Sara Ahmed
Encyclopedia
Sara Ahmed is an Australian and British academic working at the intersection of feminist theory
, queer theory
, critical race theory
and postcolonialism
. She was born in Salford
, England to a Pakistani father and English mother, and emigrated to Adelaide, Australia with her family in 1973. Key themes in her work relating to migration, orientation, difference, strangerness, and mixed identities relate directly to some of these early experiences. She completed a BA (hons) in English and History at Adelaide University from 1987–1990, and then undertook doctoral research at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University
from 1991-1994. She has published 5 single-authored books as well 7 edited or co-edited books and journals, in addition to over 50 journal articles and book chapters.http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/ahmed/ She was based at the Centre for Women’s Studies (later the Institute for Women’s Studies) at Lancaster University
from 1994–2004, and was Co-Director and then Director of the Institute from 2000-2003. Appointed to the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2004, she is now Professor of Race and Cultural Studies
at Goldsmiths. She has been an Executive Member of the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (UK and Ireland), and has also acted as Co-Chair of this Association as well as Editor of its Newsletter. In the Spring semester of 2009, she was the Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women’s Studies at Rutgers University
and has previously held visiting appointments in Gender Studies at Sydney University (2003-4) and Adelaide University (1999). Sara Ahmed is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Cultural Studies, and is also on the editorial boards of 16 other academic journals and book series.
Key Publications
(2010) The Promise of Happiness. Durham: Duke University Press
. http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=17446
(2006). Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others. Durham: Duke University
Press. http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=14891&viewby=author&lastname=Ahmed&firstname=Sara&middlename=&sort=newest
(2004). The Cultural Politics of Emotion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
and New York: Routledge
. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/978-0-7486-1847-7
(2000). Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality. London: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415201858/
(1998). Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521597616
Interviews
(2007). Salla Tuori and Salla Peltonen, "Feminist Politics: An Interview with Sara Ahmed," Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Volume 15, Issue 4 2007 , pages 257 - 264.
(2009). Ward, Amanda and Ahmed, Sara. "Global Emotion", The Adelaide Review, Issue 356.
External Links
Sara Ahmed’s Goldsmiths Page
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/ahmed/
Feminist theory
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical discourse, it aims to understand the nature of gender inequality...
, queer theory
Queer theory
Queer theory is a field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of LGBT studies and feminist studies. Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorisation of 'queerness' itself...
, critical race theory
Critical race theory
Critical Race Theory is an academic discipline focused upon the intersection of race, law and power.Although no set of canonical doctrines or methodologies defines CRT, the movement is loosely unified by two common areas of inquiry...
and postcolonialism
Postcolonialism
Post-colonialism is a specifically post-modern intellectual discourse that consists of reactions to, and analysis of, the cultural legacy of colonialism...
. She was born in Salford
City of Salford
The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over...
, England to a Pakistani father and English mother, and emigrated to Adelaide, Australia with her family in 1973. Key themes in her work relating to migration, orientation, difference, strangerness, and mixed identities relate directly to some of these early experiences. She completed a BA (hons) in English and History at Adelaide University from 1987–1990, and then undertook doctoral research at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
from 1991-1994. She has published 5 single-authored books as well 7 edited or co-edited books and journals, in addition to over 50 journal articles and book chapters.http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/ahmed/ She was based at the Centre for Women’s Studies (later the Institute for Women’s Studies) at Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
from 1994–2004, and was Co-Director and then Director of the Institute from 2000-2003. Appointed to the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2004, she is now Professor of Race and Cultural Studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
at Goldsmiths. She has been an Executive Member of the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (UK and Ireland), and has also acted as Co-Chair of this Association as well as Editor of its Newsletter. In the Spring semester of 2009, she was the Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women’s Studies at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and has previously held visiting appointments in Gender Studies at Sydney University (2003-4) and Adelaide University (1999). Sara Ahmed is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Cultural Studies, and is also on the editorial boards of 16 other academic journals and book series.
Key Publications
(2010) The Promise of Happiness. Durham: Duke University Press
Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University. It publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections...
. http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=17446
(2006). Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others. Durham: Duke University
Press. http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=14891&viewby=author&lastname=Ahmed&firstname=Sara&middlename=&sort=newest
(2004). The Cultural Politics of Emotion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.-History:Edinburgh University Press was founded over 50 years ago and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh in 1992...
and New York: Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/978-0-7486-1847-7
(2000). Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality. London: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415201858/
(1998). Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521597616
Interviews
(2007). Salla Tuori and Salla Peltonen, "Feminist Politics: An Interview with Sara Ahmed," Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Volume 15, Issue 4 2007 , pages 257 - 264.
(2009). Ward, Amanda and Ahmed, Sara. "Global Emotion", The Adelaide Review, Issue 356.
External Links
Sara Ahmed’s Goldsmiths Page
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/ahmed/