Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy ( born February 16, 1956 in London ) is a British professor at King's College London. Previously, he was the first holder of the Anthony Giddens Chair in Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Charlotte Marian Saden Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at Yale University. His research focuses on cultural studies and the culture of the African diaspora.

Career

Gilroy was born in the East End of London. His parents are Guyanese and English origin. He attended the University College School in Hampstead and fame in 1978 the degree of Bachelor from the University of Sussex.

Gilroy worked during the 1980s to the radical Greater London Council before the academic research and teaching turned. He taught for several years at Goldsmiths College, University of London before he left London to follow a call to the Yale University, where he took over the presidency through the Institute of African American studies at the Charlotte Marian Saden worked as a professor of sociology. Since 2005, he held the Anthony Giddens Professorship in Social Theory at the London School of Economics before moving to the King's College London in September 2012.

Research priorities

Gilroy is well known in the Western Hemisphere as a scientific expert and historian of the African diaspora music, rapporteur on political issues affecting the races, nation and racism in the United Kingdom, as well as a classical scholar in the field of literary and cultural life color.

Had his theories about race, racism and culture major impact on the cultural and political movements of Black British and British of Colour in the 1990s. Besides Lenny Henry, Norman Jay and Ian Wright he is one of the outstanding personalities who made ​​it possible for black British and British of Colour, their affiliation and loyalty towards the United Kingdom to promote public.

Writings (selection )

  • The Empire Strikes Back: race and racism in 1970s Britain (1982 - co-author ).
  • Is not no Black in the Union Jack (1987).
  • Small Acts (1993).
  • The Black Atlantic (1993).
  • Between Camps ( 2000).
  • Postcolonial Melancholia ( 2004).
  • Sociologist ( 20th century)
  • Sociologist ( 21st century)
  • University teachers ( London School of Economics and Political Science)
  • University teachers ( Yale )
  • Man
  • Briton
  • Born in 1956
  • University teachers ( Goldsmiths, University of London )
  • University teachers (King 's College London)
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