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Dr Ritu Vij

Dr Ritu Vij
Dr Ritu Vij
Dr Ritu Vij

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
r.vij@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274359
Office Address
F59 Edward Wright Building School of Social Science University of Aberdeen AB24 3QY
School/Department
School of Social Science

Biography

Ritu Vij joined the Department of Politics and International Relations in 2006, after completing a two-year fellowship at Keio Univerity (Tokyo) as the recipient of a Fellowship awarded jointly by the Social Science Research Council (USA) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Her doctoral degree is from the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), at the University of Denver, USA. She has been affiliated with several universities in Japan including, Kobe, Meiji Gakuin, Meiji, Ritsumeikan and Tokyo Universities. In the UK, her research has been funded by the British Academy, the Carnegie Trust of Scotland, the British International Studies Association and the University of Aberdeen.  

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director, Teaching and Learning Committee, School of Social Science

Director, Taught Post-Graduate Masters in International Relations

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Executive Council

Member, School Executive Council, Social Science

Member, University Senate

Previously: Coordinator, Politics and IR Seminar Series

 

 

 

External Memberships

Membership in Professional Associations:

  • International Studies Association (ISA)
  • British International Studies Association (BISA)
  • European International Studies Association (EISA)
  • International Political Science Association (IPSA)
  • Asian Studies in Japan (ASJ)

Professional Service:

  • President,Global Development Section (GDS)ISA (2009-2010; 2004-2005)
  • Vice-President,GDS, ISA (2003-2004)
  • Treasurer & Newsletter Editor, GDS, (2002-2003)
Research

Research Overview

Social theory; International Political Economy; Social Policy and Civil Society; Affect and Political Subjectivity.

Current Research

Precarity and the International, European International Studies Association, Conference, Warsaw September 18-21, 2013.

Call for Papers: http://www.8thpaneuropean.org/

Online submission of Proposals: https://www.conftool.pro/paneuropean2013/index.php?page=login

Deadline: February 24, 2013.

Funding and Grants

Funding for research received from the following:

British Academy

British International Studies Association

Carnegie Trust of Scotland

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Social Science Research Council, USA.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Post-graduate: International Relations Theory; Human and Critical Security

Under-graduate: International Political Economy; Japan and the World; Introduction to International Relations.

Publications

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  • Afterword: Decolonising Political Concepts

    Vij, R.
    Decolonising Political Concepts. Clavé-Mercier, V., Wuth, M. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 171-177, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Precarity and International Relations

    Vij, R. (ed.), Kazi, T. (ed.), Wynne-Hughes, E. (ed.)
    Palgrave Macmillan. 336 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The global subject of precarity

    Vij, R.
    Globalizations, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 506-524
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Precarity and the international: an introduction

    Vij, R.
    Globalizations, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 503-505
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Atemporal Dwelling: Heterotopias of Homelessness in Contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations: (De)Fatalizing the Present, Forging Radical Alternatives. Agathangelou, A. M., D. Killian, K. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 172-188, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Temporality, Violence, Politics

    Vij, R.
    Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations: (De) Fatalizing the Present, Forging Radical Alternatives (Interventions). Agathangelou, A., Killian, K. (eds.). Routledge
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Atemporal dwelling: Heterotopias of homelessness in contemporary Japan1

    Vij, R.
    Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations: (De)fatalizing the Present, Forging Radical Alternatives. Agathangelou, A. M., Killian, K. D. (eds.). Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 172-188, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Making and Un-Making Modern Japan

    Vij, R.
    ProtoSociology, vol. 32, pp. 1-263
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Vicissitudes of Japanese Modernity

    Vij, R.
    ProtoSociology, vol. 32, pp. 17-58
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cinematic Narratives of Precarity: Gender and Affect in Contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    Visions of Precarity in Japanese Popular Culture and Literature. Iwata-Weickgenannt, K., Rosenbaum, R. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 169-186, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Hegelian Encounters: Subjects to International Relations

    Vij, R. (ed.)
    Palgrave Macmillan. 272 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Slums, 'Subsistence' and Human Security

    Vij, R.
    Globalization, Difference and Human Security. Pasha, M. K. (ed.). Routledge
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Affective fields of precarity: Gendered antinomies in contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 122-138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Time, Politics and Homelessness in Contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    ProtoSociology, vol. 29, no. -, pp. 117-142
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temporality, civic engagement and alterity: Indo-kei in contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 3-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • G. W. F. Hegel

    Vij, R.
    Critical Theorists and International Relations. Edkins, J., Vaughan-Williams, N. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 199-204, 6 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Globalization and Citizenship: Locating Japan

    Vij, R.
    Journal of Peace Research, vol. 25, pp. 141-154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Globalization and Welfare: A Critical Reader

    Vij, R.
    Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, United Kingdom. 288 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan

    Vij, R.
    Palgrave Macmillan. 288 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Social Security

    Vij, R.
    Encyclopaedia of Capitalism
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

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