Halleh Ghorashi Explained

Halleh Ghorashi (also spelled Ghoreishi; born 30 July 1962)^[1] is an Iranian-born anthropologist who lives in the Netherlands. From 2005 to 2012, she held the PaVEM chair in Management of Diversity and Integration in the Department of Organization Sciences at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.^[2] She won the 2008 Triumph Prize (Prize de Triomf).^[3]

Biography

Halleh Ghorashi was born on 30 July 1962 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (now Iran).^[4] She grew up in Iran, and came to the Netherlands in 1988 as a political refugee. She studied cultural anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and received her Ph.D. at University of Nijmegen in May 2001, with a doctoral dissertation titled Ways to Survive, Battles to Win: Iranian Women Exiles in the Netherlands and the U.S.^[5] In 2005, she was appointed professor,^[6] and in 2006, she became the first occupant of the chair for Management of Diversity and Integration, endowed by PaVEM, the Dutch government's Committee for Participation of Women of Ethnic Minority Groups. Her inauguration was attended by Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, chair of PaVEM and was widely covered in the Dutch media.^{[7] [8]}

In 2008, Ghorashi was co-organizer of a conference on the Muslim diaspora.^[9] In 2009, she was a speaker at a protest in front of the Binnenhof (Dutch Parliament Building).^[10]

Halleh Ghorashi is cited as a proponent of more inclusive political thought, countering the Dutch political climate of the early 21st century with its strong populist and anti-Islamic discourse. Ghorashi argues that when immigrants are maligned and excluded from political debate integration into Dutch society cannot be expected.^[11]

In 2010, Dutch feminist magazine Opzij listed her as one of the most powerful women in the Netherlands.^[12]

Ghorashi was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.^[13]

Publications

Books

• Ways to Survive, Battles to Win: Iranian Women Exiles in the Netherlands and the US. New York: Nova Science, 2003. .^[14]
• The Transnational Construction of Local Conflicts and Protests Nijmegen : Stichting Focaal, 2006. OCLC 603051165
• (with Sharam Alghasi & Thomas Hylland Eriksen) Paradoxes of cultural recognition : perspectives from Northern Europe Ashgate, 2009. .
  • Review, by Dix Eeke, in Nations and Nationalism, 16, no. 1 (2010): 192-194.
• (ed. with Haideh Moghissi) Muslim Diaspora in the West : Negotiating gender, home and belonging. Ashgate, 2010. .

Papers and reports

1990s

• "Iranian Islamic and Secular Feminists: Allies or Enemies?" Series: Occasional paper (Middle East Research Associates), 27. 1996.

2000s

• Agents of change or passive victims: the impact of welfare states (the case of the Netherlands) on refugees . Journal of Refugee Studies . 18 . 2 . 181–198 . 10.1093/refuge/fei020 . June 2005 . Ghorashi . Halleh .
• When the boundaries are blurred . . 12 . 3 . 363–375 . 10.1177/1350506805054275 . August 2005 . Ghorashi . Halleh . 144772959 .

2010s

• With: Szepietowska, E. (2010). "Diversiteit is niet alleen kleur in organisaties . Diversiteitsbeleid en –praktijk in de Nederlandse Goede Doelen Organisaties". Utrecht: UAF.
• With: ten Holder, F. (2012). "Kleine stappen van grote betekenis: een nieuw perspectief op humane opvang van asielzoekers " Amsterdam: Stichting de Vrolijkheid.
• With: Sabelis . Ida . Juggling difference and sameness: Rethinking strategies for diversity in organizations . Scandinavian Journal of Management . 29 . 1 . 78–86 . 10.1016/j.scaman.2012.11.002 . March 2013 .
• With: Ponzoni . Elena . Reviving agency: taking time and making space for rethinking diversity and inclusion . Wedergeboorte van agency: scheppen van tijd en ruimte voor reflectie op diversiteit en insluiting . European Journal of Social Work . 17 . 2 . 161–174 . 10.1080/13691457.2013.777332 . 2014 . 14982545 .
• Bringing polyphony one step further: Relational narratives of women from the position of difference . Women's Studies International Forum . 43 . 59–66 . 10.1016/j.wsif.2013.07.019 . March–April 2014 . Ghorashi . Halleh .

External links

• Ghorashi's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Halleh Ghorashi . 2014-02-09 . 2014-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221220841/http://hallehghorashi.com/nl/en/ . dead .
2. Web site: Prof.dr. H. Ghorashi - Medewerkers ORG - Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam . 2017-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111217025806/http://www.fsw.vu.nl/nl/wetenschappelijke-afdelingen/organisatiewetenschappen/medewerkers-org/ghorashi/index.asp . 2011-12-17 .
3. Web site: De Triomfprijs 2008 . 2017-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425121343/http://www.triomf.org/archief/ . 2012-04-25 .
4. Book: Zee, Karen van der . Grenze(n)loos vertrouwen . 2010 . Uitgeverij Van Gorcum . 978-90-232-4698-5 . 28 . nl.
5. News: Op naar een nieuw Nederland: Halleh Ghorashi. 8 October 2006. Buitenhof. VPRO. 30 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402135927/http://www.vpro.nl/programma/buitenhof/afleveringen/29797671/items/30560484/. 2 April 2012.
6. News: Halleh Ghorashi: 'Asociaal gedrag is een teken van emancipatie'. Bakker. Stephanie. 15 August 2007. Intermediair. 30 October 2011.
7. News: Veel te weinig oog voor kwaliteiten nieuwkomers. Hoekman. Jacob. 13 October 2006. Reformatorisch Dagblad. 30 October 2011.
8. Web site: Nederlanderschap op de schop. Ronde. Kahliya. 24 October 2006. Kennislink. 30 October 2011. 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422200214/http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/nederlanderschap-op-de-schop. dead.
9. http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10870
10. Web site: Support the protests in Iran for democracy and change — Vote for Iran . 2017-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124154653/http://www.voteforiran.com/2009/06/support-the-protests-in-iran-for-democracy-and-change/ . 2010-11-24 .
11. News: Voor populistische PvdA en VVD wordt D66 het alternatief. Gosinga. Hans. 31 January 2009. Trouw. 30 October 2011.
12. News: Halleh Ghorashi is een van de machtigste vrouwen in Nederland. 20 October 2010. NOS. 30 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222194702/http://nos.nl/audio/192517-halleh-ghorashi-is-een-van-de-machtigste-vrouwen-in-nederland.html. 22 February 2014.
13. Web site: Halleh Ghorashi . https://web.archive.org/web/20200502085347/https://knaw.nl/en/members/members/16599 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2 May 2020.
14. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49320570 worldCat