20 September, 2011, Department of History, University of Essex
The theme of the graduate conference this year was ‘Creating the ‘Other’’ throughout history. We were very pleased to welcome a large and diverse group delegates and presenters from a number of institutions who made for an engaging and lively audience. We were also very happy to welcome Dr. John Bulaitis, of Canterbury Christchurch University, to provide the keynote address to the conference. Contributions were arranged into four panels, which explored the relevance of historical processes of ‘Othering’ to the realms of national identity, crime, gender and colonialism. Papers presented covered a multitude of topics, periods and contexts, ranging from the construction of persons of colour as servants in late 19th and early 20th century France, Germany and the United States, to the origins of sub-cultural cannabis-use in mid-20th century London, the utilisation of humour in the construction of masculinities during the English Civil Wars, and the introduction of the Contagious Diseases Act in the governance of the colonial ‘other’ in British-controlled Hong Kong in the late-19th century.
A selection of papers presented were published as Research Paper No 4, part of the Department's Research Papers series.
We would like to thank the Department for their generosity in funding this event.
PROGRAMME
Welcome Address, by Alison Rowlands, Head of the Department of History, University of Essex
THE ‘OTHER’ AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
Chair: Dr Jeremy Krikler, Senior Lecturer, University of Essex
Malte Hinrichsen (University of Essex), The Black Servant Stereotype in the U.S, France and Germany as Reflected in the Advertising Campaigns of Uncle Ben, Sarotti and Banania
Antje Friedrich (University of Bayreuth), The ‘Other’ from within: Afro-Germans as a Scapegoat for post-WWII German Society
Christopher J. Wright (King’s College London), The Creation of Indians in Canada: The Nation-State, Identity, and Aboriginal People’s Resistance
Sivamohan Valluvan (University of Manchester), The Conceit of Civic Nationalism: Illusions and Opportunities of a Post-Ethnic Europe
THE ‘OTHER’ AND CRIME
Chair: Dr Peter Gurney, Senior Lecturer, University of Essex
Elliott Hicks (University of Essex), Reefers, Rhythm and Race: Becoming a Cannabis User in London, 1947-1952
Guy Woolnough (Keele University), "I saw the defendant on Brough Hill. His movements were suspicious": How the Police in Victorian Cumbria identified and dealt with problems
Eleni Liapi (University of York), "Basiliskes of a common wealth": Rogues as ‘Others’ in early modern London’s cheap print
THE ‘OTHER’ AND GENDER
Chair: Dr Alison Rowlands, Head of the Department of History, University of Essex
Sara Régnier-McKellar (University of Essex), Manhood and Humour in the construction of the ‘other’ during the British Civil Wars
Kristen Brill (University of Cambridge), Exposing the Seedy Underbelly of Slavery: The Concept of the ‘Other’ in United States Civil War Narratives
Patrick Glen (University of Sheffield), Ziggy Stardust and the Music Press: Negotiating Transgressive Male Sexuality
THE ‘OTHER’ AND COLONIALISM
Chair: Professor Edward Higgs, Graduate Director, University of Essex
Joanna Frew (University of Essex), The Other in India and the Scottish Highlands: Traditional Societies and Improvement
Aaron McGaughey (University of Nottingham), The Irkutsk Cultural Project: ‘Other’ peoples in late-Imperial Siberia, 1860-1917
Jane Berney (Open University), The Colonial ‘Other’: The Contagious Diseases Acts in Hong Kong
Jennifer Reeve (University of East Anglia), Perceptions and Prioritisation: The Colonial Office, Colonial Populations and Jewish Refugees
Keynote address by Dr John Bulaitis, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University