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Heidi Safia Mirza

December 15, 2023

Heidi Safia Mirza (born 1958)[1] is a British academic, who is Professor of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London,[2] Professor Emerita in Equalities Studies at the UCL Institute of Education,[3] and Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE).[4] She has done pioneering research on race, gender and identity in education, multiculturalism, Islamophobia and gendered violence, and was one of the first black women professors in Britain.[5][6][7] She is author and editor of several notable books, including Young, Female and Black (1992), Black British Feminism (1997), Tackling the Roots of Racism: Lessons for Success (2005), Race Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail (2009), Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times (2012), and Respecting Difference: Race, Faith, and Culture for Teacher Educators (2012).

Biography edit

Early years and education edit

Heidi Safia Mirza was born in Britain to a Trinidadian father and an Austrian mother, and at the age of four she moved with her parents to Trinidad.[8][9] She returned to England in 1973, when she was 16, attending school in Brixton, and has written of the shock of encountering racist strife in 1970s England after her relatively sheltered experience of growing up in rural Trinidad and attending a secondary school founded by her grandmother: "You don’t question your right to exist, but that is what happens when you become a racialized 'other.'"[8] In 1977 she went to do Development Studies the University of East Anglia, where in her first year she met and married her husband;[8] she was pregnant with their daughter when she sat her final exams.[9]

She studied for a PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London,[9] and her thesis became her first book, Young, Female and Black (1992), about second-generation Caribbean young women in British comprehensive schools[10] and "the interplay between career choices, aspirations and educational structures", which she has described as "in effect, both an academic and an autobiographical journey".[9]

Career edit

Mirza's academic career has encompassed lecturing and teaching in the US at Brown University, then at South Bank University for nine years, and at Middlesex University (1998), where she became the UK's first Chair in Racial Equality Studies.[9] She is currently Professor of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths,[2] Professor Emerita in Equalities Studies at the UCL Institute of Education,[3] and Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE).[4]

Mirza has published widely on race, gender, Black British feminisms, multiculturalism, postcolonial theory and educational inequalities, her books including Young, Female and Black (1992), Black British Feminism (1997), Tackling the Roots of Racism: Lessons for Success (2005), Race Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail (2009), Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times (2012), and Respecting Difference: Race, Faith, and Culture for Teacher Educators (2012).[2] She co-authored the OfSTED school government inspection report Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class, and Gender.[2]

She advises English Heritage on diversity, and established the Runnymede Collection at the Black Cultural Archives.[3]

Honours and recognition edit

In 2014 Mirza won the Media Diversified Eight Women award, which celebrates the achievements of women of colour in the UK.[11]

In 2015, in recognition of her achievements, she gave the 50th Anniversary Martin Luther King Lecture with Doreen Lawrence in St Paul's Cathedral.[12][13][4]

In 2020, Mirza featured in the Phenomenal Women exhibition at London's Southbank Centre celebrating the 35 Black professors at UK universities.[14][15]

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Young, Female and Black, London: Routledge, 1992. ISBN 978-0415067058
  • Black British Feminism: A Reader, London: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 978-0415152891
  • Race, Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail, London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0415448765
  • "'A Second Skin': Embodied Intersectionality, Transnationalism and Narratives of Identity and Belonging among Muslim Women in Britain". Women’s Studies International Forum 36: 5–16, 2013.
  • With Bhavnani, R., and V. Meetoo, Tackling the Roots of Racism, Lessons for Success, Bristol: Policy Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1861347749
  • With Joseph, C. Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times: Researching Educational Inequalities, London: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 978-0415633956
  • Respecting Difference: Race, Faith, and Culture for Teacher Educators, IOE Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0854738878
  • Co-edited with Jason Arday, Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, whiteness and decolonising the academy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019.

