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24Jun10

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Modernity and colonialism are intimately linked, and colonialism has mobilised people in unprecedented ways. While in many places processes of bloody or incremental decolonisation meant that the invaders returned home; in other settings they stayed. In countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Taiwan, and others, the settlers stayed, and […]


Call for chapters, ‘Biomapping: Indigenous Identities”, proposals due by June 15. The Commonwealth at 60, University of Sheffield, June 3 2010. Scholarly networks in the British Empire, Oxford, 5-6 July 2010. 5th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Colorado, 2 August 2010. EACLALS Postgrad conference, ‘Postcolonialism and Labour’, Germany, 26-7 March 2011. Call for content, […]


The Production of Colonial Historiography, Frankfurt University, Germany, October 4-5 2010. What Postcolonial Theory Doesn’t Say, University of York, UK, July 3-5 2010. Latin American Borderlands: New Frontiers in Race, Religion and the Arts, SFA, Texas, September 30-October 2 2010. Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies, De Paul University, Chicago, November 5-6 2010. Exploring […]


After doing the same for the JCCH, I thought I’d do have a look at the feature articles published in the Journal of Imperialism and Commonwealth History as well. Interesting results (some unexpected). Comparative or transnational topics (total: 15) Comparative or transnational topics relating to ‘British world’ (total: 5) Comparative or transnational topics relating to […]


Today I tabled up the topics covered in feature articles published by the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History since the start of 2007. There’s surprisingly little content relating to settler colonial histories, along with a number of other regional gaps as well. See for yourself: Comparative or transnational topics (total: 3) Comparative or transnational […]


Borders, State University of New York, October 16 2010. Romanticism and Responsibility: Concepts, Debates and Actions in Europe and its Colonies 1770s-1830s, University of Cyprus, 3-4 September 2010. Women and Gender in Colonial Contexts, Université Paris-1, 19-21 January 2012. Call for Book and Film Reviewers relating to Native American, First Nation, Aboriginal, and Indigenous issues, for Indigenous Issues […]


“Negotiating with the Enemy”: a workshop on counterinsurgency and colonialism. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London. 24 September 2010. Deadline: March 15. Indigenous Research and Relationships and Relationships: The 9th annual symposium on Native Scholarship. University of Washington. De Pierre-Esprit Radisson a Louis Riel: voyageurs et Metis / From Pierre Esprit Radisson to Louis Riel: voyageurs […]


From their website: The use and study of the past is constantly being refashioned and reinterpreted to construct meaning in the present, imparting understandings of a common but chaotic humanity. Because everyone and no one ‘owns’ history, the ownership of historical events and the right to speak of them remains deeply contested. What are the […]


The Legal History Blog has called our attention to a conference to be held at UC Irvine in April. The program looks great: April 16th Welcome and Introduction: Catherine Fisk (Law, UC Irvine) Session 1: Interactions – Law, Text, History Chair Dirk Hartog (History, Princeton) Speakers: Steven Wilf (Law, Connecticut), “Law/Text/Past”; Norman Spaulding (Law, Stanford), […]