Abstract: The Australian National University’s inaugural Coral Bell Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy introduced philosophical perspectives that could underpin Indigenous Australian diplomacy. This piece uses the lecture as a starting point to discuss the possibilities and tensions of using a relationist ethos to pursue an Indigenous Australian Diplomacy approach within a survivalist system, drawing on the […]

Abstract: Settler colonialism shapes the governance of public land in what is now called the United States, contributing to eco-social disruptions for Indigenous populations. The Bears Ears National Monument was established in December 2016 in an unprecedented collaboration between the federal government and an inter-tribal coalition. Less than a year later, in December 2017, the […]

Abstract: My very first encounter with the term “settler colonialism”—a particular form of colonization in which colonizers violently expropriate land that is indigenous to other nations in an attempt to permanently displace and replace Indigenous populations—was in my junior year at Toronto’s York University in my first-ever Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) course. It was […]

Abstract: The authors examine the implications of understanding Palestinian mental health from a White colonial lens and offer ways in which a decolonial and liberatory approach to mental health is essential to advance Palestinian well-being. They offer ways in which to situate an understanding of Palestinian mental health within the context of the ongoing settler […]

Abstract: In 2016, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, 400 Indigenous Nations and non-indigenous allies gathered in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline to protect Mni Sose, the Missouri River. They became known as the Water Protectors. Against these defenders stood a militarized line of “money protectors,” paramilitary groups and state police who were indistinguishable […]

Abstract: In Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice, Azmi Bishara offers a broad overview of the history and current situation in occupied Palestine. In this article, I focus on the political (theo)logic that has shaped much of that history and continues to shape the militarism and settler colonialism Bishara describes with analytical depth. We might call […]

Description: Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement is an accessible primer on the contemporary US militia movement. Exploring the complicated history of militias in the US, starting with the Revolutionary War period, this book leverages unique data from ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and previously unseen archival materials from militia founder Norm Olson to detail the […]

Abstract: Although space colonization appears to belong to the world of science fiction, private corporations owned by Silicon Valley billionaires—and supported by the US state—have spent billions making it a reality. Analyses of space colonialism have sometimes viewed these projects as distinct from earthly histories of colonialism, instead locating them within traditions of libertarianism, neoliberalism […]

Description: Civil War Settlers is the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian Americans and their participation in the US Civil War. Based on thousands of sources in multiple languages, that have to date been inaccessible to most US historians, Anders Bo Rasmussen brings the untold story of Scandinavian American immigrants to life by focusing on their […]

Abstract: In the 1860s, women’s property rights in the United States changed dramatically with the passage of the Homestead Act and the Married Women’s Property Act. At the same time, Norwegians were immigrating in droves to the plains of the Middle West looking to settle and lay claim to undeveloped land. This project examines this […]