My name is Sara Ahmed and I am a feminist writer and independent scholar. I work at the intersection of feminist, queer and race studies. My research is concerned with how bodies and worlds take shape; and how power is secured and challenged in everyday life worlds as well as institutional cultures. 

Until the end of 2016, I was a Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London having been previously based in Women’s Studies at Lancaster University. I resigned from my post at Goldsmiths in protest at the failure to deal with the problem of sexual harassment.

My primary focus now is on writing and research. I live on the outskirts of a small village in Cambridgeshire with my partner Sarah Franklin and our beautiful dogs, Poppy and Bluebell.

I am no longer involved in the supervision or examination of research students and I am sorry I cannot offer mentorship at this time. I am also not considering any involvement in any research projects funded by or based in universities.

I offer a small number of public lectures and seminars/workshops based on my research. From June 1st to October 1st 2026, I will not be doing any events as I will be preparing Common Sense and Its Others for publication by Duke University Press. My next event for 2026 will be in early October in Ferrara for the launch of the Italian translation of No is Not a Lonely Utterance. I then have a couple of events in the UK: the launch of the paperback of No is Not a Lonely Utterance at Pages of Hackney on September 17th and a lecture on common sense in Liverpool. I will be ending the year with two events for the paperback launch of No is Not a Lonely Utterance at Gleebooks, Sydney and Goodwood Books,AdelaIde. Details for all of the above will be available later this year.

In Spring and Summer 2027, I will be concentrating on research and writing so I will not be doing any public facing events during this time.

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