Professor Satnam Virdee

  • Professor of Sociology (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

telephone: 01413305355
email: Satnam.Virdee@glasgow.ac.uk

R1002 Level 10, Sociology, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8995-0827

Biography

I joined the University of Glasgow in 2001 and have been Professor of Sociology since 2005. Previously I held a lectureship at the University of Strathclyde (1998-2001), a senior fellowship at the Policy Studies Institute, London (1992-1998) and a research fellowship at the University of Warwick (1990-1992). My research focuses on understanding the entangled histories of capitalism, class and racism across time and space. Accompanying this is a body of work analysing counter-hegemonic social movements and their efforts to challenge structural inequalities and deepen processes of democratisation and social justice. A historical social scientist employing both longue durée and conjunctural modes of analysis, I am the author of seven books including Britain in fragments: Why things are falling apart (written jointly with Brendan McGeever) (Manchester University Press, 2023) and Racism, class and the racialized outsider (Palgrave 2014). 

My work has appeared in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in 2023 and have also been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) since 2018. I am currently working on a book entitled Catastrophe and Utopia to be published by the University of California Press. 

 

To find out more about my work please read the following interview at Media Diversified. https://mediadiversified.org/2015/11/18/both-racism-and-anti-racism-were-present-in-the-making-of-the-english-working-class/

Alternately, listen to an interview carried out by the Surviving Society podcast team. https://soundcloud.com/user-622675754/e017-surviving-society-with-the-sociological-review-satnam-virdee

Or, the plenary address I gave to the 2019 International Working Class Studies Association conference, University of Kent. https://kent.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=c43d21a4-b2c0-47a7-b4c6-aabe00ca6f8b

 

An indicative list of recent plenary lectures delivered across the historical social sciences include:

2023: International conference on Plantationocene: racial capitalism, land and labour', University of Brasilia, Brazil.

2023: IIPPE annual conference on political economy, Madrid, Spain. 

2021: The annual Westergaard lecture, University of Sheffield. 

2020: International conference on Centring Race in History: From antiquity to the present.

2019: The British Sociological Association annual conference.

2018: The Sociological Review 'Undisciplining' conference. 

2017: Historical Materialism annual conference.

2016: A three lecture series on The making of postcolonial Britain, Havens Centre for Social Justice, University of Wisconsin, USA. 

Research interests

  • Historical Sociology
  • World history
  • Capitalism
  • Utopia and counter cultures of modernity
  • Theories and histories of racism and capitalism
  • Racism and antiracism in labour history
  • Intellectual history
  • Social movements
Blue and red stripes with black writing  Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2023) Britain in Fragments: Why things are falling apart, Manchester University Press
Book cover: Racism, Class and the Radicalized OutsiderVirdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan
Satnam Virdee - No Problem Here

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., McBride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Book Cover: Race and Crises - Satname Virdee

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

Patterns of Prejudice Image

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (Eds) (2017) Antisemitism and Socialist Strategy in Europe 1880-1917 Patterns of Prejudice 51: 3-4: 221-373.

Research groups

Publications

Selected publications

Virdee, S. (2023) Racism and state formation in the age of absolutism. Historical Materialism, 31(2), pp. 104-135. (doi: 10.1163/1569206x-bja10010)

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2023) Britain in Fragments: Why Things Are Falling Apart. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526164599

Virdee, S. (2023) The lines of descent of the present crisis. Sociological Review, 71(2), pp. 458-476. (doi: 10.1177/00380261221150341)

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

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2024

Virdee, S. (2024) Living in the slipstream of defeat: Neoliberalism and the far-right. International Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41311-024-00603-7) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Virdee, S. (2023) Racism and state formation in the age of absolutism. Historical Materialism, 31(2), pp. 104-135. (doi: 10.1163/1569206x-bja10010)

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2023) Britain in Fragments: Why Things Are Falling Apart. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526164599

Virdee, S. (2023) The lines of descent of the present crisis. Sociological Review, 71(2), pp. 458-476. (doi: 10.1177/00380261221150341)

2022

Virdee, S. (2022) Racialized Capitalism. In: Back, Les and Solomos, John (eds.) Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader [Third Edition]. Routledge. ISBN 9780367623692

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2022) Racismo e antirracismo na formação da classe operária britânica. [Website]

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2022) Racismo y antirracismo en la formación de la clase obrera británica. [Website]

Virdee, S. (2022) Racisme et antiracisme dans la formation de la classe ouvrière britannique. Entretien avec S. Virdee. [Website]

