Episode 28: Settler-Colonialism in World History

Please join Bridget, James, Matt, and Thanasis as we talk about settler-colonialism in world history! What is settler-colonialism? What are settler-colonies and how did they develop differently? Replacing indigenous populations or ruling over those populations? Who belongs and who is erased in the public perception of the nation? We discuss the "blank space" presented by settlers to push indigenous people out and the differing intentions of settler-colonies. We talk about how hyper-masculinity explicitly defines political systems of settler-colonialism. Did settler-colonialism produce whiteness or was it something different? How does settler-colonialism fit into the larger imperial project? What does it mean to live in a settler-colonial society today? Books mentioned in the episode: Islands of White: Settler Society and Culture in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1939 by Dane Kennedy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1129042.Islands_of_White Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality by Marilyn Lake, Henry Reynolds https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2551707.Drawing_the_Global_Colour_Line Settler Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview by Lorenzo Veracini https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11318355-settler-colonialism Settler Colonialism and the Transformation of Anthropology: The Politics and Poetics of an Ethnographic Event by Patrick Wolfe https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238448.Settler_Colonialism_and_the_Transformation_of_Anthropology Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race by Patrick Wolfe https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23602714-traces-of-history The Breaking History podcast is a production of the Northeastern University History Graduate Student Association. Producers and Sound Editors: Matt Bowser, Cassie Cloutier, and Dan Squizzero Theme Music: Kieran Legg Today's hosts were: Matt Bowser, Bridget Keown, Thanasis Kinias, Jamie Parker, James Robinson