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Conference Announcement "Race, Nation, History: In Honour of Henry Reynolds" International Conference Research School of the Humanities and Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University University of Tasmania National Library of Australia Canberra (Australia) 29-30 August 2008 __________________________________________________ Race, nation, history seeks to honour the work of Henry Reynolds, one of Australias finest historians and one of its leading public intellectuals, on the occasion of his seventieth year. A prodigious author, a renowned commentator and a controversial advocate, Reynolds work has profoundly influenced two or more generations of scholarship in history and other fields, and has had a considerable impact in legal and political spheres. He has been likened to the famous English historian E.P. Thompson. This conference shall have two approaches. First, it will comprise papers that explore the nature and significance of Reynolds intellectual, literary and political legacy by critically assessing his work as a historian of race and nation in both a national and an international context during a period of enormous social and cultural change from the 1960s to the present day. Second, it will comprise papers which are informed by the latest research and which address anew historical questions and historiographical problems regarding the consideration of subjects which Reynolds helped to pioneer, such as the colonial frontier, settler racism, and sovereignty, property and the law. The conference is being sponsored by the Research School of the Humanities and the Research School of the Social Sciences at The Australian National University, the National Library of Australia and the University of Tasmania, and it will take place over two days on 29-30 August 2008 at the National Library of Australia. It is being convened by Professor Bain Attwood, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, and the Research School of Humanities, CASS, The Australian National University; and Professor Tom Griffiths, History Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University. The speakers will be Warwick Anderson (University of Sydney), Alan Atkinson (University of New England), Larissa Behrendt (University of Technology Sydney), James Boyce (University of Tasmania), Dipesh Chakrabarty (University of Chicago), Ann Curthoys (Australian National University), Elizabeth Elbourne (McGill University), Lisa Ford (Macquarie University), Miranda Johnson (University of Chicago), Rani Kerin (University of Otago), Marilyn Lake (La Trobe University), Russell McGregor (James Cook University), Mark McKenna (University of Sydney), Henry Reynolds (University of Tasmania), Daniel Richter (University of Pennsylvania), and Tim Rowse (Australian National University). Contact: Prof. Bain Attwood Research Coordinator School of Historical Studies Monash University Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia Phone: +61 (0)3 9905 2165 Email: [email protected] Web: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/events/2008/racenationhistory/index.php __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
