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Ulrika Maria Mårtensson

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Ulrika Maria Mårtensson

Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

ulrika.martensson@ntnu.no
+4773596615 Låven, Dragvoll
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I have an MA in Arabic and History of Religions from Stockholm University (1989), and PhD in History of Religions from Uppsala University (2001) on the theses The True New Testament: Sealing the Heart's Covenant in al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings.

I currently teach two courses at the department:

RVI1030: Middle Eastern religions (Judaism, the Oriental Ortodox churches, Islam).

RVI2185: Norwegian Islam: Institutions, disciplines and schools in historical and global perspective.

My research is about Islam. Thanks to a collegue who, many years ago, alerted me to the French historian of religion, Michel de Certeau (d. 1986), I have become increasingly fascinated by the ways in which modern academia conceptualises 'religion' and its own relationship with it as 'science'. I try to explore the intersections between 'religion' and academic and theoretical thought, and what these intersections imply for how indviduals and institutions conceptualise and 'treat' religious people, artefacts and movements.

With this approach I explore especially early and medieval Islamic scientific disciplines, but also their continuity into our time (and Norwegian contexts). The main research areas are:

1. The Qur'an: By focusing on theories and concepts related to natural law, social contract, linguage, and rhetoric I have begun to analyse the Qur’an’s historical context. The results have implications for theories of religion, since they show how what we usually define as ‘religion’ (here the Qur’an as Islam’s canon and ‘sacred text’) intersects with what we usually define as ‘non-religion’, i.e. academic disciplines such as law, politics, ethics, and linguistics.

2. Qur'an exegesis: As part of my research into the Qur'an, I compare medieval and modern Qur'an commentaries and scholarship, focusing on how scholars define and theorise the Qur'an. Surprisingly often, I find that the medieval scholars conceptualised the Qur'an in theoretical terms and analysed it in ways which correspond with recent research - something that again problematises simple models of relationships between 'religion' and 'science'.

3. Historiography of the rise of Islam and the significance of the Qur'an: The early and medieval Muslim histories provide somewhat different analysis of the rise of Islam and the significance of the Qur'an, depending on how the individual historians selected and constructed the regional and political frames and processes. I am particularly interested in identifying the political, societal and economic factors, which the historians adduce in their anaytical explanations of the rise of Islam, and the significance of the Qur'an and its concepts.

4. Rights and natural law theory: I have arrived at this topic through my research on the Qur'an, Qur'an exegesis, and historiography. Here I am particularly interested in how the so-called 'tradition-ists' (those who were not strict rationalists) among the early exegetes and jurists developed theory of natural law, with reference to Qur'anic concepts. For example the famous Qur'an commentator, historian, and jurist Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/923) actually developed a theory of human rights highly similar to the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights though some 1025 years earlier!

 

 

Publications

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  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2025) Muḥammad B. Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī (838–923).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2024

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Utgångspunktens etik. Safet Bektovic, Moral og etikk i islam: En introduksjon. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Øystein Brekke. Religionshermeneutikk. Forståing i ei polarisert tid. Universitetsforlaget 2023. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift
    Book review

2022

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Teorifokus i studiet av norska islamska organisationer: didaktiska och historiografiska reflektioner. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Divine Covenant: Science and Concepts of Natural Law in the Qur'an and Islamic Disciplines. Equinox Publishing Equinox Publishing
    Academic monograph
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Al-Tabari's madhhab jariri: A Paradigm of Natural Law and Natural Rights for the Abbasid Caliphate. Gorgias Press Gorgias Press
    Academic monograph
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000: Implications for Qur’anic Studies. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) "Lagen": ett användbart fokus för religionsinkluderande exphil?. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2021

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2021) Through the Lens of the Qur’anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarī’s Exegesis and History.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2021) Review Article: Tabari: Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an. Volumes I and II. Translated by Scott C. Lukas. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Book review

2020

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Deliberating Religion, Science and Progress in the Global Public Sphere: Introduction. Marburg Journal of Religion
    Academic literature review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Ibn Ishaq's and al-Tabari's Historical Contexts for the Quran: Implications for Contemporary Research.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Prophetic Clarity: A Comparative Approach to al-Tabari's Theory of Qur'anic Language, Rhetoric, and Composition. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Early Medieval tafsir (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2019

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Det er ikke bare kvinners bidrag til filosofien som mangler fra pensum: Et globalt exphil.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) En teoretisk tolkning och nyöversättning av Koranen.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2019) Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'anic Covenant. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2019) Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'an. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article

