Abstract: In 1824, the Indigenous Chumash of Missions Santa Inés, Santa Barbara, and La Purísima de Concepción went to war against the settler-colonial system that bonded them to the mission lands and forced labor regime demanded by the Spanish Franciscan missionaries and compelled by Mexican military force in Alta California. The conflict lasted months and […]

Abstract: In this article we examine how Oregon’s highway markers represent settler colonization and White supremacy. The data consist of 141 historical highway markers developed by the Oregon Travel Information Council (OTIC), a state-led tourism and transportation agency. We coded the data set based on the extent to which markers acknowledge White supremacy or settler […]

Abstract: Formed on the practice of colonization, the creation of Canada is based on the immigration of French and English settler colonizers on stolen land. As time went on, immigration expanded to individuals of racialized backgrounds in search of starting a new life or seeking refuge in Canada. When we consider colonial legacies in immigration, […]

Abstract: In 1915, the United States sued the treasurer and sheriff of Dewey County, South Dakota, on behalf of six Lakota men at Cheyenne River Reservation. The suit alleged that Dewey County officials had improperly taxed the Lakota men before illegally seizing property for back payment. The case, US v. John Pearson (1916), became a turning point […]

Description: A bold reconceptualization of how settler expansion and narratives of victimhood, honor, and revenge drove the conquest and erasure of the Native South and fed the emergence of a distinct white southern identity. In 1823, Tennessee historian John Haywood encapsulated a foundational sentiment among the white citizenry of Tennessee when he wrote of a […]

Abstract: This essay may be considered as an epilogue to a larger project with the working title of “Settler Ascendancies: Voice and Authority in the Construction, Operation, Extension, and Separation of the British American Empire before 1776.” Building on my earlier books and essays emphasizing the agency of settlers in the construction and rationalizing the […]

Abstract: This dissertation examines the complex relationship between settler accumulation and security within instances of violence on farms in the Cape Colony, employing a dual methodology of microhistory and autoethnographic inquiry. This study seeks deeper insights into the enduring patterns that characterise settler colonies, particularly in relation to the perception of persecution of the settler […]

Abstract: In Mediterranean cities, settler colonial urbanisation operates through spatial homogenisation that transforms difference into otherness. Since 1979, in Budva, Montenegro, low-income working-class and forced migrants have confronted settler colonial urban practices—a system wherein established residents leverage local identity and political power to exclude newcomers. Interior settler colonialism constitutes a mode of domination characterised by […]

Description: Berserk Violence, Racial Vengeance, and Settler Colonialism in American Writing from Franklin to Melville studies the literary and cultural tradition of the “Indian Hater” in American writing from the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. In dozens of short stories, novels, poems, plays, and historical publications, Indian Haters were white settlers on the […]

Abstract: This edited volume seeks to contribute to the broader project of decolonisation by bringingtogether diverse perspectives for a critical examination of the Palestine Question. It aims to challenge dominant narratives, highlight the resilience and agency of Palestinians, and explore new pathways toward justice and liberation amid ongoing occupation and colonialism. The volume is structured […]