Paul Gilroy | |
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Born | London, England | 16 February 1956
Spouse | Vron Ware |
Children | 2 |
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Awards | Holberg Prize (2019) |
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Thesis | Racism, Class and the Contemporary Cultural Politics of "Race" and "Nation" (1986) |
Doctoral advisor | Stuart Hall |
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Paul Gilroy FRSL FBA (born 16 February 1956) is an English sociologist and cultural studies scholar who is the founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at University College London (UCL).[1] Gilroy is the 2019 winner of the €660,000 Holberg Prize, for "his outstanding contributions to a number of academic fields, including cultural studies, critical race studies, sociology, history, anthropology and African-American studies".[2][3]