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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' Ph.D. project aims to investigate Islamic themes in hip-hop music and religo-political aspects of the hip-hop culture. The project is supported by the strategic research area The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW).
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.
In 2006 he received Stora forskningsstipendiet at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and in 2010 he received the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window staff scholarship for Yemen.
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. Institut du Monde Arabe / Snoeck.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2011). Islam i svensk hip-hop. 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 (2)
- Ackfeldt, A. (2005). Hip-hop + islam = Sant. Pedagogiska Magasinet, 3, 74-77. Lärarförbundet.
- Ackfeldt, A. (2005). Islam + hiphop = Sant. Pedagogiska Magasinet, 3, 74-77. Lärarförbundet.
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.
Miscellaneous (2)
Research portal (Lund University)