2021

Virdee, S. (2021) The longue durée of racialized capitalism: A response to Charlie Post. Brooklyn Rail,

2020

Bhattacharyya, G., Virdee, S. and Winter, A. (2020) Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism. Identities, 27(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1647686)

2019

Virdee, S. (2019) Class, racism and the politics of vacuum. In: Perryman, Mark (ed.) Corbynism from Below. Lawrence and Wishart: London. ISBN 9781912064250

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

2018

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race, class and Brexit: how did we get here? [Website]

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., Mcbride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: Understanding racism in Scotland. In: No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh, pp. 9-12. ISBN 9781912147304

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: European crises: Contemporary nationalisms and the language of “race”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1747-1764. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361545)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race and Crisis [Guest Editors]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10),

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

2017

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2017) Rassismus, Klasse, Brexit, Krise. [Website]

Virdee, S. (2017) Race, class and Roediger’s open Marxism. Salvage [online],

Virdee, S. (2017) Some thoughts on the theory, history and politics of race and class, or why class analysis must take race seriously. In: Kham, Omar and Shaheen, Faiza (eds.) Minorty Report: Race and Class in Post-Brexit Britain. Runnymede: London, pp. 14-16. ISBN 9781909546172

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2017) Antisemitism and socialist strategy in Europe, 1880–1917: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 221-234. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1349606)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

Virdee, S. (2017) Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 356-373. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029)

2016

Virdee, S. (2016) Stuart Hall y por qué la raza cuenta. Viento Sur [online],

Ashe, S., Virdee, S. and Brown, L. (2016) Striking back against racist violence in the East End of London, 1968-1970. Race and Class, 58(1), pp. 34-54. (doi: 10.1177/0306396816642997)

Davidson, N., Virdee, S. , Morrison, J. and Mooney, G. (2016) Scotland and alternatives to neoliberalism. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture(63), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.3898/136266216819376968)

2015

Liinpää, M., McBride, M., Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2015) Racism: from the labour movement to the far-right. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(3), pp. 446-451. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.974645)

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2015) “Both racism and anti-racism were present in the making of the English working class”. An Interview with Satnam Virdee. Media Diversified [online], 2015(Nov 18),

Virdee, S. (2015) Opening a dialogue on race, class and national belonging. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(13), pp. 2259-2266. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058508)

Virdee, S. (2015) Politique des parias: sur la racialisation de la classe ouvrière anglaise. Période, 2015,

Virdee, S. (2015) Un Marxisme sans garanties: Stuart Hall et ce pourquoi la race compte. Contretemps,

2014

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79. In: Smith, Evan and Worley, Matthew (eds.) Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719095900

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism struggles of the seventies can inspire action today. Manchester Policy Blogs: Ethnicity,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism, working class formation and the significance of the racialized outsider. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2014) Challenging the empire. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(10), pp. 1823-1829. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932408)

Virdee, S. (2014) The politics of class and the long shadow of racism. New Left Project,

2012

Virdee, S. (2012) Forward to the past: Race, the colour scale and Michael Banton. Ethnic and Racial Studies, (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2011.643814)

2010

Virdee, S. (2010) The continuing significance of 'race': racism, antiracist politics and labour markets. In: Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (eds.) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 62-92. ISBN 9780230007789

Virdee, S. (2010) Racism, class and the dialectics of social transformation. In: Solomos, J. and Hill Collins, P. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies. Sage Publications: London, UK, pp. 135-165. ISBN 9780761942207

2009

Kyriakides, C., Virdee, S. and Modood, T. (2009) Racism, muslims and the national imagination. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(2), pp. 289-308. (doi: 10.1080/13691830802586443)

2008

Carter, R. and Virdee, S. (2008) Racism and the sociological imagination. British Journal of Sociology, 59(4), pp. 661-679. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x)

2006

Cole, M. and Virdee, S. (2006) Racism and resistance: from Empire to New Labour. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights : Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Disability and Social Class. Routledge. ISBN 9780415356596

Virdee, S. (2006) 'Race', employment and social change: a critique of current orthodoxies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(4), pp. 605-628. (doi: 10.1080/01419870600665243)

Virdee, S., Kyriakides, C. and Modood, T. (2006) Codes of Cultural Belonging: Racialised National Identities in a Multi-Ethnic Scotis Neighbourhood. Sociological Research Online, 11(4),

2005

Virdee, S. (2005) John Solomos, Race and Racism in Britain, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), pp. 194-195. (doi: 10.1080/0141987042000280067)[Book Review]

2003

Kyriakides, C. and Virdee, S. (2003) Migrant Labour, Racism and the British National Health Service. Ethnicity and Health, 8(4), pp. 283-305.

