Upcoming Conferences within the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
Making Empire Visible in the Metropole
Making Empire Visible in the Metropole:
Comparative Imperial Transformations in America, Australia, England & France
In conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nation Empire Globe and SOPHI are hosting Making Empire Visible at the University of Sydney, Australia.
3-4 July 2008
How did the colonies influence things back in London and Paris? How is the view different - from the metropolitan epicentre and from the outposts of empire? How do our connections with Pacific Islands influence us in Sydney or Washington today? International experts will converge at Sydney to explore this fascinating subject.
For more information contact
Clare Corbould or
Warwick Anderson
Conference website
Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association
ANZASA July 2008
The Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association will hold its biennial conference in Sydney in July 2008.
For further information see the ANZASA web site by clicking on the above logo, or contact:
The History of International Thought Workshop
17 July, 2008
Speakers are:
Glenda Sluga (Sydney)
David Armitage (Harvard)
Duncan Bell (Cambridge)
Richard Bourke (Queen Mary College, London)
Ian Hunter (University of Queensland)
Andrew Fitzmaurice (Sydney)
Location: Western Tower Room, Main Quadrangle. Times: 10am-4pm
The 2nd Nation Empire Globe Post-graduate Intensive
23 - 25 July 2008
Transnational / International History
Postgraduate students are invited to submit proposals for the second Nation Empire Globe Postgraduate Intensive to be held at the University of Sydney
More information can be found at the NEGRC web site
Applications must be received by February 28, 2008
Recent conferences in the Department of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference 2008
University of Sydney
Department of Philosophy
Sydney, NSW, Australia
March 26 - 28, 2008
The APPC provides a forum for students working in all areas of philosophy to present papers and discuss their research with one another. The Sydney University Philosophy department is pleased to host the conference in 2008 and invites students from all over the Australasia region to attend.
Conference website
Modern European Philosophy & the Philosophy of Religion
Friday November 30 2007
9.30am - 5.30pm
Woolley Common Room,
Woolley Building,
The University of Sydney
Contact: Philip Quadrio -
This conference considers the contributions made by modern European thinkers to both philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. There is a marked difference in the way the issue of religion is treated within the Anglo-phone and the European contexts: while in Anglo-phone contexts philosophers have been more concerned with demonstrating the truth or untruth of the claims of Christianity and theism in general, in European philosophy the questions have tended to focus more on the role that religious experience plays in human life. In Kantian terms one might say that while the Anglo-phone tradition has focused on 'theoretical' issues the European tradition has tended to focus on 'practical' issues. The aim of the conference is to present a series of papers that are focused on European thinkers and European thought on religion and the religious experience that will contribute to an appreciation of the 'practical' questions that are raised by religion for philosophy, particularly for a post-metaphysical philosophy.
Where Are The Bodies? A Transnational Examination of State Murder and its Consequences
Friday, 23 November 2007
Western Tower Room
Quadrangle, University of Sydney
9.30am - 5.00pm
The conference will investigate the role of the state as perpetrator and its responsibilities to the victims and their families; the process and significance of exhumation, of identification and of repatriation; the differing transnational stances in tracing and punishing the perpetrators; the fraught issue of personal and official reparation; and the role and efficacy of international justice.
The conference, sponsored by the University of Sydney’s Department of History and School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, is free and open to the public.
Violence and the Post-Colonial Welfare State in France and Australia
October 18, 2007
Department of Philosophy and Department of Sociology
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2006
The guiding hypothesis of this workshop is that there are fruitful and currently underdeveloped connections to be made between two groups of scholars: those whose work relates to the violence occurring in indigenous communities in Australia and those with expertise on violence as it manifests in immigrant communities in France. We anticipate that the comparative approach to the topic will provide an innovative and stimulating avenue to explore highly significant (and politically charged) issues of contemporary violence and responsibility in the post-colonial welfare state.
Contact:
Russellian Society
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
Main Quad, A14
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Conference website
Immigrants as Citizens: Transnationalism and Incorporation as Future Directions in Turkish Relations with Australia, Europe and North America
6-7 October, 2007
University of Sydney,
In 1967, the Turkish and Australian Governments signed a bilateral agreement that led to assisted migration from Turkey to Australia. This landmark conference will identify the current circumstances of Australians of Turkish background and examine their impact on Australian Turkish relations after four decades of settlement. Further, through comparing the situation of Australian Turkish migration with that in Europe and North America and with other immigrant groups, the Conference will also explore the significance of government policies and the role of transnational and cross-cultural relations in the integration and incorporation of migrant communities. These are especially important in the contemporary international environment where concerns about individual commitment, security and terrorism are juxtaposed against opportunities to facilitate international economic, social and cultural exchanges involving immigrant populations.
These issues are relevant to all researchers, policy makers and community members concerned with social cohesion in diverse societies. The themes being explored by the conference will have particular relevance to the situation in Europe, where there has been decades of extensive Turkish migration and, more recently, debates surrounding Turkey’s candidature for membership of the European Union.
The conference will also identify and develop the potential for international research collaboration which can inform the work of policy makers in Australia and other migrant countries.
Conference website