The Hidden and Excess of Anzac Day
When living in a multiracial settler colony, any celebration of war is, to say the least, problematic. Yet, each and every year, every member…
Call for Contributors to the ACRAWSA Blog
Welcome to the brand new blog of the Australian Critical Race & Whiteness Studies Association. This space is designed to give voice to academics,…
Guests in the Master’s House
Following the publication of Australian Continental Philosophy, we sought Bryan Mukandi’s permission to re-post his reflections on the 2017 ASCP conference in Hobart. Our…
How the British Museum Changed its Story About the Gweagal Shield
When Lieutenant James Cook landed, uninvited, onto the continent now known as Australia, he began a colossal theft. The British colonial project initiated by…
Thinking Relationally about Race, Blackness and Indigeneity in Australia
4 July 2018, Female Orphan School, Western Sydney University, Parramatta South campus. Register to participate here A one-day Symposium to be held at Western…
Women and Children in War Zones and Children Born of War
by Victoria Grieves The 25 April marks the one day of the year when Australians are encouraged to stop and reflect on the…
Teaching Nationhood: An Asian-Australian Story
When Anzac Day approaches, I reflect on my experience of teaching about Australian nationhood in the context of being a non-Indigenous, Asian migrant to…
The X the Nation Built
1. We should always speak out loud on the crimes of war and empire. Between the words that echo in our chambers, there are…
Australian National Identity: White Patriarchy through the ANZAC Legend
I spot him before he actually notices me. Old mate is drunk and belligerent, not minding his own business like the other men, an…
Review: Boko Haram Huntress (Al-Jazeera)
Can we have a figure of the warrior, the hunter, the hero in the feminine, who is not also always incited to an apology…
From the ‘unknown’ to ‘once-known’: National Gallery of Victoria’s Colony. A Review.
From the ‘unknown’ to ‘once-known’: National Gallery of Victoria’s Colony. A Review. The National Gallery of Victoria’s ambitious two-part exhibition Colony: Australia 1770–1861 and Colony:…