Mihaela Miroiu

Mihaela Miroiu
Born	1955 Hunedoara, Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romanian
Nationality	Romanian
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 East Europe’s most prominent 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 was raised during the communist era under the Ceausescu regime, and emerged after 1989 as one of the country’s leading feminist voices. 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. Professor Miroiu 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 Professor Miroiu 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] Her most recent publications include: “An Exotic Island: Feminist Philosophy in Romania” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2009; “Not the Right Moment: Politic of the Delay,” Women's History Review, Issue 1, Vol. 18, 2009; and “Priceless Women and Room-service feminism,” Chronique Feministe, No. 102-103, 2009.

Currently she is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.awsshome.org/
2. ^ http://www.eige.europa.eu/women-inspiring-europe-2011-calendar

References

• Interview in Gardianul
• Interview in Dilema Veche
• Interview with Mihaela Miroiu by Kristen R. Ghodsee in Women's Studies International Forum, 2011

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)
• 'Invatamantul 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

External links

• Works by or about Mihaela Miroiu in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Mihaela Miroiu's CV (in Romanian)

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Name	Miroiu, Mihaela
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Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Hunedoara, Romania
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