2010, University of Helsinki (Arabic and Islamic Studies, minors: Iranian Studies, Comparative Literature)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Ilkka Lindstedt (Mr.) University of Helsinki, Department of World Cultures Updated: March 15, 2016 P.O. Box 59, FI University of Helsinki, Finland Born: Jan. 1, Marital status: married EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE B.A. 2010, University of Helsinki (Arabic and Islamic Studies, minors: Iranian Studies, Comparative Literature) M.A. 2010, University of Helsinki (Arabic and Islamic Studies, eximia cum laude approbatur) Ph.D. 2014, University of Helsinki (Arabic and Islamic Studies, eximia cum laude approbatur) Ph.D. candidate (tohtorikoulutettava), Dept. World Cultures, Univ. Helsinki, March 2011 January Postdoctoral researcher (tutkijatohtori), Dept. World Cultures, Univ. Helsinki, February 2014 March Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, April 2014 January Postdoctoral researcher (tutkijatohtori), Dept. World Cultures, Univ. Helsinki, February 2015 September Research grant from Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation, October LANGUAGE SKILLS Finnish (first language); English (read, write, speak); Arabic (read); Ancient North Arabian (read); Persian (read); Swedish (read); French (read); German (read). COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIV. HELSINKI (IN FINNISH) ) Classical Arabic, the Sīra of Ibn Hishām, 5 ECTS, Univ. Helsinki ) Early history of Islam CE, 5 ECTS, Univ. Helsinki ) History of the Arabs, 5 ECTS, Univ. Helsinki ) Early History of Arabic (w/j. Harjumäki), 5 ECTS, Univ. Helsinki 5) Introduction to Islam, 5 ECTS, Univ. Helsinki Altogether over 150 teaching hours at the university level. In addition, multiple lectures at Finnish community colleges (kansalaisopistot, työväenopistot) on the history of Islam and the Arabs, Arabic culture, and literature. 1

2 PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING AT UNIV. HELSINKI Practical Teaching Skills (3 ECTS, spring 2015); YP1 (5 ECTS, autumn 2015); YP2 (5 ECTS, autumn 2015). PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH a) Dissertation The Transmission of al-madāʾinī s Material: Historiographical Studies. Univ. Helsinki: Unigrafia (2013). b) Edited volumes General editor, with Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, of the series The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag (2014 ). 1) Ilkka Lindstedt / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila / Raija Mattila / Robert Rollinger (eds.), Case Studies in Transmission. (The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East 1) Münster: Ugarit-Verlag (2014). 2) Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila / Petteri Koskikallio / Ilkka Lindstedt (eds.), Proceedings of Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants 27, Helsinki, June 2nd-6th, (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta) Leuven: Peeters (forthcoming). c) Peer-reviewed articles and chapters in edited books 1) Anti-Religious Views in the Works of Ibn al-rāwandī and Abū l-ʿalāʾ al-maʿarrī. Studia Orientalia 111 (2011): ) The Transmission of al-madāʾinī s Historical Material to al-balādhurī and al-ṭabarī: A Comparison and Analysis of Two Khabars. Studia Orientalia 114 (2013): ) Appendix: ʿUmar Kisrā (with Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila). Studia Orientalia 114 (2013): ) New Kufic Graffiti and Inscriptions from Jordan. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25 (2014): ) The Life and Deeds of ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-madāʾinī. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabischislamischen Wissenschaften ( ): ) Al-Madāʾinī: Kitāb al-murdifāt min Quraysh or Kitāb Man Qutila ʿanhā Zawjuhā? (GAS I: 314). Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften ( ): ) Al-Madāʾinī s Kitāb al-dawla and the Death of Ibrāhīm al-imām. In: Ilkka Lindstedt / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila / Raija Mattila / Robert Rollinger (eds.), Case Studies in Transmission, (The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East 1) Münster: Ugarit-Verlag (2014). 8) The Role of al-madāʾinī s Students in the Transmission of His Material. Der Islam 92/2 (2014): ) Muhājirūn as a Name for the First/Seventh Century Muslims. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 74/1 (2015): ) Who Authored al-madāʾinī s works? In: Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila / Lale Behzadi (eds.), Concepts of Authorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Texts, (Bamberger Orientstudien) Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press (2015). 11) Three Qurʾānic Folios from a Collection in Finland. Studia Orientalia Electronica 4 (2016):

