Title Director Education Lund University Name Leif Stenberg | Religion Islam Ethnicity Swedish Era Modern history | |
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Main interest(s) Islam & Science and discussions within; Contemporary Sufism Notable work(s) The Islamization of Science Books The Islamization of Science: Four Muslim Positions Developing an Islamic Modernity Similar Jan Hjärpe, Eric Hooglund, Bruce Lawrence | ||
Intervju med leif stenberg
Leif Stenberg (Ph.D) is the former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. Leif Stenberg received his B.A degree from Lund University in 1987 and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Islamization of science, supervised by Jan Hjärpe, in 1996. Stenberg's work has been influenced by both Jan Hjärpe and Michel Foucault, which is apparent in his doctoral thesis, where Foucauldian concepts and definitions are used. His interests also include contemporary sufism, which he has been actively researching since the mid-1990s.
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- Intervju med leif stenberg
- Frelsning med Leif Stenberg
- Media Appearances
- List of Publications
- References
In 2009 Stenberg criticised the Rosengårdsrapporten report by security expert Magnus Ranstorp which contained assertions that there was a growing jihadist movement in the Rosengård suburb in Malmö as being "full of prejudice" and lacking academic depth. This criticism turned into controversy when it in 2016 turned out that terrorist Osama Krayem had grown up in the area.
Föreläsning med Leif Stenberg
Media Appearances
Stenberg has both contributed and appeared in several national media-outlets in Sweden such as Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet and Swedish Radio channel P1. Leif Stenberg has been increasingly sought after for comments in wake of the Arab Spring, commenting on the Muslim Brotherhood in Dagens Nyheter. He also contributed during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Stenberg has also appeared on live television commenting on the roots and developments of the Arab Spring.
List of Publications
Stenberg has published numerous articles and books during his professional career, many of his publications can be found listed at the Lund University publication database