Selected articles edit

  • With Yasmin Gunaratnam, "'The Branch on which I sit': Heidi Safia Mirza in conversation with Yasmin Gunaratnam", Feminist Review, 108, 2014, pp. 125–133. ISSN 0141-7789.
  • "'A second skin’: Embodied intersectionality, transnationalism and narratives of identity and belonging among Muslim women in Britain", Women's Studies International Forum, 36, 2013, pp. 5–15. ISSN 0277-5395.
  • "Plotting a History: Black and postcolonial feminisms in ‘new times’", Race Ethnicity and Education, 12(1), 2009, pp. 1–10. ISSN 1361-3324.
  • "'The Golden Fleece': The Windrush quest for educational desire". Windrush Stories, British Library, 8 October 2018.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ Mercedes Smith, "Tracy Satchwill’s unique art project Magna Carta Women goes on show in Devon", Devon Life, 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Heidi Safia Mirza", Staff in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths.
  3. ^ a b c Heidi Mirza biography, London Festival of Education, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Professor Heidi Safia Mirza". Department of Social Policy. LSE. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ Heidi Mirza, "Black British feminism then and now", Media Diversified, 23 March 2014.
  6. ^ Phil Gregory, "14,000 British professors – just 50 are black", The Black Presence in Britain, 20 June 2011.
  7. ^ "'Stereotype' fear from race data", BBC News, 25 November 2008.
  8. ^ a b c K. P. Sian, "Heidi Mirza", in Sian, K. P. (ed.), Conversations in Postcolonial Thought. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27–28.
  9. ^ a b c d e Heidi Safia Mirza and Kate Hoskins, "Love in the cupboard: A conversation about success and sadness when race, gender and class collide in the making of an academic career", in B. Cole and H. Gunter (eds) ( 2010), Changing Lives: Women Inclusion and the PhD, Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books.
  10. ^ C. N. Trueman, "Heidi Safia Mirza", The History Learning Site, 22 May 2015.
  11. ^ Carly Read, "Professor at Goldsmiths wins prestigious diversity award for race, gender and identity research", News Shopper, 21 September 2014.
  12. ^ Heidi Safia Mirza, "A New Year’s message of hope? Martin Luther King’s dream to ‘end racism today’", IoE London Blog, UCL Institute of Education, 6 January 2015.
  13. ^ Heidi Mirza, "Martin Luther King's dream: how can we end racism today?", Sociology, Goldsmiths, 23 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Britain's Black female professors take centre stage in a new exhibition". Melan. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  15. ^ "The Southbank Centre presents an outdoor exhibition celebrating Britain's Black female professors" (PDF). Southbank Centre. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  16. ^ Heidi Mirza, "'The Golden Fleece': The Windrush quest for educational desire", Windrush Stories, British Library, 8 October 2018.

External links edit

  • Heidi Safia Mirza and Kate Hoskins, "Love in the cupboard: A conversation about success and sadness when race, gender and class collide in the making of an academic career", in B. Cole and H. Gunter (eds) (2010), Changing Lives: Women Inclusion and the PhD, Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books.
  • Heidi Mirza interview, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
  • "Decolonizing Pedagogies by Prof. Heidi Safia Mirza, Goldsmiths College", keynote address at The European Conference on Education 2014 (ECE2014) in Brighton, England. YouTube video.
  • "CRASSH Impact: A Black Feminist Conversation – Patricia Williams and Heidi Mirza", 16 June 2017.
  • @HeidiMirza – Twitter.
  • "Spotlight on... Professor Heidi Mirza", UCL News, 13 May 2021.