Virdee, S. (2003) The Asian experience in Scotland. In: Crowther, J., Martin, I. and Shaw, M. (eds.) Renewing Democracy in Scotland. NIACE, pp. 93-95. ISBN 9781862011465

2002

Virdee, S. (2002) Gewerkschaften und Antirassismus in England: eine replik auf Paul Gilroy and Ambalavaner Sivanandan. 1999 Zeitschrift fur Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrunderts, 17(1), pp. 153-186.

Virdee, S. (2002) Victor M. Valle and Rudolfo D. Torres, Latino Metropolis, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25(2), pp. 338-339. (doi: 10.1080/01419870120109511)[Book Review]

2001

Virdee, S. (2001) Racial harassment. In: Abercrombie, N. and Warde, A. (eds.) Contemporary British Society Reader. Polity Press, pp. 126-135. ISBN 0745622631

2000

Virdee, S. (2000) A Marxist critique of black radical theories of trade-union racism. Sociology, 34(3), pp. 545-565.

Virdee, S. (2000) Organised labour and the black worker in Britain: a critical analysis of postwar trends. In: Wets, Johan (ed.) Cultural Diversity in Trade Unions: A Challenge to Class Identity? Ashgate Publishing Ltd.: Aldershot, pp. 207-225. ISBN 9781840145267

Virdee, S. (2000) Racism and resistance in British trade unions, 1948-1979. In: Alexander, Peter and Halpern, Rick (eds.) Racializing Class, Classifying Race: Labour and Difference in Britain, the USA, and Africa. Series: St. Antony's series. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 122-149. ISBN 9780333730928

Virdee, S. (2000) Understanding Racial Harassment in School: ESRC Full Research Report, R000222376. [Research Reports or Papers]

Virdee, S. and Cole, M. (2000) 'Race', racism and resistance. In: Cole, Mike (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights: Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Special Needs and Social Class. Routledge/Falmer: London, pp. 39-57. ISBN 0750708778

1999

Virdee, S. (1999) England: racism, anti-racism and the changing position of racialised social groups in economic relations. In: Dale, Gareth and Cole, Mike (eds.) The European Union and Migrant Labour. Berg: Oxford, pp. 69-89. ISBN 9781859739600

1998

Beishon, S., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1998) Ethnic Minority Families. Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853747468

Modood, T., Metcalf, H. and Virdee, S. (1998) British Asian entrepreneurs: culture and opportunity structures. In: Taylor-Gooby, Peter (ed.) Choice and Public Policy: The Limits to Welfare Markets. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 62-78. ISBN 033373131X

1997

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1997) Changing ethnic identities in Britain. In: Giddens, Anthony (ed.) Sociology: Introductory Readings. Polity Press: Cambridge, pp. 211-218. ISBN 9780745618746

Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (1997) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746706

Virdee, S. (1997) Preventing Racism in the Workplace: the UK. Working Paper 97/48/EN. [Research Reports or Papers]

Virdee, S. (1997) Racial harassment. In: Modood, Tariq, Berthoud, Richard, Lakey, Jane, Nazroo, James, Smith, Patten, Virdee, Satnam and Beishon, Sharon (eds.) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London, pp. 259-289. ISBN 9780853746706

1996

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment in Britain. [Research Reports or Papers]

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment: the Interaction of Culture and Economics in England. Series: PSI research report (824). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746980

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1996) Organising the unorganised: 'Race', poor work and trade unions. In: Ackers, Peter, Smith, Chris and Smith, Paul (eds.) The New Workplace and Trade Unionism. Series: Critical perspectives on work and organization. Routledge: London, pp. 240-278. ISBN 9780415116770

1995

Beishon, S., Virdee, S. and Hagell, A. (1995) Nursing in a Multi-Ethnic NHS. Series: PSI research report (775). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746621

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial Violence and Harassment. Series: PSI research report (729). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746478

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial violence and harassment: a case for a national survey? Policy Studies, 16(3), pp. 45-51. (doi: 10.1080/01442879508423681)

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1995) Organising the Unorganised: "Race", Poor Work and Trade Unions. [Research Reports or Papers]

1994

Virdee, S. and Grint, K. (1994) Black self-organization in trade unions. Sociological Review, 42(2), pp. 202-226. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1994.tb00088.x)

