Abstract: The removal of monuments and the renaming of places have become major flashpoints of social and political contestation over the past decade. In the United States, there has been a surge in the removal of neo-Confederate statues, monuments and place names as well as a dethroning of statues of Christopher Columbus and other prominent […]

Abstract: In this chapter, we draw on the Deathscapes: Mapping Race and Violence in Settler States project to disclose the bloody foundations that underpin colonial statues and monuments. As the Deathscapes project evidences, these bloody foundations are, in the context of settler states, daily exposed to view through the embodied racialised deaths of Indigenous people. In its […]

Abstract: This chapter is based on a post-colonial reading of contemporary politics and an appreciation of the long struggle against colonialism that can be traced back centuries. It contextualises the current ‘colonial memorialisation’ struggle as a component of that larger struggle, which is evident to me will continue for as long as the colonial political, […]

Abstract: Settler-colonies are places of tremendous inequality and violence. Yet, at the same time, settlercolonies are also places where elected institutions flourish. What explains the origin of institutionsseemingly founded on ideals of equality and liberty amidst systemic violence and hierarchy? Thisdissertation examines the process of elected representative institutional formation in settlercolonies through comparative-historical analysis drawing […]

Abstract: The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) is highly invested in maintaining a façade of adherence to International Law (IL) in Israel’s continuous occupation of the West Bank, and in mitigating the contradictions and complexities in Israel’s implementation of this law. Our paper proposes a unique legal-geographical perspective to the analysis of this dynamic, […]

Excerpt: In colonial regimes, dominant conceptions of private property developed alongside racial hierarchies.

Abstract: This article interrogates and contextualises the settler identification discourses related to Danube Swabians in Entre Rios/Guarapuava in southern Brazil (Paraná). It looks into the origins of Danube Swabian ‘settlerness’, asking why does it play a central role in Danube Swabian identity constructions in Brazil (but also beyond), and how has it changed over time. […]

Abstract: The chapter provides an overview of research on the various marginal white populations throughout history; that is white people who have been called white trash, rednecks, hillbillies, chavs, bogans, redlegs or poor whites. Wray and Wolfe ask, what, if anything, can the study of marginal whites teach us about both the boundaries and the […]

Abstract: This chapter explores the criminalization of Palestinian resistance by Israel. It focuses on ‘’48 Palestinians’ (known also as Palestinian citizens in Israel) and the ways in which Israel systematically used mass arrests during the Unity Uprising in May 2021 as a colonial technology to stifle Palestinian protest and construct Palestinians as a security threat […]

Abstract: The local turn in Peace Studies has raised important practical and normative questions around the ‘liberal peace’ approach that defines post-Cold War international peacebuilding. However, recent critical interventions reveal the limits of the local turn’s engagement with themes including race, gender, class, and colonialism. Engaging Indigenous authors who ground diverse conceptualizations of peace in […]