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.

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

My primary focus now is on writing and research. 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. My preference now is to share my work in independent bookstores, libraries and galleries. Ahough I will do the odd university-based event, I no longer travel internationally to give university-based lectures. I also do not do any events (in person or virtual) during the summer period (from June to September) as I keep this time for writing.

From January to April 2027, I will be concentrating on developing some new research projects so I will not be doing any public facing events during this time.

Please fill in my contact form if you would like to get in touch Do check your spam folder as many of my replies from this form seem to end up in them!