Sydney Sawyer Seminar
The Antipodean Laboratory: Humanity, Sovereignty and Environment in Southern
Oceans and Lands, 1700-2009
Generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University
of Sydney
Session Three
Atlantic Justice in the Pacific World: Property, Rights, and Indigeneity
Friday, 17 July 2009, 15pm
1-5pm, Sutherland Room, Holme Building, Science Road, The University of
Sydney
Afternoon tea will be served
Convenors: Duncan Ivison and Andrew Fitzmaurice
Presenters: Sankar Muthu, (University of Chicago)
Jennifer Pitts, (University of Chicago)
Andrew Fitzmaurice, (University of Sydney)
As Europeans turned to the Pacific they brought with them a well-established
Atlantic framework for thinking about rights. And, indeed, thinking about
the Pacific helped to inspire some of the most prominent Enlightenment
philosophers and historians. But by the nineteenth century this whole
edifice was falling apart. The understanding of what it was to have a right
underwent dramatic changes, which often had devastating consequences for
colonized peoples. The aim of this seminar will be to examine the role of
the Pacific in the transformation of our understanding of rights.
The session is free, but registration is essential. RSVP to Katherine
Anderson [email protected] or 02 9036 5347 by July 13.
For further details on the session or for information regarding the Mellon
Sawyer Seminar series visit:
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/school/sophi/news_events/sawyer_seminar_series.s
html
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