2018

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven. (2018) Accurate Knowledge: Implications of ‘Lived Islamic Theology’ for the Academic Study of Islamic Disciplines. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) In Quests for Stronger Human Rights Protection: What Can We Learn from Islamic Social Contract Theory?. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) “Islamic Order”: Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) Hva med islamistene?. Klassekampen
    Academic article

2017

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Review of Martin Jacobs, Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Numen
    Book review

2016

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Al-Tabari's Concept of the Qur'an: A Systemic Analysis. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) "De andre muslimene".
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Hvem definerer norsk islam?.
    Feature article

2015

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Pamela Irving Jackson and Peter Doerschler Benchmarking Muslim Well-being in Europe: Reducing disparities and polarizations. Journal of Muslims in Europe
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Troen og demokratiet.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Review: Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis(2nd/8th-9th/15th C.), ed. Karen Bauer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Qur'anic Studies Series, 9. Oxford University Press, 2013. 453 pp. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) "Islamic Order": Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood?. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article

2014

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Satan and the Temptation of State Power: Medieval Islamic Myth in Global Society.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Weismann, Itzchak; Sedgwick, Mark; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islamic Myths and Memories: Facing the Challenge of Globalization.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Weismann, Itzchak; Sedgwick, Mark; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islamic Myths and Memories: Mediators of Globalization. Ashgate Ashgate
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Harakî Salafism in Norway: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven. (2014) Muslim Society Trondheim: A Local History. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Introduction: Public Islam and the Nordic Welfare State: Changing Realities?. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Through the lens of modern hermeneutics: authorial intention in al-Ṭabarī’s and al-Ghazālī’s interpretations of Q 24:35.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid, al-Tabari.
    Encyclopedia article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islam, kunnskap og stolthet. Klassekampen
    Reader opinion piece

2013

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Gode grunner for Islam Net ved UiO.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway: Muslims 'Speak Back'. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic Doctrine, Integration Policy and Institutional Practices.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

  • Schei, Elisabeth; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Kvinnelig omskjæring i islam En diskursanalyse av boken NEI! Islam avviser omskjæring av kvinner. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Norwegian Haraki Salafism: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article

2011

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) "It's the Economy, Stupid": Al-Tabaris Analysis of the Free Rider Problem in the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Introduction: 'Materialist' Approaches to Islamic History. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) The Quran, the Constitution, 'the Natural': Divisive Concepts within Scholarly Islam.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Introduction: Fundamentalism and communication: culture, media and the public sphere.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 1. I.B. Tauris I.B. Tauris
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Introduction: Fundamentalism, Politics and History: The State, Globalisation and Political Ideologies.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 2. I.B. Tauris I.B. Tauris
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism, politics and history : : the state, globalisation and political ideologies : introduction.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kristensen, Ann Kristin; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) In Quest for a Legitimate Islamic Republic. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis

2010

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Swedish Public State Investigation SOU 2009:52: The State and the Imams: Religion, Integration, Autonomy. DAVO
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Liberala förväntningar på islamutbildning.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography. Journal of Islamic Studies
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari's and al-Ghazzali's Interpretations of Q. 24:35. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article

2009

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Kjelling, Anne Grethe. (2009) "Å forhandle om identitet- unge muslimer om mediabildet av islam". NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Skaset, Kristin Bach; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Empowering the people?. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari’s and al-Ghazali’s Interpretations of Q. 24:35. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) "The One" Over "The Many": A Historical Perspective on the Pan-Islamic Salafiyyah. Studies in Contemporary Islam
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Andrew Rippin (ed.): Defining Islam: A Reader. Temenos
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Tabari. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic monograph

2008

  • Brækken, Mari Kristine; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Violent Visions of Born Again Nations. NTNU trykk NTNU trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) The Persuasive Proof: Aristotle's Politics and Rhetoric in the Qur'ân and al-Tabarî's Commentary. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
    Academic article

2007

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) The Power of Subject: Weber, Foucault and Islam. Middle East Critique
    Academic article

2006

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Vad förväntar vi oss av Profeten Muhammad?".
    Feature article
  • Rolandsen, Birgitte Moe; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Arab-Islamic Unity: The Concept of Democracy in the platform of the Islamic Action Front. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Husby, Torkell; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Politisk islam i dagens Tyrkia. En empirisk analyse av tolkning og tilpasning. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Bund und Land in muslimischer Rezeption. Biblische Kategorien in Tabaris Geschichtswerk". JUDAICA - Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums
    Academic article