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1994) Changing Ethnic Identities. Series: PSI research report (794). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746461

1992

Virdee, S. (1992) Part of the union? Trade Union Participation by Ethnic Minority Workers. [Research Reports or Papers]

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Articles

Virdee, S. (2024) Living in the slipstream of defeat: Neoliberalism and the far-right. International Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41311-024-00603-7) (Early Online Publication)

Virdee, S. (2023) Racism and state formation in the age of absolutism. Historical Materialism, 31(2), pp. 104-135. (doi: 10.1163/1569206x-bja10010)

Virdee, S. (2023) The lines of descent of the present crisis. Sociological Review, 71(2), pp. 458-476. (doi: 10.1177/00380261221150341)

Virdee, S. (2021) The longue durée of racialized capitalism: A response to Charlie Post. Brooklyn Rail,

Bhattacharyya, G., Virdee, S. and Winter, A. (2020) Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism. Identities, 27(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1647686)

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: European crises: Contemporary nationalisms and the language of “race”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1747-1764. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361545)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race and Crisis [Guest Editors]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10),

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

Virdee, S. (2017) Race, class and Roediger’s open Marxism. Salvage [online],

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2017) Antisemitism and socialist strategy in Europe, 1880–1917: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 221-234. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1349606)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

Virdee, S. (2017) Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 356-373. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029)

Virdee, S. (2016) Stuart Hall y por qué la raza cuenta. Viento Sur [online],

Ashe, S., Virdee, S. and Brown, L. (2016) Striking back against racist violence in the East End of London, 1968-1970. Race and Class, 58(1), pp. 34-54. (doi: 10.1177/0306396816642997)

Davidson, N., Virdee, S. , Morrison, J. and Mooney, G. (2016) Scotland and alternatives to neoliberalism. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture(63), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.3898/136266216819376968)

Liinpää, M., McBride, M., Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2015) Racism: from the labour movement to the far-right. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(3), pp. 446-451. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.974645)

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2015) “Both racism and anti-racism were present in the making of the English working class”. An Interview with Satnam Virdee. Media Diversified [online], 2015(Nov 18),

Virdee, S. (2015) Opening a dialogue on race, class and national belonging. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(13), pp. 2259-2266. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058508)

Virdee, S. (2015) Politique des parias: sur la racialisation de la classe ouvrière anglaise. Période, 2015,

Virdee, S. (2015) Un Marxisme sans garanties: Stuart Hall et ce pourquoi la race compte. Contretemps,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism struggles of the seventies can inspire action today. Manchester Policy Blogs: Ethnicity,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism, working class formation and the significance of the racialized outsider. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2014) Challenging the empire. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(10), pp. 1823-1829. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932408)

Virdee, S. (2014) The politics of class and the long shadow of racism. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2012) Forward to the past: Race, the colour scale and Michael Banton. Ethnic and Racial Studies, (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2011.643814)

Kyriakides, C., Virdee, S. and Modood, T. (2009) Racism, muslims and the national imagination. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(2), pp. 289-308. (doi: 10.1080/13691830802586443)

Carter, R. and Virdee, S. (2008) Racism and the sociological imagination. British Journal of Sociology, 59(4), pp. 661-679. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x)

Virdee, S. (2006) 'Race', employment and social change: a critique of current orthodoxies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(4), pp. 605-628. (doi: 10.1080/01419870600665243)

Virdee, S., Kyriakides, C. and Modood, T. (2006) Codes of Cultural Belonging: Racialised National Identities in a Multi-Ethnic Scotis Neighbourhood. Sociological Research Online, 11(4),

Kyriakides, C. and Virdee, S. (2003) Migrant Labour, Racism and the British National Health Service. Ethnicity and Health, 8(4), pp. 283-305.

Virdee, S. (2002) Gewerkschaften und Antirassismus in England: eine replik auf Paul Gilroy and Ambalavaner Sivanandan. 1999 Zeitschrift fur Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrunderts, 17(1), pp. 153-186.

Virdee, S. (2000) A Marxist critique of black radical theories of trade-union racism. Sociology, 34(3), pp. 545-565.

