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Michael Banton, ‘The colour line and the colour scale in the twentieth century’, Ethnic and Racial Studies (2011). Some more recent evidence supports Du Bois’ prediction that the twentieth century would prove the century of the colour line. It indicates that men have always and everywhere shown a preference for fair complexioned women as sexual […]
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scs 2, 1 (2011) out now
check it out here.
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bibliography of books and articles published in english on colonialism and imperialism in 2010
Marcella Fultz, ‘Bibliography of Books and Articles Published in English on Colonialism and Imperialism in 2010’, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 12, 2 (2011)
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introducing the scs network
Scholars who have published, or who have interests in the field of settler colonial studies (such as those writers featured in the settler colonial studies blog) are invited to join the new, settler colonial studies network. With time, it is hoped that the network will transform into a comprehensive directory of scholars. If you’d like […]
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Wed July 13: Decolonization is widely thought of as one of the foundational processes of the modern world. An old imperial order was swept away: a new ‘world of nations’ emerged to replace it. The inviolable nature of national sovereignty, the right to self-determination and a portfolio of human rights acquired normative status as the […]
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Making Settler Colonial Space: Perspectives on Race, Place and Identity (Palgrave UK, 2010) Edited by Tracey Banivanua Mar and Penelope Edmonds. To be launched by Patrick Wolfe. The new journal, settler colonial studies, introduced by Jane Carey and Lorenzo Veracini. When: Thursday 30th June, 5.00pm for a 5.30pm start Where: Gertrudes Brown Couch, 30 Gertrude […]
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Helmut K Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar (eds), Cultures and Globalization: Heritage, Memory and Identity (SAGE, 2011). Heritage, memory and identity are closely connected keywords of our time, each endowed with considerable rhetorical power. Different human groups define certain objects and practices as ‘heritage’; they envision heritage to reflect some form of collective memory, either […]
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Robert J. Miller and Micheline D’Angelis,’Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery’ (Working Paper: February 23, 2011). Abstract: The Doctrine of Discovery, viewed through the lens of six hundred years of international law, has shaped Brazil’s legal history and laws ever since 1500 when Portugal claimed first discovery of the territory. A […]
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