Public Lecture by Mike Martin: ‘Global Intellectual History and Settler Colonial Studies’
How did human thought develop in societies founded upon the notion of building a new world? How does settler colonialism correspond to the planetary movement of ideas? What are the major works focussing on intellectual circulation in settler colonies and what are the major themes explored in such texts?
The lecture is structured upon key concepts and ideas that were quintessential to the settler colonial world yet also influenced humanity far beyond colonial borders: from declaration of independence to federalism and abolitionism.
The presentation contains a detailed analysis of recent publications and ongoing projects concerning global intellectual history in connection with settler colonial studies. The attendees will familiarise themselves with major names in the field and explore the content of their research.
Mike Martin is a PhD in History Candidate at the University of Cambridge and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. His doctoral dissertation is titled ‘Federalist Rhetorical Strategies in British Settler Colonies, c. 1830–1931’ and deals with various modes of persuasion that different political actors in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa mobilised to incline omnifarious audiences towards the federalist agenda.