2005

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2005) "Discourse and Historical Analysis: The Case of al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings". Journal of Islamic Studies
    Academic article

2004

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2004) Tabari, Al- (C. 224/839–310/923).
    Encyclopedia article

Journal publications

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Utgångspunktens etik. Safet Bektovic, Moral og etikk i islam: En introduksjon. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Øystein Brekke. Religionshermeneutikk. Forståing i ei polarisert tid. Universitetsforlaget 2023. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Teorifokus i studiet av norska islamska organisationer: didaktiska och historiografiska reflektioner. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000: Implications for Qur’anic Studies. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) "Lagen": ett användbart fokus för religionsinkluderande exphil?. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2021) Review Article: Tabari: Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an. Volumes I and II. Translated by Scott C. Lukas. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Deliberating Religion, Science and Progress in the Global Public Sphere: Introduction. Marburg Journal of Religion
    Academic literature review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Prophetic Clarity: A Comparative Approach to al-Tabari's Theory of Qur'anic Language, Rhetoric, and Composition. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Det er ikke bare kvinners bidrag til filosofien som mangler fra pensum: Et globalt exphil.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2019) Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'anic Covenant. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2019) Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'an. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven. (2018) Accurate Knowledge: Implications of ‘Lived Islamic Theology’ for the Academic Study of Islamic Disciplines. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) In Quests for Stronger Human Rights Protection: What Can We Learn from Islamic Social Contract Theory?. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) Hva med islamistene?. Klassekampen
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Review of Martin Jacobs, Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Numen
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Al-Tabari's Concept of the Qur'an: A Systemic Analysis. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) "De andre muslimene".
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Hvem definerer norsk islam?.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Pamela Irving Jackson and Peter Doerschler Benchmarking Muslim Well-being in Europe: Reducing disparities and polarizations. Journal of Muslims in Europe
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Troen og demokratiet.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Review: Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis(2nd/8th-9th/15th C.), ed. Karen Bauer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Qur'anic Studies Series, 9. Oxford University Press, 2013. 453 pp. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) "Islamic Order": Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood?. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Harakî Salafism in Norway: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven. (2014) Muslim Society Trondheim: A Local History. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Introduction: Public Islam and the Nordic Welfare State: Changing Realities?. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islam, kunnskap og stolthet. Klassekampen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Gode grunner for Islam Net ved UiO.
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway: Muslims 'Speak Back'. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Norwegian Haraki Salafism: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels. Comparative Islamic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) "It's the Economy, Stupid": Al-Tabaris Analysis of the Free Rider Problem in the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Introduction: 'Materialist' Approaches to Islamic History. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Swedish Public State Investigation SOU 2009:52: The State and the Imams: Religion, Integration, Autonomy. DAVO
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography. Journal of Islamic Studies
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari's and al-Ghazzali's Interpretations of Q. 24:35. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari’s and al-Ghazali’s Interpretations of Q. 24:35. Journal of Qur'anic Studies
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) "The One" Over "The Many": A Historical Perspective on the Pan-Islamic Salafiyyah. Studies in Contemporary Islam
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Andrew Rippin (ed.): Defining Islam: A Reader. Temenos
    Book review
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) The Persuasive Proof: Aristotle's Politics and Rhetoric in the Qur'ân and al-Tabarî's Commentary. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) The Power of Subject: Weber, Foucault and Islam. Middle East Critique
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Vad förväntar vi oss av Profeten Muhammad?".
    Feature article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Bund und Land in muslimischer Rezeption. Biblische Kategorien in Tabaris Geschichtswerk". JUDAICA - Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums
    Academic article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2005) "Discourse and Historical Analysis: The Case of al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings". Journal of Islamic Studies
    Academic article

Books

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Divine Covenant: Science and Concepts of Natural Law in the Qur'an and Islamic Disciplines. Equinox Publishing Equinox Publishing
    Academic monograph
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Al-Tabari's madhhab jariri: A Paradigm of Natural Law and Natural Rights for the Abbasid Caliphate. Gorgias Press Gorgias Press
    Academic monograph
  • Weismann, Itzchak; Sedgwick, Mark; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islamic Myths and Memories: Mediators of Globalization. Ashgate Ashgate
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 1. I.B. Tauris I.B. Tauris
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 2. I.B. Tauris I.B. Tauris
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Tabari. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic monograph

