School of Humanities: Recent submissions
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Casement Contra Casement: Liberalism, Empire and the Radicalisation of the Tohought of Roger Casement
Published 2012-01-01THIS THESIS examines the political thought of Roger Casement (1864–1916). A knighted humanitarian imperialist famed for his exposure of widespread human rights atrocities in the Congo and Amazon, Casement was hanged for ...Open AccessThesis -
‘We the Peoples of Asia and Africa’ The Bandung Conference and the Southernisation of the United Nations, 1955 – 1970
Published 2012-01-01‘We the Peoples of Asia and Africa’ The Bandung Conference and the Southernisation of the United Nations, 1955 – 1970Open AccessThesis -
‘With Friends Like These’: Human Rights, Neoconservatism and U.S. Foreign Policy from Carter to Reagan.
Published 2012-01-01This thesis engages with two emerging bodies of scholarship: the history of human rights and the history of U.S. neoconservatism. It begins with an exploration of the genesis of the contemporary international human rights ...Open AccessThesis -
The End of Angkor? The Modification and Re-use of Angkor Wat
Published 2011-12-01Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, was built in the mid 12th century AD and has been continuously occupied ever since. Angkor Wat was the jewel in the crown of Greater Angkor, the capital of the Khmer ...Open AccessThesis -
Seeing blue: negotiating the politics of Avatar media activism
Published 2011-01-01This thesis examines how the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar (2009) has been taken-up in media activism directed towards Indigenous struggles against imperialism. It assumes the importance of locating this phenomenon within ...Open AccessThesis