Professor Meena Dhanda is a leading scholar on caste and identity, focussing on casteism as a form of racism. Her research as a socially engaged political philosopher is transdisciplinary. She explores the conjugations of caste, class, gender, and race, drawing attention to the social injustices faced by oppressed groups, and their individual and collective resistance to domination.
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ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-7816

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Roles

  • University of Wolverhampton

    University, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
    Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Politics

  • London School of Economics and Political Science

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Visiting Professor, Department of Media and Communications

  • Oxford University Press

    Other, United Kingdom
    Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Intersections: Racism By Context

Research

Introduction

Authors Pritam Singh, Meena Dhanda
Year 2025
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies
3 Book Chapter

The Quandary of Caste for Sikhs in the UK

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2025
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies
4 Book Chapter

Race and/or caste: What is at stake?

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2024
Journal Name Current Sociology
5 Journal Article

Philosophical Foundations of Anti-Casteism

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2020
Journal Name Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
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7 Journal Article

Identity

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2020
Book Title Philosophy for Girls
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8 Book Chapter

Ensuring protection against caste discrimination in Britain: Should the Equality Act 2010 be extended?

Authors Annapurna Waughray, Meena Dhanda
Year 2016
Journal Name International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
9 Journal Article

Anti-castism and misplaced nativism Mapping caste as an aspect of race

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2015
Journal Name RADICAL PHILOSOPHY
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10 Journal Article

Caste and international migration, India to the UK

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2013
Journal Name The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
11 Journal Article

Punjabi dalit youth: social dynamics of transitions in identity

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2009
Journal Name Contemporary South Asia
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12 Journal Article

What does the hatred/fear of the veil hide?

Authors Meena Dhanda
Year 2008
Journal Name Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care
13 Journal Article

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