Sydney Sawyer Seminar
Generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University
of Sydney
The University of Sydney is the proud host of the first Mellon Sawyer
Seminar to be held in Australia. The seminar will run roughly from March
2009 to August 2010, consisting of eight special seminar sessions and one
international conference. Its theme is "The Antipodean Laboratory: Humanity,
Sovereignty and Environment in Southern Oceans and Lands, 1700-2009."
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)
Global Connections in Enlightenment Political
Though¹
Jennifer Pitts, (University of Chicago)
Europe, empire, and the boundaries of
international law¹
Andrew Fitzmaurice, (University of Sydney)
Sir Travers Twiss and the doctrine of
territorium nullius¹
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 paper abstracts and further 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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