Mihaela Miroiu
Mihaela Miroiu | |
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| Born | 1955 Hunedoara, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Philosophy Philosophy of mind Feminism |
| Institutions | National School of Political Studies and Public Administration |
Mihaela Miroiu (born 1955 in Hunedoara, Romania) is a Romanian political theorist and feminist philosopher.
She is the author of twelve books published in Romanian, including Road to Autonomy: Feminist Political Theories (Polirom, 2004), Priceless Women (Polirom 2006) and Convenio: On Women, Nature and Morals (Alternative Publishing House, 1996). She has also edited or co-edited nine volumes, most of them on feminism and feminist theory.
She founded the country’s first gender studies Master’s program in 1998, and helped to organize one of its earliest independent women’s nongovernmental organizations: AnA –The Romanian Society for Feminist Analyses. She is an expert advisor to both UNESCO and the European Union, and has won international fellowships at Cornell University, Oxford University and the Central European University in Budapest. She was also a Fulbright recipient and was resident in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University in 2003–2004.
In 2010, the U.S.-based Association of Women in Slavic Studies awarded her its Outstanding Achievement Award for her accomplishments as a philosopher and her mentorship of a new generation of young Romanian feminists.[1] The European Institute for Gender Equality also featured her in its “Women Inspiring Europe” 2011 calendar.[2]
Currently she is a professor at the Faculty of Political Science, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest.
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References
- Interview in Gardianul
- Interview in Dilema Veche
- Ghodsee, Kristen R. (July–August 2011). "On feminism, philosophy and politics in Post-communist Romania: An interview with Mihaela Miroiu (Bucharest, 17 May 2010)". Women's Studies International Forum. 34 (4). ScienceDirect: 302–307. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2011.04.005.
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Books
- Gândul Umbrei: Abordari feministe în filosofia contemporana [The Thought of the Shadow: Feminist Approaches in Contemporary Philosophy] Bucharest: Alternative Publ. House, 1995
- Convenio: Despre natura, femei si morala [Convenio: On Nature, Women and Morals] Bucharest: Alternative Publ. House, 1996
- România. Starea de fapt [Romania. Matter of facts], Bucharest: Nemira, 1997 (co-authored with V. Pasti and Cornel Codita)
- Învatamantul romanesc azi [The Romanian Education Today], (co-authored with Gabriel Ivan, Vladimir Pasti, Adrian Miroiu), Iaşi: Polirom, 1998
- Societatea Retro [The Backward-Looking Society], Bucharest: "Trei" Pub. House, 1996
- Introducere în etică profesională [Professional Ethics, an Introduction], Bucharest: "Trei" Pub. House, 2001 (co-author with Gabriela Blebea)
- Drumul către autonomie:Teorii politice feministe [The Road to Autonomy: Feminist Political Theories] Iaşi: Polirom, 2004
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