Research output per year
Research output per year
Finland
PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
Research interests
- Sufi literature, especially poetry and hagiography
- Persian and Urdu poetry and aesthetics
- Sufi practice and ritual in South Asia
- Cognitive poetics
Teaching (University of Helsinki 2007-)
- Hindi on all levels from introductory to advanced
- Urdu on all levels from introductory to advanced
- Persian on introductory and intermediate level
- Sanskrit texts
- Sufism
- Persian literature
- Urdu literature
- Islamic intellectual history
Mikko Autere (formerly Viitamäki) works as University Lecturer in South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki. He received the PhD degree at the University of Helsinki in 2015 majoring in Arabic and Islamic studies. In his dissertation, he studied the relationship of a poetic text and musical performance in the context of Sufi religious practice in Delhi and Hyderabad.
At present, Dr. Autere teaches Hindi, Urdu and Persian as well as courses on South Asian and Persian literature and culture. His teaching and research interests cover topics such as politics of language in South Asia and Iran, aesthetics, history and performance contexts of Persian and Urdu poetry, Islamic reform and Islamic debates in South Asia. He is also working on a translation of an anthology of Persian poetry into Finnish.
Arabic and Islamic Studies, PhD, Poetry in Sufi practice. Patrons, poets and performers in South Asian Sufism from thirteenth century to the present
Award Date: 31 Mar 2015
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
Länsisalmi, R. (Project manager) & Autere, M. J. (Project manager)
01/06/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other project
Autere, M. J. (Project manager) & Länsisalmi, R. (Project manager)
02/01/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Lennes, M. (Participant), Flanagan, J. (Participant), Hiltunen, T. (Participant), Creutz, M. (Participant), Aunio, L. (Participant), Buchart, M. (Participant), Gruzdeva, E. (Participant), Jakubek, I. (Participant), Keinänen, N. (Participant), Kim, J.-Y. (Participant), Kittilä, S. (Participant), Kopotev, M. (Participant), Kraenker, S. (Participant), Länsisalmi, R. (Participant), Nieuweboer, R. (Participant), Peterson, E. (Participant), Tiedemann, J. (Participant), Tuori, R. (Participant), Autere, M. J. (Participant) & Lindstedt, J. (Project manager)
01/05/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
Viitamäki, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Viitamäki, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Viitamäki, M. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Zeiler, X. (Chair of organizing committee) & Autere, M. J. (Chair of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Länsisalmi, R. (Attendee) & Autere, M. J. (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars