(Very Short) CV

Ilkka Lindstedt | University of Helsinki

Education

Title of Docent (Arabic and Islamic Studies) University of Helsinki
2017
PhD, Arabic and Islamic Studies University of Helsinki (Eximia cum laude approbatur)
2014
MA, Arabic and Islamic Studies University of Helsinki
2010

Academic Work Experience after PhD

Senior Lecturer in Islamic Theology Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki
2025–Present
University Lecturer in Islamic Theology Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki
2019–2025
Fellow Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
2016–2019
Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Chicago (NELC)
2014–2015

Recent Monographs & Edited Volumes

Lindstedt, I. (2024). Muhammad and His Followers in Context: The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia. Brill.
Lindstedt, I. (2026, forthcoming). Epigraphy and Theory in the Study of Early Islam. Routledge.
Lindstedt, I., Nikki, N., & Tuori, R. (Eds.). (2022). Walking Together & Parting Ways: Religious Identities in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Brill.

Doctoral Supervision

I have served as the primary or secondary supervisor for the following completed dissertations at the University of Helsinki:

Joonas Maristo, Bahrām Čūbīn stories in Early Arabic and Persian Historiography (2020).
Amira Abou-Taleb, The Concept of ihsan in the Quran (2023).
Katja von Schöneman, Creation of woman in Muslim and Jewish interpretive traditions (2024).

Currently supervising several active doctoral candidates in Islamic studies.

Awards, Grants & Service

Teacher of the YearStudent Union, Faculty of Theology
2021
Guest ScholarAga Khan University (ISMC), London
Nov. 2024
Board Member & Vice ChairThe Finnish Society for the Study of Asia and Africa
Present
Deputy Board MemberThe Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East
Present

Public Scholarship

Frequent contributor to public discourse on Islamic history and theology, including appearances on Yle Radio 1, Helsingin Sanomat, and international podcasts such as Sképsislamica and Exploring the Quran and the Bible.