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Project Director, Haideh Moghissi, is a Professor of sociology,
cross-appointed in the School of Social Sciences, in the Atkinson
Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York's School of Women's
Studies and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. She is also a member
of the executive committee of the Centre for Refugee Studies.
Dr. Moghissi was a founder of the Iranian National Union of Women
and member of its first executive and editorial boards, before
leaving Iran in 1984. Her publications include articles in refereed
journals and chapters in edited volumes and following books:
Three volume Women and Islam:Critical Concepts in Sociology (ed.)
London: Routledge (2005);
Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis,
London: Oxford University Press 2000 (Zed Press, 1999, winner of
Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award) and Populism and Feminism
in Iran :Women's Struggle in a Male-Defined Revolutionary Movement,
London: Macmillan Press; New York: St.Martin's Press (1994.).
She has served as Coordinator, Certificate for Anti-Racist Research
and Practice (CARRP) and Chair of the Executive Committee of Centre
for Feminist Research at York University. She has served as a
commentator on Iran and women in the Middle East on BBC World Service,
CBC, Radio France, and Voice of America, and on the Editorial/Advisory
Boards of Journal of Comparative Public Policy, the Rutledge Women and
Politics Series, Resources for Feminist Research , and Women in Struggle
and Equality (Tehran). As Head of Old Manuscripts Division, National
Archives of Iran, she was responsible for the evaluation and
classification of historical documents.
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