December 15, 2023
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Heidi Safia Mirza born 1958 1 is a British academic who is Professor of Race Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths University of London 2 Professor Emerita in Equalities Studies at the UCL Institute of Education 3 and Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics LSE 4 She has done pioneering research on race gender and identity in education multiculturalism Islamophobia and gendered violence and was one of the first black women professors in Britain 5 6 7 She is author and editor of several notable books including Young Female and Black 1992 Black British Feminism 1997 Tackling the Roots of Racism Lessons for Success 2005 Race Gender and Educational Desire Why Black Women Succeed and Fail 2009 Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times 2012 and Respecting Difference Race Faith and Culture for Teacher Educators 2012 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early years and education 1 2 Career 2 Honours and recognition 3 Bibliography 3 1 Books 3 2 Selected articles 4 References 5 External linksBiography editEarly years and education edit Heidi Safia Mirza was born in Britain to a Trinidadian father and an Austrian mother and at the age of four she moved with her parents to Trinidad 8 9 She returned to England in 1973 when she was 16 attending school in Brixton and has written of the shock of encountering racist strife in 1970s England after her relatively sheltered experience of growing up in rural Trinidad and attending a secondary school founded by her grandmother You don t question your right to exist but that is what happens when you become a racialized other 8 In 1977 she went to do Development Studies the University of East Anglia where in her first year she met and married her husband 8 she was pregnant with their daughter when she sat her final exams 9 She studied for a PhD at Goldsmiths University of London 9 and her thesis became her first book Young Female and Black 1992 about second generation Caribbean young women in British comprehensive schools 10 and the interplay between career choices aspirations and educational structures which she has described as in effect both an academic and an autobiographical journey 9 Career edit Mirza s academic career has encompassed lecturing and teaching in the US at Brown University then at South Bank University for nine years and at Middlesex University 1998 where she became the UK s first Chair in Racial Equality Studies 9 She is currently Professor of Race Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths 2 Professor Emerita in Equalities Studies at the UCL Institute of Education 3 and Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics LSE 4 Mirza has published widely on race gender Black British feminisms multiculturalism postcolonial theory and educational inequalities her books including Young Female and Black 1992 Black British Feminism 1997 Tackling the Roots of Racism Lessons for Success 2005 Race Gender and Educational Desire Why Black Women Succeed and Fail 2009 Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times 2012 and Respecting Difference Race Faith and Culture for Teacher Educators 2012 2 She co authored the OfSTED school government inspection report Educational Inequality Mapping Race Class and Gender 2 She advises English Heritage on diversity and established the Runnymede Collection at the Black Cultural Archives 3 Honours and recognition editIn 2014 Mirza won the Media Diversified Eight Women award which celebrates the achievements of women of colour in the UK 11 In 2015 in recognition of her achievements she gave the 50th Anniversary Martin Luther King Lecture with Doreen Lawrence in St Paul s Cathedral 12 13 4 In 2020 Mirza featured in the Phenomenal Women exhibition at London s Southbank Centre celebrating the 35 Black professors at UK universities 14 15 Bibliography editBooks edit Young Female and Black London Routledge 1992 ISBN 978 0415067058 Black British Feminism A Reader London Routledge 1997 ISBN 978 0415152891 Race Gender and Educational Desire Why Black Women Succeed and Fail London Routledge 2009 ISBN 978 0415448765 A Second Skin Embodied Intersectionality Transnationalism and Narratives of Identity and Belonging among Muslim Women in Britain Women s Studies International Forum 36 5 16 2013 With Bhavnani R and V Meetoo Tackling the Roots of Racism Lessons for Success Bristol Policy Press 2005 ISBN 978 1861347749 With Joseph C Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times Researching Educational Inequalities London Routledge 2010 ISBN 978 0415633956 Respecting Difference Race Faith and Culture for Teacher Educators IOE Press 2012 ISBN 978 0854738878 Co edited with Jason Arday Dismantling Race in Higher Education Racism whiteness and decolonising the academy Palgrave MacMillan 2019 Selected articles edit With Yasmin Gunaratnam The Branch on which I sit Heidi Safia Mirza in conversation with Yasmin Gunaratnam Feminist Review 108 2014 pp 125 133 ISSN 0141 7789 A second skin Embodied intersectionality transnationalism and narratives of identity and belonging among Muslim women in Britain Women s Studies International Forum 36 2013 pp 5 15 ISSN 0277 5395 Plotting a History Black and postcolonial feminisms in new times Race Ethnicity and Education 12 1 2009 pp 1 10 ISSN 1361 3324 The Golden Fleece The Windrush quest for educational desire Windrush Stories British Library 8 October 2018 16 References edit Mercedes Smith Tracy Satchwill s unique art project Magna Carta Women goes on show in Devon Devon Life 14 January 2015 a b c d Heidi Safia Mirza Staff in the Department of Sociology Goldsmiths a b c Heidi Mirza biography London Festival of Education 2015 a b c Professor Heidi Safia Mirza Department of Social Policy LSE Retrieved 1 March 2021 Heidi Mirza Black British feminism then and now Media Diversified 23 March 2014 Phil Gregory 14 000 British professors just 50 are black The Black Presence in Britain 20 June 2011 Stereotype fear from race data BBC News 25 November 2008 a b c K P Sian Heidi Mirza in Sian K P ed Conversations in Postcolonial Thought New York Palgrave Macmillan pp 27 28 a b c d e Heidi Safia Mirza and Kate Hoskins Love in the cupboard A conversation about success and sadness when race gender and class collide in the making of an academic career in B Cole and H Gunter eds 2010 Changing Lives Women Inclusion and the PhD Stoke on Trent Trentham Books C N Trueman Heidi Safia Mirza The History Learning Site 22 May 2015 Carly Read Professor at Goldsmiths wins prestigious diversity award for race gender and identity research News Shopper 21 September 2014 Heidi Safia Mirza A New Year s message of hope Martin Luther King s dream to end racism today IoE London Blog UCL Institute of Education 6 January 2015 Heidi Mirza Martin Luther King s dream how can we end racism today Sociology Goldsmiths 23 June 2015 Britain s Black female professors take centre stage in a new exhibition Melan 17 September 2020 Retrieved 1 March 2021 The Southbank Centre presents an outdoor exhibition celebrating Britain s Black female professors PDF Southbank Centre 17 September 2020 Retrieved 1 March 2021 Heidi Mirza The Golden Fleece The Windrush quest for educational desire Windrush Stories British Library 8 October 2018 External links editHeidi Safia Mirza and Kate Hoskins Love in the cupboard A conversation about success and sadness when race gender and class collide in the making of an academic career in B Cole and H Gunter eds 2010 Changing Lives Women Inclusion and the PhD Stoke on Trent Trentham Books Heidi Mirza interview Economic and Social Research Council ESRC Decolonizing Pedagogies by Prof Heidi Safia Mirza Goldsmiths College keynote address at The European Conference on Education 2014 ECE2014 in Brighton England YouTube video CRASSH Impact A Black Feminist Conversation Patricia Williams and Heidi Mirza 16 June 2017 HeidiMirza Twitter Spotlight on Professor Heidi Mirza UCL News 13 May 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heidi Safia Mirza amp 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