3 12) Sources for the Biography of the Historian Ibn Aʿtham al-kūfī. In: Jaakko Hämeen- Anttila / Petteri Koskikallio / Ilkka Lindstedt (eds.), Proceedings of Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants 27, Helsinki, June 2nd-6th, (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta) Leuven: Peeters (forthcoming). 13) The Ancient North Arabian and Early Islamic Arabic Graffiti: A Comparison of Formal and Thematic Features (with Jouni Harjumäki). In: Saana Svärd / Robert Rollinger (eds.), The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East 2. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag (forthcoming). 14) The ʿAbbāsid Revolution and Its Historiography: Composing a Sacred History. Al-ʿUṣūr al- Wusṭā (forthcoming). 15) Early Muslims, Pre-Islamic Arabia, and Pagans. In: Herbert Berg (ed.), Routledge Handbook on Early Islam. London: Routledge (forthcoming). 16) The Last Roman Emperor, the Mahdī, and Jerusalem. In: Antti Laato (ed.), Jerusalem in Three Abrahamic Religions (Studies in the Reception History of the Bible). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns (forthcoming). 17) Arabic Rock Inscriptions until 750 CE. In: Andrew Marsham (ed.), The Umayyad World. London: Routledge (forthcoming). 18) New Arabic Inscriptions from the Ḥismā, Saudi Arabia (with Abdullah al-saeed et al.). Arabian Epigraphic Notes (submitted). 19) Early Arabic Epigraphic Evidence and Believer/Muslim Group Identity. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (in preparation). d) Encyclopaedia articles etc. 1) ʿAwāna ibn al-ḥakam; 2) al-awzāʿī; 3) Ibn Isḥāq, in: Muhammad Abdel Haleem / Mustafa Shah (eds.), I.B. Tauris Biographical Dictionary of Islamic Civilization. London: I.B.Tauris (forthcoming). e) Review articles 1) New Interpretations of the Origins of Islam. A combined review of: Maʿmar ibn Rāshid, The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muḥammad According to the Recension of ʿAbd al-razzāq al-ṣanʿānī, ed. and transl. Sean W. Anthony, New York / London, 2014 & David S. Powers, Zayd: The Little-Known Story of Muḥammad s Adopted Son, Philadelphia, History: Reviews of New Books 43 (2015): PUBLICATIONS IN FINNISH a) Peer-reviewed articles and chapters in edited books 1) Uskontokritiikki arabialais-islamilaisessa maailmassa luvuilla [Criticism of religion in the Islamic world, 9th 10th centuries]. Niin&näin: filosofinen aikakauslehti 3 (2011): ) Nation of Islam ja muut islamin omaperäiset muodot Yhdysvalloissa [Nation of Islam and other original forms of Islam in the United States]. In: Joonas Maristo / Andrei Sergejeff (eds.), Nykyajan islamit katsauksia moninaisuuteen. Helsinki: Gaudeamus (2015):

4 3) Afrikan itärannikon islamisoitumisen historiaa ja lähteitä [History and sources of the Islamization of East Africa]. Teologinen aikakauskirja 2 (2016): b) Popular articles and reviews 1) Arabialaista alkemiaa luvuilta [Arabic alchemy in the 9th 10th centuries]. Nuori Voima 5 (2010): ) Al-Ma arri uskonnon tuhoaja, uskonnon pelastaja [Al-Maʿarrī: the destroyer of religion, the protector of religion]. Marhaba (2010): ) Keskiajan suurin maailmanmatkaaja Ibn Battuta Malissa [The greatest explorer of the middle ages, Ibn Battuta, in Mali]. Marhaba (2011): ) Kasvissyönti keskiajan islamilaisessa maailmassa [Vegetarianism in the medieval Islamic world]. Nuori Voima 2 (2011). 5) Kirjailija idän ja lännen kriitikkona ja puolestapuhujana: Arvostelu Amin Maaloufin teoksesta Maailma järkkyy: Kun kulttuurimme uupuvat [The author as the critic and proponent of the East and West: A review of the Finnish translation of Amin Maalouf s work Le Dérèglement du monde: Quand nos civilisations s épuisent]. Tieteessä tapahtuu 4 5 (2011): ) Kaikki Afganistanin sodat: Arvostelu teoksesta Andrei Sergejeff: Afganistanin historia: Silkkitietä kulttuurien risteykseen [All the wars of Afghanistan: A review of Andrei Sergejeff s Afganistanin historia: Silkkitietä kulttuurien risteykseen]. Tieteessä tapahtuu 3 (2012): ) Arabiankielinen modernistinen runous 1900-luvulla [Arabic modernist poetry in the 20th century]. Kritiikki: Nuoren Voiman Kirjakatsaus 11 (2014): ) Epigrafinen kenttätyömatka Jordaniaan. Lukemista Levantista 4/2015 ( c) Translations into Finnish 1) Tayeb Salih: Wad Hamidin dom-palmu [Wad Hamid s doum palm]. Nuori Voima 2 3 (2010): ) Arabialaisen proosan pioneeri Abu Uthman al-jahiz: Kaunopuheisuudesta [The pioneer of Arabic prose Abū ʿUthmān al-jāḥiẓ: On Eloquence]. Nuori Voima Retoriikkaextra (2011): ) Mahmud Darwishin runoja [Poems by Mahmoud Darwish]. Tuli&savu (2011): ) Mahmud Darwish: Neliömetri sellissä [A translation of a poem by Mahmoud Darwish]. In: Mikael Brygger (ed.), Vapaasanakirja. Suomen PEN ) Al-Ma arrin taivaallinen komedia [A translation of a passage from al-maʿarrī s Risālat al- Ghufrān]. Nuori Voima 1 (2013). 6) Mahmud Darwish ( ), Palestiinan kansallisrunoilija [Mahmoud Darwish ( ): The national poet of Palestine]. Marhaba (2014): ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS The Character and Transmission of Early Arabic Historical Material. The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East Seminar, University of Helsinki, October 17,