Part of book/report

  • Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2025) Muḥammad B. Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī (838–923).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2021) Through the Lens of the Qur’anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarī’s Exegesis and History.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Ibn Ishaq's and al-Tabari's Historical Contexts for the Quran: Implications for Contemporary Research.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Early Medieval tafsir (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) En teoretisk tolkning och nyöversättning av Koranen.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) “Islamic Order”: Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Satan and the Temptation of State Power: Medieval Islamic Myth in Global Society.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Weismann, Itzchak; Sedgwick, Mark; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islamic Myths and Memories: Facing the Challenge of Globalization.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Through the lens of modern hermeneutics: authorial intention in al-Ṭabarī’s and al-Ghazālī’s interpretations of Q 24:35.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid, al-Tabari.
    Encyclopedia article
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic Doctrine, Integration Policy and Institutional Practices.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) The Quran, the Constitution, 'the Natural': Divisive Concepts within Scholarly Islam.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Introduction: Fundamentalism and communication: culture, media and the public sphere.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Introduction: Fundamentalism, Politics and History: The State, Globalisation and Political Ideologies.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Ringrose, Priscilla; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Fundamentalism, politics and history : : the state, globalisation and political ideologies : introduction.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Liberala förväntningar på islamutbildning.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2004) Tabari, Al- (C. 224/839–310/923).
    Encyclopedia article

Report

  • Schei, Elisabeth; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Kvinnelig omskjæring i islam En diskursanalyse av boken NEI! Islam avviser omskjæring av kvinner. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Kristensen, Ann Kristin; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) In Quest for a Legitimate Islamic Republic. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Mårtensson, Ulrika; Kjelling, Anne Grethe. (2009) "Å forhandle om identitet- unge muslimer om mediabildet av islam". NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Skaset, Kristin Bach; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Empowering the people?. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Brækken, Mari Kristine; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Violent Visions of Born Again Nations. NTNU trykk NTNU trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Rolandsen, Birgitte Moe; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Arab-Islamic Unity: The Concept of Democracy in the platform of the Islamic Action Front. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis
  • Husby, Torkell; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Politisk islam i dagens Tyrkia. En empirisk analyse av tolkning og tilpasning. NTNU-trykk NTNU-trykk
    Masters thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • RVI1030 - Religions of the Middle East
  • RVI2185 - Norwegian Islam: Institutions, Disciplines and Schools in Historical and Global Perspective

Outreach

2025

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2025) Islam, democracy and international society: Iran, Algeria, Gaza. Foredrag i samband med uken "The Art of Palestinian Resistance: Faith, Hope and Future" , KiT Innherredsveien 7, Trondheim 2025-03-04 -

2024

  • Interview
    Hussein, Bassam; Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria; Løvlien, Eline Drury. (2024) NTNU vedtar boikott av israelske akademiske institusjoner. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2024-06-19
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Religion and national identity: cases from the Middle East. Foredrag for Studenter for Palestina i Trondheim , NTNU, Gløshaugen, Thawra teltcamp 2024-05-15 -
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) The Islamic umma as political community. Foredrag for Studenter for Palestina i Trondheim , NTNU, Gløshaugen, hovedbyggets aula 2024-12-12 -
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria; Hussein, Bassam; Løvlien, Eline Drury. (2024) Finnes det alternativer til våpenindustrien som inntektskilde og samarbeidspartner?. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2024-09-02

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2023) "Correct Speech and Action": Pragmatics theory of language use applied to Qur'anic categories of people. Qur'anic Linguistics Group - Inaugural Conference , Swansea University & online 2023-03-14 - 2023-03-15
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2023) "The Messengers and the Kings": al-Tabai's madhhab jariri and Relations between Scholars and Monarchs. The Religious Cultures of Premodern Islamicate Courts in Transregional Perspective , Bergen 2023-03-17 -

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Divine Sustenance, Water and Gardens: An Attempt at Socio-legal and Theoretical Contextualisation of the Qur'an. Faith Saving Water Conference: Muslims, Christians and the Environment , Oxford 2022-11-28 - 2022-11-28

2020

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Human Rights in Early and Medieval Islam: The Case of al-Tabari's madhhab jariri. Forskningsseminar , Universitetet i Oslo 2020-09-18 - 2020-09-18
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Significances of India: Interpreting Islamic Literary Genres as Forms of Ontology, Epistemology, and Natural Law Theory. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research Methodology in Social Sciences , Kolkata (online webinar) 2020-11-23 - 2020-11-27

