Person
oliver.scharbrodtctr.luse |
2022-05-23
Professor
- History of Religions and Religious Behavioural Science
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail oliver.scharbrodtctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 43 35
Room LUX:B414
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I research modern, contemporary and classical forms of Islam, employing both historical and ethnographic research methods. My interests include modern Islamic reform, Shia Islam, Sufism, Islamic messianism and as well as the historical and contemporary presence of Muslims in Europe. I am particularly interested in making current theories and methods in Religious Studies relevant to the academic study of Islam.
Research
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Books (3)
- Scharbrodt, O. (accepted/in press). Muhammad 'Abduh : Modern Islam and the Culture of Ambiguity. I.B. Tauris.
- Scharbrodt, O., Sakaranaho, T., Khan, A. H., Shanneik, Y. & Ibrahim, V. (2015). Muslims in Ireland : Past and present. Edinburgh University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2008). Islam and the Baha'i Faith : A comparative study of Muhammad Abduh and Abdul-Baha Abbas. Culture and civilisation in the Middle East, 13. Routledge.
Editorships (8)
- Müssig, S., Račius, E., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Scharbrodt, O. (2021). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 13. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 13. Brill.
- Račius, E., Müssig, S., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Scharbrodt, O. (2020). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 12. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 12. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O. & Shanneik, Y. (2020). (Eds.) Shi’a Minorities in the Contemporary World : Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality. Edinburgh University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Račius, E. (2019). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 11. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 11. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Račius, E. (2018). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 10. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 10. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Račius, E. (2017). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 9. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 9. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Račius, E. (2016). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 8. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 8. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A., Nielsen, J. S. & Račius, E. (2015). (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 7. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 7. Brill.
Articles (13)
- Iqtidar, H. & Scharbrodt, O. (2022). Divine Sovereignty, Morality and the State : Maududi and His Influence. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 32, 277-293. Cambridge University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2022). Contesting ritual practices in Twelver Shiism : modernism, sectarianism and the politics of self-flagellation (taṭbīr). British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1-24. Taylor & Francis.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2022). Divine Sovereignty and Clerical Authority in Early Shi‘i Islamism : Bāqir al-Ṣadr (1935–80) and Taqī al-Mudarrisī (b. 1945) on the Islamic State. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 32, 311-332. Cambridge University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2020). Creating a Diasporic Public Sphere in Britain : Twelver Shia Networks in London. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 31, 23-40. Carfax Publishing.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2020). Khomeini and Muhammad al-Shīrāzī : Revisiting the Origins of the “Guardianship of the Jurisconsult” (wilāyat al-faqīh). Welt des Islams, 61, 9-38. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2019). A minority within a minority? : the complexity and multilocality of transnational Twelver Shia networks in Britain. Contemporary Islam, 13, 287-305. Springer.
- Scharbrodt, O., Gholami, R. & Dogra, S. A. (2019). Editorial. Contemporary Islam, 13, 233-242. Springer.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2016). Brian Bocking : Making the Study of Religions. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 3, 16-26.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2014). From Irish Exceptionalism to European Normality? : The New Islamic Presence in the Republic of Ireland. Etudes Irlandaises, 39, 147-160.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2012). Muslim immigration to the Republic of Ireland : Trajectories and dynamics since World War II. Eire-Ireland, 47, 221-243. Irish American Cultural Institute.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2011). Shaping the Public of Image of Islam : The Shiis of Ireland as “moderate” Muslims. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 31, 518-533. Routledge.
- Scharbrodt, O. & Sakaranaho, T. (2011). Islam and muslims in the Republic of Ireland : An introduction to the special issue. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 31, 469-485. Routledge.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2007). The Salafiyya and Sufism : Muhammad 'Abduh and his Risālat al-Wāridāt (Treatise on Mystical Inspirations). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 70, 89-115. Cambridge University Press.
