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October 29, 2004<\/p>\n

On Friday October 29, as part of a larger, three day symposium entitled \u201cHistories and Geographies of Difference: Australia and America,\u201d (conceived by UWM Vilas Professor Emeritus Ihab Hassan, and cosponsored by the Center and UWM\u2019s Center for International Education) we turned our attention to Australia. The afternoon began with a panel examining \u201cThe Writer\u2019s and Artist\u2019s Perspective.\u201d Chaired by Patrice Petro<\/strong> (English and CIE) the panel consisted of Ihab Hassan<\/strong>, \u201cViews of the Void: Painting a Continent;\u201d Nicolas Jose<\/strong> (Sydney), \u201cThe Dreaming and the Dream: Australia and America;\u201d and Chris Wallace-Crabbe<\/strong> (Melbourne), \u201cSlouching toward the Nightmare of History.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Center-organized panel, \u201cMulticultural Australia,\u201d focused on Australia\u2019s relationship with indigenous peoples under its control from the late nineteenth century to the present. Speakers were anthropologists Diane Bell<\/strong> (George Washington) and Elizabeth Povinelli<\/strong> (Chicago), and historian Patricia O\u2019Brien<\/strong> (Georgetown). Starting off, Bell presented an open letter addressed to Australian prime minster John Howard. She pleaded for a new look at Australia\u2019s relations with ethnic minorities, Australia\u2019s ethnic make-up, and federal policies on immigration and refugees. Patricia O\u2019Brien followed with an historical study of Australian colonialism in Papua New Guinea, for which, she argued, United States expansionism in the Pacific served as a model. Under the influence of a rising Japan in the second quarter of the twentieth century, Australia\u2019s approach evolved from a \u201cbenevolent colonialism\u201d to a systematic integration of its \u201cBrown Pacific\u201d with national economic and defensive systems.<\/p>\n

Finally, Elizabeth Povinelli examined, in the context of current international politics and indigenous rights issues, the rise of what she called \u201cbelligerent democratic nationalism\u201d as represented by the \u201cshameless state.\u201d Rejecting the relevance of the past and the need for amends, the shameless state seeks to \u201cliberate\u201d the present and future from the past and move toward \u201cclosure.\u201d Instead, Povinelli argued, a relentless orientation toward the future prevents a genuine recognition of the other and a coming to terms with an historically rooted subordination.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Povinelli (Chicago) and historian Patricia O’Brien (Georgetown)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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