Rita Dhamoon
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
C472-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
ritadhamoon@shaw.ca
Canadian and British citizenship
EDUCATION
2000 - Ph.D. Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
Dissertation Title: Rethinking Culture and Cultural: The Politics of
Meaning-Making supervised by Dr. Barbara Arneil
1993 MA
Department of Government, University of Essex, U.K.
Title of degree: British Politics
Major areas: British politics and political theory
1992
Department of Government and Politics, Loughborough University, U.K
Title of degree: Politics with Social Administration
Major areas: British Politics, political theory, European politics
BA
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTEREST
Contemporary Political Theory
History of Political Thought
Canadian Politics
Gender and Politics
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
‘Culture’ vs. ‘Cultural’. Invited to submit to Constellations: An
International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory Revised and resubmitted (summer 2005).
Books
Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice, (Edited book) volume in progress, coedited with Barbara Arneil, Avigail Eisenberg and Monique Deveaux.
Book Chp.
“The Conceptual Shift from ‘Culture’ to ‘Cultural’: Locating
Intersectionality and Power” in Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice, (Edited
book) volume in progress, co-edited by Barbara Arneil, Avigail Eisenberg
and Monique Deveaux and Rita Dhamoon.
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“Intersectional Identity: Rethinking 'Culture' in Liberal Multiculturalism”
in Social (In)Justice: Antidiscrimination, Decolonization and
Democratization, (Edited book in German) edited by Maria do Mar Castro
Varela (forthcoming, fall 2005) LIT Publishers.
Book review Ronald Beiner’s Liberalism, Nationalism and Citizenship: Essays on the
Problem of Political Community (Vancouver: UBC Press 2003), to appear
in “Letters of Canada 2003” University of Toronto Quarterly vol. 74: 1
(forthcoming, January 2005).
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
June 2005
Beyond Inclusion Politics: Reconstituting the Political Order, Canadian
Political Science Association Annual Conference, London, Canada.
Sept. 2004
‘Cultural’, Intersectionality and Power: Re-thinking the Culture-Concept,
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago.
June 2004
‘Cultural’ vs. ‘Culture’: Locating Intersectional Identities and Power,
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Winnipeg,
Canada.
May 2004
‘Cultural’ vs. ‘Culture’, conference on Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice:
Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Feb. 2004
Why Culture Doesn’t Matter, conference on Why Culture Matters?
Cultural Relativism and Universal Theory in the Global Era, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, Canada.
Oct. 2003
Rethinking Culture in Political Theory, Pacific Northwest Political
Science Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
May 2003
Will Kymlicka and the Politics of Difference, British Columbia Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Jan. 2001
The Limits of Multiculturalism, conference on Imagining Home(s):
Exploring Culture, Language and Nation, Arts Graduate Students’
Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor:
Summer 2005 Instructor
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia, Canada.
Summer 2004 Instructor and Team Coordinator
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia, Canada.
Guest Lecturer:
Sept. 2004
Social Justice: Policy and Practice 320,
Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby,
Canada
Topic: Nancy Fraser and Justice.
Nov. 2003
Gender and Politics 345
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
Topic: Liberal Feminism.
Oct. 2003
Social Justice: Policy and Practice 320,
Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby,
Canada
Topic: Nancy Fraser and Justice.
July 2003
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
Topic: Introduction to Feminism
July 2003
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
Topic: Multiculturalism.
March 2003
Western Political Ideologies 240,
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
Topic: Three Waves of Feminism.
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Teaching Assistant:
Winter 2005 Critical “Race” Theory: “Race, Racism, and Racialization 342
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Winter 2003 Introduction to Western Political Thought 240
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Fall 2002
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Winter 2002 Introduction to Western Political Ideologies 240
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Winter 2001 Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics 101
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Fall 2000
Introduction to Politics 100
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Conference Coordinator, Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice Conference, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2002- 2003).
Research Assistant, Research Advisory on the British Columbia Provincial Cuts and
Violence against Women, Vancouver (2001-2).
ACADEMIC AWARD and TRAVEL GRANTS
Grant Notley Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta (2005-2007)
American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant (2005)
Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Travel Grant (2004).
University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2002-2003).
European Social Fund, University of Essex (1992-1993).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association (APSA).
Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA).
International Conference for the Study of Political Thought (CSPT).
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Board Member of CPSA, Graduate Student Representative, Canadian Political Science
Association (2002 – 2004).
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Founding Member of Graduate Students Mentoring Program, Department of Political
Science, University of British Columbia (2004).
Founding Member and Chair of Contemporary Critical Theory Group, Department of
Political Science, University of British Columbia (Feb 2003 – June 2004).
Canadian Politics Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Political Science,
University of British Columbia (2003 – 2004).
Equity Representative for Political Science Graduate Student Association, Department of
Political Science, University of British Columbia (2000– 2001, 2003-2005).
Departmental Hiring Committee (Political Theory), Graduate Student Representative,
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia (2001).
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REFERENCES
Dr. Barbara Arneil (supervisor)
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
C472-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
Phone: (604) 822-9551
Fax: (604) 822-5540
Email: arneil@interchange.ubc.ca
Dr. Laura Janara
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
C472-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
Phone: (604) 822 3608
Fax: (604) 822-5540
Email: janara@politics.ubc.ca
Dr. Avigail Eisenberg
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
Cornett A323
P.O. Box 3050 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 3P5
avigaile@uvic.ca
Kenneth Carty
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
C472-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
Telephone: (604) 822-6825
Fax: (604) 822-5540
rkcarty(at)interchange.ubc.ca