Book chapters (12)
- Scharbrodt, O. (2020). Anti-Sufism in Early Qajar Iran : Āqā Muḥammad ‘Alī Bihbahānī (1732–1801) and His Risāla-yi khayrātiyya. In Tabandeh, R. & Lewisohn, L. (Eds.) Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World (pp. 327-363). Jordan Center for Persian Studies.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2020). Experiences of Muslims in Western Europe. In Lukens-Bull, R. & Woodward, M. (Eds.) Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives (pp. 1-23). Springer.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2018). ‘Spatial methodology’ in religion and belief research : the example of a study of Twelver Shii Muslim networks in Britain. In Baker, C., Crisp, B. R. & Dinham, A. (Eds.) Re-imagining religion and belief : 21st century policy and practice (pp. 55-74). Policy Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2017). 'Abbās Afandī 'Abd al-Bahā' : Treatise on civilisation (Iran, 1875). In Eggert, M., Bentlage, B., Reichmuth, S. & Kramer, H. M. (Eds.) Numen Book Series, Religious Dynamics under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism : A Sourcebook (pp. 443-460), 154. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2017). Modern approaches to the Qurān. In Long, F. & Dowling Long, S. (Eds.) Reading the Sacred Scriptures : From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception (pp. 120-136). Taylor & Francis.
- Khan, A. H., Scharbrodt, O. & Sakaranaho, T. (2015). Mosque communities and Muslim organisations in Dublin and other cities. Muslims in Ireland : Past and Present, 113-136. Edinburgh University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2015). "From Hafiz" : Irish Orientalism, Persian Poetry, and W. B. Yeats. In Chehabi, H. & Neville, G. (Eds.) Erin and Iran : Cultural Encounters between the Irish and the Iranians (pp. 57-78). Harvard University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2015). Conclusion : Being Irish, being Muslim. Muslims in Ireland : Past and Present, 216-229. Edinburgh University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2015). Muslim immigration to Ireland after World War II. Muslims in Ireland : Past and Present, 49-72. Edinburgh University Press.
- Scharbrodt, O. & Montgomery, V. (2014). Ireland. In Nielsen, J. S., Akgönül, S., Alibašić, A. & Račius, E. (Eds.) Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Yearbook of Muslims in Europe : Volume 6 (pp. 317-333), 6. Brill.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2011). Islam in Ireland : Organising a Migrant Religion. In Cosgrove, O., Cox, L., Kuhling, C. & Mulholland, P. (Eds.) Ireland’s New Religious Movements (pp. 318-336). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Scharbrodt, O. (2010). The qutb as special representative of the Hidden Imam : the conflation of Shii and Sufi Vilayat in the Ni‘matullahi Order. In Herman, D. & Mervin, S. (Eds.) Beiruter Texte und Studien, Shi'i trends and dynamics in modern times (XVIIIth - XXth centuries) / : Courants et dynamiques chiites à l'époque moderne (XVIIIe - XXe siècles) (pp. 33-49), 115. Ergon-Verlag.
Prefaces (1)
Other tasks and qualifications
Trained as an historian in modern Islamic thought, I initially worked on the influential 19th century Egyptian reformer Muhammad ‘Abduh and his relationship towards mystical and esoteric traditions of Islam. In addition, I have developed an interest in the transnational dimension of Islam investigating links between Muslim minorities in Europe and the Middle East and using ethnographic research methods.
Research projects
- Muslims in Ireland (2008-2011, funded by a research grant of the Irish Research Council, €250,000): this pioneering project provides the first in-depth investigation in the new Islamic presence in Ireland, its place in a traditionally Catholic society and its transnational links to the Middle East.
- “Karbala in London” - Transnational Shia Networks between Britain and the Middle East (2014-2016, funded by a research grant of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, €250,000): This project examines transnational religious and political networks in contemporary Twelver Shia Islam that operate between Britain and the Middle East. The diverse movements and organisations included in the study represent a variety of civil society actors and governmental bodies that operate on a transnational basis. The project investigates their aims and objectives, their discourses and practices and their authority and leadership structures.
- Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam (2018-2022, funded by a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council, €2 Mio.): This interdisciplinary project investigates the transformation of Shii Islam in the Middle East and Europe since the 1950s. The project examines the formation of modern Shii communal identities and the role Shii clerical authorities and their transnational networks have played in their religio-political mobilisation.
Professor
- History of Religions and Religious Behavioural Science
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail oliver.scharbrodtctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 43 35
Room LUX:B414
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30