2019

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) "Troende menn og troende kvinner ...": Teori om det sosiale kjønn i islamske kilder og juss. Feiring av Profeten Muhammad , Havstein helse- og velferdssenter 2019-04-04 - 2019-04-04
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Hvordan dele "folket"? Radikale høyres bruk av "islam". Dialog: Islamofobi eller integrering? , Grorud Samfunnshus, Oslo 2019-03-30 - 2019-03-30
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Theoretical senses of the Quran. Making Sense of the Qur'an in Translation , University of Exeter 2019-03-17 -

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) Between mustaqīm and mukhliṣ: ‘Covenant’ as a linguistic and rhetorical analysis of the canon’s composition and key concepts. SOAS Qur'an Conference 2018 , London 2018-11-09 - 2018-11-10

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Maṣlaḥa and Natural Law Theory in al-Ṭabarī's madhhab jarīrī: Implications for the history of Islamic legal theory. Sharia and the concept of maslaha , Universitetet i Bergen 2017-10-19 - 2017-10-20
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Oath and Contract as Rhetorical Topics and Signs: Implications for Qur’anic Genres and Conceptual Patterns, with reference to al-Ṭabarī’s tafsīr balāghī. "Theory of Arabic Rhetoric and Language: Implications for Qur’anic Topics, Concepts and Composition" , SOAS, University of London 2017-11-09 - 2017-11-10
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Language, Rhetoric and Abrahamic Election: The Prophet’s Mission, according to al-Ṭabarī (and with a view towards Aristotle). Rhetoric and Linguistics in the Bibles and the Qur’an: Implications for Research and Teaching , Det Norske Institutt i Roma 2017-04-27 - 2017-04-29
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Scribes, Manuscripts and Variant Readings: Interpreting Doctrine on the Un(created) Qurʾān, Then and Now. Canon and Interpretation , Bergen University 2017-10-16 - 2017-10-20
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Profeten Muhammads Verdier, i Historie og Samtid: Hva kan vi alle lære av Profeten (fvmh)?. Ahl'e Bait Trondheim: Profetens Bursdag , Havstein Helse og Velferdsenter 2017-12-07 -

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Salafism: Teologi, etik och politik i olika kontexter. FN Studentsambandet, Trondheim , Trondheim 2016-02-08 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Continuity and Change: Islamic Naturalism, Constitution and Social Contract. BRAIS 2016 , London 2016-04-11 - 2016-04-12
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Religiös mångfald i Syrien och Norge: förutsättningar för institutionell rättvisa. Temadag: "Flyktingkrisa" , Charlottenlunds videregående skole 2016-04-13 - 2016-04-13
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Islam: samfunnsansvar, dialog, rettigheter. Youth and Islam: Social responsibility, identity, dialogue and religion , Gløshaugen, NTNU 2016-05-07 - 2016-05-07
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) The Significance of Disciplines for Interpretations of the Qur'an. Contemporary Issues in Quranic Studies , Doha 2016-05-02 - 2016-05-03
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) ‘Disciplining’ al-Duri’s Hijazi-Iraqi Historiographical Model:Implications for Current Qur’an Research. SOAS Qur'an Conference 2016 , London 2016-11-10 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) ”Betydelsen av discipliner i översättning av Koranen”. Oversettelse av hellige tekster , Oslo Universitet 2016-03-11 - 2016-03-11

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Liberation from Foreign Tyranny: Islam and the Arab Nation. BRISMES Annual Conference 2015: Liberation? , London 2015-06-24 - 2015-06-26
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) The Significance of Rhetoric for tafsir: al-Tabari, Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad 'Abduh. Domains of Interpretation in Islam , Svenska Forskningsinstitutet, Istanbul 2015-04-24 - 2015-04-25
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Al-Tabari’s Accounts of Islam and the Qur’an: Methodological Implications for Research on Manuscripts, Linguistics and the Qur’an. Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? , Milano 2015-06-15 - 2015-06-19
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Multiculturalism: Challenges for Society and Education. Philosophy, Jurisprudence and Society: Shiite Iraqi and Swedish Perspectives , Sigtunastiftelsen, Sigtuna 2015-05-12 - 2015-05-13
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Islamsk stat: komplex analys & religionhistoriska perspektiv. Gjesteforelesning 2015-10-15 -
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Stålsett utvalget: Religionsfrihet i praxis. Debatt: Religion og sekularisme i Houellebecqs Europa , Folkebiblioteket i Sørtrøndelag 2015-09-24 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Liberation from Foreign Tyranny: Islam and the (Sunni) Arab Nation. BRISMES Annual Conference 2015: Liberation? 2015-06-24 - 2015-06-26