5 Early Arabic Historical Writing. Possibilities and problems in the reconstruction of lost sources. Medieval Arab-Islamic Culture and Late Antiquity Symposium, University of Lund, May 3, The Transmission of Historical Narratives in the Early Islamic Period the Case of ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-madāʾinī. Intercultular Transfers Workshop, University of Innsbruck, January 28, The Formative Period of Islam (ca ) in the Light of Arabic and Persian Historiography, Belles-Lettres, and Epigraphy. Dept. of Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Colorado Boulder, January 14, The Thamūd of the Muslim Sources as an Appellation for the Ancient Nabataeans. Oriens and Occidens: Cultural Transfers in the Ancient World and Beyond workshop, University of Kiel, January 31, The Biography of Ibn Aʿtham al-kufi. The 27 th conference (Helsinki) of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, May Early Arabic inscriptions from the Ḥismā: Some notes on Arabic epigraphy and prosopography. A Meeting of Scholars and Scholarships: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Helsinki and St. Petersburg workshop. University of Helsinki, February 19, North Arabian inscriptions dated according to significant events. (Poster presentation with Jouni Harjumäki.) Melammu Symposium 9: Conceptualizing Past, Present and Future. University of Helsinki, May 19, The ʿAbbāsid Revolution ( CE) and Its Historiography: Composing a Sacred History. Melammu Symposium 9: Conceptualizing Past, Present and Future. University of Helsinki, May 20, Qurʾānic Quotations in the First Second Century AH Arabic Graffiti. The Qurʾān between Late Antiquity and Middle Ages: Form, Structure, Comparative Studies. University of Siena, May 21, Reconstructing the hstoriography of the ʿAbbāsid revolution: Al-Madāʾinī and his Kitāb al- Dawla. Fresh Perspectives on Early Muslim Historiography workshop. Georg- August-Universität Göttingen, June 25, New early Arabic inscriptions from the Hisma. International Medieval Congress. Leeds, July 7, The Last Roman Emperor, the Mahdī, and Jerusalem: Eschatology in the Late Antique Near East. The Religious Role of Jerusalem in Three Abrahamic Religions. Åbo Akademi University, November 5, Qurʾānic Quotations and Style in Inscriptions from the Formative Period of Islam. Leiden University, December 8, Kultaa ja Mirhamia. Studia Generalia, University of Helsinki, March 9, In addition, a number of presentations in the Ancient and Medieval Middle East seminar, Univ. Helsinki, on the history of Islam, Arabic epigraphy, etc. GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2011 One-year PhD grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation,

6 2013 Grant for epigraphic fieldwork, The Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, Award for articles in Nuori Voima cultural magazine, One-year postdoc grant, Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation, Grant for epigraphic fieldwork (with Jouni Harjumäki), The Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, POSITIONS OF TRUST 2012 Treasurer (until 2015) and board member of the Friends of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East , 2015 Coordinating the Ph.D. and postdoc seminar Ancient and Medieval Middle East with Saana Svärd (Ph.D.) at the Department of World Cultures, Univ. of Helsinki Part of the organizing committee for the 27 th conference (Helsinki) of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants Reviewer of two MA theses (pro gradu), Dept. of World Cultures, Univ. Helsinki Advisor (ohjaaja) to a PhD student, Dept. of World Cultures, Univ. Helsinki. 201X Peer reviewer for Studia Orientalia. APPEARANCES IN MEDIA Mikä tekee tekstistä pyhän? Horisontti, Yle Radio 1, March 22, Tulevatko turvapaikanhakijat tänne vain sosiaaliturvan perässä? Yhdeksän kysymystä ulkomaalaisista Suomessa, Helsingin Sanomat, October 4, Islamin alkuvaiheet, Suoria kysymyksiä islamista, osa 1/5, Yle Radio 1, October 12, Jihadista kalifaattiin miten Isis käyttää islamilaisia termejä? Yle.fi, November 18, faktaa islamista, Keskisuomalainen, January 16, MERITS, FIELDWORKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES May June 2013 Conducting epigraphic fieldwork in Jordan on Arabic, Nabataean, and Ancient North Arabian inscriptions (see Jan Short-listed for the position of Assistant Professor in the Languages and Literatures of the Pre-Modern Islamic World, Dept. of Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Colorado Boulder ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS The Finnish Oriental Society Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants Middle East Studies Association Middle East Medievalists 6