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial violence and harassment: a case for a national survey? Policy Studies, 16(3), pp. 45-51. (doi: 10.1080/01442879508423681)

Virdee, S. and Grint, K. (1994) Black self-organization in trade unions. Sociological Review, 42(2), pp. 202-226. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1994.tb00088.x)

Books

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2023) Britain in Fragments: Why Things Are Falling Apart. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526164599

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

Beishon, S., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1998) Ethnic Minority Families. Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853747468

Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (1997) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746706

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment: the Interaction of Culture and Economics in England. Series: PSI research report (824). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746980

Beishon, S., Virdee, S. and Hagell, A. (1995) Nursing in a Multi-Ethnic NHS. Series: PSI research report (775). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746621

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial Violence and Harassment. Series: PSI research report (729). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746478

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1994) Changing Ethnic Identities. Series: PSI research report (794). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746461

Book Sections

Virdee, S. (2022) Racialized Capitalism. In: Back, Les and Solomos, John (eds.) Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader [Third Edition]. Routledge. ISBN 9780367623692

Virdee, S. (2019) Class, racism and the politics of vacuum. In: Perryman, Mark (ed.) Corbynism from Below. Lawrence and Wishart: London. ISBN 9781912064250

Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: Understanding racism in Scotland. In: No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh, pp. 9-12. ISBN 9781912147304

Virdee, S. (2017) Some thoughts on the theory, history and politics of race and class, or why class analysis must take race seriously. In: Kham, Omar and Shaheen, Faiza (eds.) Minorty Report: Race and Class in Post-Brexit Britain. Runnymede: London, pp. 14-16. ISBN 9781909546172

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79. In: Smith, Evan and Worley, Matthew (eds.) Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719095900

Virdee, S. (2010) The continuing significance of 'race': racism, antiracist politics and labour markets. In: Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (eds.) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 62-92. ISBN 9780230007789

Virdee, S. (2010) Racism, class and the dialectics of social transformation. In: Solomos, J. and Hill Collins, P. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies. Sage Publications: London, UK, pp. 135-165. ISBN 9780761942207

Cole, M. and Virdee, S. (2006) Racism and resistance: from Empire to New Labour. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights : Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Disability and Social Class. Routledge. ISBN 9780415356596

Virdee, S. (2003) The Asian experience in Scotland. In: Crowther, J., Martin, I. and Shaw, M. (eds.) Renewing Democracy in Scotland. NIACE, pp. 93-95. ISBN 9781862011465

Virdee, S. (2001) Racial harassment. In: Abercrombie, N. and Warde, A. (eds.) Contemporary British Society Reader. Polity Press, pp. 126-135. ISBN 0745622631

Virdee, S. (2000) Organised labour and the black worker in Britain: a critical analysis of postwar trends. In: Wets, Johan (ed.) Cultural Diversity in Trade Unions: A Challenge to Class Identity? Ashgate Publishing Ltd.: Aldershot, pp. 207-225. ISBN 9781840145267

Virdee, S. (2000) Racism and resistance in British trade unions, 1948-1979. In: Alexander, Peter and Halpern, Rick (eds.) Racializing Class, Classifying Race: Labour and Difference in Britain, the USA, and Africa. Series: St. Antony's series. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 122-149. ISBN 9780333730928

Virdee, S. and Cole, M. (2000) 'Race', racism and resistance. In: Cole, Mike (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights: Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Special Needs and Social Class. Routledge/Falmer: London, pp. 39-57. ISBN 0750708778

Virdee, S. (1999) England: racism, anti-racism and the changing position of racialised social groups in economic relations. In: Dale, Gareth and Cole, Mike (eds.) The European Union and Migrant Labour. Berg: Oxford, pp. 69-89. ISBN 9781859739600

Modood, T., Metcalf, H. and Virdee, S. (1998) British Asian entrepreneurs: culture and opportunity structures. In: Taylor-Gooby, Peter (ed.) Choice and Public Policy: The Limits to Welfare Markets. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 62-78. ISBN 033373131X

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1997) Changing ethnic identities in Britain. In: Giddens, Anthony (ed.) Sociology: Introductory Readings. Polity Press: Cambridge, pp. 211-218. ISBN 9780745618746

Virdee, S. (1997) Racial harassment. In: Modood, Tariq, Berthoud, Richard, Lakey, Jane, Nazroo, James, Smith, Patten, Virdee, Satnam and Beishon, Sharon (eds.) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London, pp. 259-289. ISBN 9780853746706

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1996) Organising the unorganised: 'Race', poor work and trade unions. In: Ackers, Peter, Smith, Chris and Smith, Paul (eds.) The New Workplace and Trade Unionism. Series: Critical perspectives on work and organization. Routledge: London, pp. 240-278. ISBN 9780415116770

