A Symposium

University of Chicago

April 25-26, 2008

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This symposium aims to develop collaborative and comparative theories of settler colonialism.  Scholars in anthropology, history, indigenous studies, American and Australian studies, law, and political theory will explore questions that include:  Does using the rubric of settler colonialism help us to better understand relations between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, and what might it occlude?  In what ways does settler colonialism condition peoples and populations?  Conversely, what are its everyday conditions?  Are there specific settler logics, political formations, and economies that can be analyzed across domains (e.g., cosmopolitan or immigrant) that may not initially appear to be “settler colonial”?  If indigeneity and settler colonialism cannot be reduced to their relationship with one another, how might we account for their relational excesses and respective sovereign spaces? 

With attention to indigeneity, this symposium centers on Anglophone settler societies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.  At the same time, we will query the geographical and conceptual boundaries of settler coloniality by including work from South Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.  The symposium’s purpose is to foster conversation among scholars who have approached shared questions from diverse disciplinary, national, and political traditions.  Toward this end, we will present original papers, plenary panels, and roundtables during an intensive two-day gathering.  Themes will be announced after preliminary conversations with participants.

Symposium organizers:
Jessica Cattelino, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Miranda Johnson, History Ph.D. candidate

Presenters:
Chris Andersen, University of Alberta, Canada
Bain Attwood, Monash University, Australia
Christopher Bracken, University of Alberta, Canada
Jessica Cattelino, University of Chicago
Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago
D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, USA
Raymond Fogelson, University of Chicago
Aroha Harris, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Frederick Hoxie, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, USA
Miranda Johnson, University of Chicago
J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University, USA
Amanda Macdonald, University of Chicago
Stuart Macintyre, Melbourne University, Australia / Harvard University, USA
Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University, USA
Caroline Schuster, University of Chicago
Audra Simpson, Cornell University, USA
Andrea Smith, USA
Stephen Turner, University of Auckland
Hadas Weiss, University of Chicago

Discussants:
Bain Attwood, Monash University
Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago
Amahl Bishara, University of Chicago
Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago
Leela Gandhi, University of Chicago
Ramón Gutiérrez, University of Chicago
Audra Simpson, Cornell University

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From Wacker and Michigan in Downtown Chicago:

1. Head south on N Lower Michigan Ave toward E Lower Wacker Dr (10 ft)

2. Turn left at E Lower Wacker Dr (0.4 mi)

3. Take the ramp onto N Lake Shore Dr/US-41 S (7.3 mi)

4. Turn right at E 57th St (0.3 mi)

5. Continue on S Cornell Ave (0.2 mi)

6. Slight right at Midway Plaisance (0.3 mi)

7. Turn right at S Blackstone Ave (0.2 mi)

8. Turn left at E 58th St (0.2 mi)

9. Turn left at S Kenwood Ave (13 ft)

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