2014

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islamic State: Attempted Complex Analysis. YATA Trondheim: Islamic State , NTNU, Dragvoll 2014-10-22 - 2014-10-22
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) The Promised Land: Gender in al-Tabari's Political Account of the Rise of Islam. Centre for Islamic Studies Seminar series , London 2014-12-03 - 2014-12-03
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Academic Islamic Theology: Concluding discussion. The Future of Islamic Studies in Scandinavia , Oslo 2014-12-01 - 2014-12-02
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islam and Social Contract: Egyptian and Norwegian Cases. Religion, lov og rett , Bergen 2014-11-10 - 2014-11-12
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) The Significance of Umma in the Muslim Brotherhood's Policy: Problems and Prospects of Islamic Order as Foundation of Civil Rights. WOCMES 2014 , Ankara 2014-08-18 - 2014-08-22

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Religious Pluralism and "Unity in Diversity": Public and Islamic Approaches. CARD: Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity Network: Theory and Methodology , Aarhus 2013-05-24 - 2013-05-25
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Does Islam change Norway towards Human Rights? Two cases. Impact of Religion: Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy , Uppsala 2013-05-20 - 2013-05-22
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Public Salafism in Norway: The Saved Sect Hugs the Infidels. Nordic Middle East Society Convention 2013 , Lund 2013-09-19 - 2013-09-21
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Forskningsdagene/Forsker til lunsj , Trondheim 2013-10-02 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Metodmodulerna i religionsutbildningen. Religionsbegrepet i forskning og undervisning: En PluRel-konferanse , Domus Teologica, UiO 2013-01-07 - 2013-01-09
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Forskningsdagene/Forsker til lunsj , Trondheim 2013-09-18 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Studentservice , Trondheim 2013-10-01 -
  • Programme participation
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Politisk islam i en återvändsgränd?. Sveriges Radio P1, Konflikt Sveriges Radio P1, Konflikt [Radio] 2013-10-26
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Betydelsen av "Rule of law" för utvecklingen i MENA. Dagsläget i Mellanöstern , Trondheim 2013-09-02 - 2013-09-02
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Al-Tabari’s rhetorical concept of the Qur’an: implications for contemporary research. International Society of Biblical Literature Convention 2013 , University of St. Andrews 2013-07-07 - 2013-07-11

2012

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Kulturell intimitet: en utmaning för samhället?. Forsker til lunsj , IMDi, Trondheim 2012-09-25 - 2012-09-25
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Kulturell intimitet: en utmaning för samhället?. Forsker til lunsj , INN-Kvalifiseringssenter for innvandrere, Trondheim 2012-09-21 - 2012-09-21
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Får 100.000 av staten – må godta at kvinner og menn kan sitte sammen. NRK NRK [Internet] 2012-10-28
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Kulturell intimitet: en utmaning för samhället?. Forsker til lunsj , Ergo- og fysioterapien, Trondheim kommune 2012-09-28 - 2012-09-28
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How God's Power Becomes People's Power: Faith and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood. BRISMES Annual Conferense Revolution and Revolt: Understanding the Causes of Change , London School of Economics, London 2012-03-26 - 2012-03-28
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How medieval Muslim historical writings can further contemporary research into the historical origins of the Qur'anHow medieval Muslim historical writings can further contemporary research into the historical origins of the Qur'an. ESF Exploratory Workshop: Historiography of Religion , Linköpings University, Campus Norrköping 2012-09-10 - 2012-09-14
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Islams roll för 'präststyret' i Iran. Isfit/Studentenes fredspris: föredrag på givet tema , Gløshaugen, NTNU 2012-08-31 - 2012-08-31
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Political Islam: Current Challenges for Civil Rights and Constitution Making. Challenges on the Road to Democracy in the Middle East , Studentsamfunnet, NTNU 2012-04-18 - 2012-04-18
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How can al-Tabari's History be used for a historical understanding of the origin of the Qur'an?. Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) 2012 , University of Chicago 2012-05-04 - 2012-05-05