Book Reviews

Virdee, S. (2005) John Solomos, Race and Racism in Britain, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), pp. 194-195. (doi: 10.1080/0141987042000280067)[Book Review]

Virdee, S. (2002) Victor M. Valle and Rudolfo D. Torres, Latino Metropolis, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25(2), pp. 338-339. (doi: 10.1080/01419870120109511)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., Mcbride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Research Reports or Papers

Virdee, S. (2000) Understanding Racial Harassment in School: ESRC Full Research Report, R000222376. [Research Reports or Papers]

Virdee, S. (1997) Preventing Racism in the Workplace: the UK. Working Paper 97/48/EN. [Research Reports or Papers]

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment in Britain. [Research Reports or Papers]

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1995) Organising the Unorganised: "Race", Poor Work and Trade Unions. [Research Reports or Papers]

Virdee, S. (1992) Part of the union? Trade Union Participation by Ethnic Minority Workers. [Research Reports or Papers]

Website

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2022) Racismo e antirracismo na formação da classe operária britânica. [Website]

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2022) Racismo y antirracismo en la formación de la clase obrera británica. [Website]

Virdee, S. (2022) Racisme et antiracisme dans la formation de la classe ouvrière britannique. Entretien avec S. Virdee. [Website]

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race, class and Brexit: how did we get here? [Website]

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2017) Rassismus, Klasse, Brexit, Krise. [Website]

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Grants

2024: Racialized capitalism and its discontents, The Sociological Review seminar series (with A. Mullen). 

2015-2017: Racism and Political Mobilisation: Learning from History and Thinking Internationally, ESRC Seminar Series, (with G. Bhattacharyya and A. Winter).

2014-2017: Location Dynamics, Owner Occupation and Ethnicity in Scotland, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with G. Price and A. Smith).

2013-2017: Understanding the Dynamics of Ethnic Identity and Inequality (CoDE), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centres Competition (with J. Nazroo and others)  

2004-2006: Racism and Nationalism in Scotland and England, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with T. Modood).

2001-2003: Networks of Civic Organisations in Britain, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with M. Diani).

1998-2000: Everyday Racism in School Life, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

1997-1998: Racism and Anti-racism in the Workplace, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EFILWC).

1994-1996: British Asian Self-employment: the interaction of culture and economics, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with T. Modood).

1990-1992: Race and Class: participation and representation of racialized minority workers in British trade unions, Commission for Racial Equality (CRE).

Supervision

PhD students supervised to completion

Christopher Kyriakides (ESRC studentship, 2005)

Kirsteen Paton (ESRC studentship, 2010)

Teresa Piacentini (ESRC studentship, 2011)

Carin Runciman (ESRC studentship, 2012)

Brendan McGeever (AHRC studentship, 2014)

Khauthar Ismail (Malaysian Government scholarship, 2016)

Elisabeth Badenhoop (ESRC studentship, 2016)

Mengxi Pang (China Scholarship Council, 2017)

Maureen McBride (ESRC studentship, 2017)

Minna Liinpaa (ESRC studentship, 2018)

Francesca Minelli (University of Glasgow scholarship, 2019)

Paul Goldie (University of Glasgow scholarship, 2020)

Scarlet Harris (ESRC studentship, 2020)

Ashli Mullen (ESRC studentship, 2021)

Helge Peterson (ESRC studentship, 2022)

 

Currently, I am supervising four PhD students:

Brian Keenan

Chase Beecroft

Rohit Rao

 

Teaching

UG honours courses

Class and the making of modern Britain.

“Freedom now”: A historical sociology of black liberation in the USA, 1954-1979. 

 

PGT course

Racism and modernity.

Additional information

Book series editor (with J. Solomos and A. Winter)

2018 to present: Racism, resistance and social change, Manchester University Press.

 

Journal editorial board 

2018 to present: The Sociological Review.

2009 to present: Ethnic and Racial Studies.

 

Recent external leadership duties

2019-2022: Member, REF2021 panel for Sociology.

 

Current duties within university

2019 to present: Co-chair, University of Glasgow Race Equality Committee.

 

Past leadership duties within university

2005-2020: Founding director, Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Nationalism (CRREN), University of Glasgow.

2013-2018: Co-director, ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE). 

2018-2019: Research director, Sociology.

2014-2017: PGT dissertation convenor, Sociology.

2010-2013: Head, Sociology.

2004-2010: Research director, Sociology.

2001-2004: Honours convenor, Sociology.


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