki (Speaker: Presenter)4 Feb 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Press / Media
Kristinusko ja islam - samat tarinat, kaksi eri uskontoa. Yle Tiedeykkönen.
Nina Nikki & Ilkka Juhani Lindstedt
28/07/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Tätä nimeä Isis vihaa vielä enemmän kuin Daeshia – ja juuri siksi sitä käytetään
20/09/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Islam ja kristinusko ovat täysin erilaisia uskontoja – ja kuusi muuta yleistä myyttiä maailman valtauskonnoista
26/06/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Jihadista kalifaattiin – miten Isis käyttää islamilaisia termejä?
18/11/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media