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Anders Ackfeldt (M.A. in Islamology) has been employed in various administrative positions at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Lund since 2007. Since the fall of 2011 he pursues a Ph.D. in Islamology at the Center for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University.
Research
Present projects
About the research
Anders academic interest areas are mainly current Muslim debates on Islam and music, with a focus on popular culture and African-American Islam. He has done field work among Muslim hip-hop youth in Istanbul, and among the Nation of Gods and Earths in New York. He has taught several courses in Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights Studies, Islamology and European Studies.
Anders has a passion for commissioned education, capacity building and cooperation’s with organizations and companies outside the academic world. He has been involved in projects with, for example, The Swedish Board of Migration, Institut du Monde Arabe, The Swedish Prison and Probation Service, and the National Coordinator Against Violent Extremism.
He currently works as a teachers and researcher at Lund University.
Publications
Books (1)
Editorships (2)
- Ackfeldt, A. (2013). (Ed.) Orchestrating Hip-hop Culture Online : Within and Beyond the Middle East. Cyber Orient, 7 iisue 2. http://www.cyberorient.net/.
- Otterbeck, J. & Ackfeldt, A. (2012). (Eds.) Music and Islam, special issue of the journal Contemporary Islam. Contemporary Islam, 6:3. Springer.
Articles (2)
- Ackfeldt, A. (2013). I Am Malcolm X” – Islamic Themes in Hip-hop Video Clips Online. CyberOrient, 7. American Anthropological Association.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2012). “Imma march’ toward Ka’ba”: Islam in Swedish hip-hop. Contemporary Islam, 6, 283-296. Springer.
Book chapters (2)
- Ackfeldt, A. (2015). Histoires enchevêtrées, islam et culture hip-hop. In Lang, J. (Ed.) Hip Hop : Du Bronx aux rues arabes. Institut du Monde Arabe / Snoeck.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2011). Islam i svensk hip-hop. In Olsson, S. & Sorgenfrei, S. (Eds.) Perspektiv på islam - En vänbok till Christer Hedin. Dialogos.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (3)
- Ackfeldt, A. (2012). Islam, Hip-hop and Democracy.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2011). By All Means Necessary – Representations of Islam in American Hip-Hop Album Cover Art.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2010). Many Are Called but Few Are Chosen - Muslim Identity among Swedish Rappers.
Reports (2)
- Robertsson, K., Ackfeldt, A. & Andersson, D.-E. (2017). Våldsbejakande extremism i Sverige individ, samhälle, ideologi och praktik - Slutrapport. Lund University.
- Ackfeldt, A. & Andersson, D.-E. (2012). Assyrier och syrianer i Sverige - En forskningsöversikt med bibliografi. Center for Middle Eastern Studies Reports, 5. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Newspaper articles (4)
- Ackfeldt, A. & Andersson, D.-E. (2017). Säkert behöver lagar skärpas och och praxis ändras. Allt som är möjligt måste göras. Sydsvenkan.
- Ackfeldt, A. & Andersson, D.-E. (2011). En svensk framgångssaga. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Ackfeldt, A. & Bernsand, N. (2010). Arrogant Kampanj. Sydsvenska dagbladet. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Andersson, D.-E., Stenberg, L. & Ackfeldt, A. (2009). Källmaterialet förstördes. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