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Invitation to Destiny: Fundamentalism and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood. Political Religion and Totalitarianism , Litteraturhuset, Oslo 2011-02-07 - 2011-02-07
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Fundamentalism som begrepp och praxis: Muslimska Brödraskapet. Det Kongelige Norske Vitenskapers Selskaps Akademi , Trondheim 2011-02-21 - 2011-02-21
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Islam och Världsherravälde: Myt och Verklighet. Konspirationsteorier om islam , Trondheim, NTNU/Gløshaugen 2011-08-31 - 2011-08-31
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Al-Tabari's Methodology: A Classical 'Historical-Critical' Approach to the Qur'an?. Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations & Contemporary Impact , Göttingen 2011-10-01 - 2011-10-05
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) The Qur'an as sign-enthymeme: legal-political implications. The Qur'an: Text, Society and Culture , School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2011-11-10 - 2011-11-12
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) What law, which Lawgiver? Law and Prophethood in al-Tabari’s History and Commentary. Quran and Islamic tradition in comparative perspective, sessions at ISBL 2011 , King's College, London 2011-07-04 - 2011-07-07
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Dialectics between rational and irrational discourse: Inclusion and exclusion of Muslims in the Norwegian public sphere. The Regulation of Speech in Multicultural Societies , University of Amsterdam 2011-06-30 - 2011-07-01
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic doctrine, integration policy and institutional practices. CRONEM/VISOR Annual Conference 2011 , University of Surrey 2011-06-28 - 2011-06-29
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Muslimska Brödraskapet och medborgarrätt: Egypten och Europa. Religion og politikk: et samarbeide for fremtida? , ISAK, Trondheim 2011-10-13 - 2011-10-13

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Muslim Society Trondheim. Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State , Ohio 2010-10-26 - 2010-10-27
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Islams roll i Iran. Radio Revolt, Trondheim Radio Revolt, Trondheim [Radio] 2010-02-12
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State: Methodological Challenges. Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State , Youngstown, Ohio 2010-10-26 - 2010-10-27
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) De gamla grekernas betydelse för islam och demokrati: medeltida och nutida exempel; eller: "It's the economy, stupid!". Fagdag i historie: "Demokrati i fortid og nåtid" , Bodø 2010-02-18 - 2010-02-18
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Universalism or Particularism: Approaches to Human Rights in Iran. Human Rights in Iran , Studentsamfunnet, Trondheim 2010-10-13 - 2010-10-13
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) ‘It’s the economy, stupid’: al-Tabari’s analysis of the free rider problem in the Abbasid caliphate. Middle East History and Theory 2010 (MEHAT 2010) , The University of Chicago 2010-05-14 - 2010-05-15
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Islamic archéologies of faith and power: problems with Islamist-secularist dichotomies. Islamism and Secularism , Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin 2010-06-24 - 2010-06-25

2009

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Huvudduk och kvinnors avskildhet i islam. Utbildningsföredrag , Trondheim 2009-05-08 - 2009-05-09
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Religion, delaktighet, demokrati. Chaos årssymposium , Stockholm 2009-05-15 - 2009-05-16
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Translating the Quran into Habermasian language: Universalist challenges for education in Islam. Fjärde Nordiska Utbildningskonferensen , Uppsala Universitet 2009-10-01 - 2009-10-02
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Salman Rushdie, the Myth of Satanic Signs, and Temptations of Power in Global Society. Islamic Resurgence in the Age of Globalization: Myth, Memory, Emotion , NTNU 2009-09-04 - 2009-09-06
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Author and Authority: A Comparison of al-Tabarî’s, al-Ghazzâlî’s and Gadamer’s Hermeneutics. Texts and Genres of the Quran: Micro-Level Analyses , Bergen 2009-05-25 - 2009-05-26
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Aristotle, the Quran, and the Prophet’s Scribes: An Arab Christian connection?. SIXTH WOODBROOKE-MINGANA SYMPOSIUM , Birmingham 2009-09-16 - 2009-09-19

