30 March 2021 Award for Muslim historian

From the University of Leeds, Institute for Medieval Studies website, “. . . The five outstanding women from the Faculty of Arts, Humanties and Cultures who have been recognised in this year’s Women of Achievement 2021 [include] Dr Fozia Bora, a member of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and of the Institute for Medieval Studies. Fozia’s research includes, Arabic history and historiography, Arabic archives, Islamicate book cultures, Arabic codicology, Islam and gender, Medieval Islamic institutions of learning, and the History of the Modern Middle East. Fozia is a prize-winning researcher in the field of Medieval Islamic History, who has widely engaged non-academic communities with her outstanding research. Fozia has pioneered the adoption of decolonial pedagogy in the School, and made a vital contribution to equality, diversity and inclusion across the Faculty of Arts Humanities and Cultures.” click here.