2008

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Islam och islamism: implikationer för integration. Årsmöte för Nettverk samfunnsfag vg. skole Nord-Trøndelag , Quality Hotel, Stjørdal 2008-04-09 - 2008-04-09
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) När demokratin får kalla fötter: Algeriska FIS och palestinska Hamas. Debatt , Studentersamfundet, Trondheim 2008-06-20 - 2008-06-20
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Metoder och perspektiv att analysera förhållanden mellan religion och politik. Årsmöte Arbeiderpartiets Ungdomsförbund, Søtrøndelag , Nova Konferensesenter, Trondheim 2008-06-07 - 2008-06-07
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) "Natural religion": The Nationalist Foundation of Pan-islamic Salafi Fundamentalism. International Studies Association congress 2008 , San Francisco 2008-03-25 - 2008-03-29
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Ranas Amerika-en missuppfattning?. Dagbladet nettutgave Dagbladet nettutgave [Journal] 2008-05-22
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) "No compulsion in religion": Islam and liberal principles. Religion - a common peace builder or just a source of conflict? , Dokkhuset, Trondheim 2008-02-07 - 2008-02-07
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Guds folk kriger igjen. Adresseavisa Adresseavisa [Journal] 2008-01-10
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Rule of Law and Centralised Tax System: Al-Tabarî's Remedy for the Abbasid State. Middle East Studies Association, annual congress , Washington, DC 2008-11-23 - 2008-11-26

2007

  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Islam och Kalifatet: Förr och nu. NRK P 3 NRK P 3 [Radio] 2007-08-13
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Esotericism and Pan-Islam from al-Afghani to Tariq Ramadan. Islamic Fundamentalism and Sufism: Continuities and Confrontations through Modernity and Globalization , Haifa University 2007-07-01 - 2007-07-04
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Islam och muslimer i Norge: Vad är integration?. Föreläsning , Fosen 2007-03-24 - 2007-03-24
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Irans president och den Dolde Imamen: Religiös retorik och makt. När Gud blir president , Studentersamfunnet 2007-11-10 - 2007-11-10
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Drawing one Border, Crossing Another: Concepts of Conscience and Ethics in Tariq Ramadan’s Construction of a Trans-national Muslim Community. Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic Study of Religion , Stockholm 2007-04-19 - 2007-04-22
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Media and Muslims: The Problem of "Difference". ISFit 2007 , Trondheim 2007-02-21 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Terrorism och islam: Historiska exempel och nutida teorier. Föreläsning , Trondheim 2007-02-19 -
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) "The Promised Land": The Material and Analytical Significance of the Sawâd in al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings. Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference , Montreal 2007-11-17 - 2007-11-21
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) "Humor i islam". NRK P3 NRK P3 [Radio] 2007-01-22

2006

  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Gudsbegrepp och auktoritetsprinciper i kristendom och islam: Några nedslag i historien". Midtre-Gauldal Folkekommune/Islamaften 2006-09-20 - 2006-09-20
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Bild eller bildning: Epistemologiska reflektioner över Koranens ikonoklasm". Vitforum, NTNU 2006-04-06 - 2006-04-06
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Profetkarikatyrerna: Ett religionsvetenskapligt perspektiv". Fosen Folkehøgskole 2006-04-01 - 2006-04-01
  • Lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Individuals and values: A contribution to the debate about ”integration” and “Muslims” in Norway. Diskussionsafton, Studentersamfunnet/NTNU , Studentersamfunnet, Trondheim 2006-11-16 -
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju, Profetkarikatyrstriden, Studentradion SIT/Trondheim. Studentradion, SIT/Trondheim Studentradion, SIT/Trondheim [Radio] 2006-02-08
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju om profeten Muhammad. NRK P1 NRK P1 [Radio] 2006-02-10
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Recension av boken "Perceptions of Islam in the Christendoms: A Historical Survey". Klassekampen Klassekampen [Journal] 2006-06-24
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju till radioserie om "Islams personligheter". NRK P1 NRK P1 [Radio] 2006-07-03
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju, Profetkarikatyrer. NRK P1 NRK P1 [Radio] 2006-02-01
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervjuartikel, Profetkarikatyrer och bildförbud i Koranen och islam. Adresseavisa Adresseavisa [Journal] 2006-02-02
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju, Verdibørsen, Förhållandet mellan religion och politik i islam. NRK P1 NRK P1 [Radio] 2006-02-16
  • Interview
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Intervju, "En livsviktig dialog". Forskning.no Forskning.no [Internet] 2006-03-01
  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Exegesis and Destiny: Three Cases of 'Fundamentalism'". Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge , NTNU och Luftkrigsskolen, Trondheim 2006-12-14 - 2006-12-16

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2005) Culture: A Problematic Concept. Navigating Globalization: Stability, Fluidity and Friction , Dragvoll Campus, Trondheim 2005-08-04 - 2005-08-06

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