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Subjects, Citizens, Slaves: Historicising Australian Citizenship - MHPG918

Citizenship stands at the centre of current debates about nation, identity and belonging worldwide. This unit explores the evolution of Australian citizenship with a particular focus on debates about citizenship in historical context. What does citizenship mean and how has it developed since 1788? What are the discourses and their broader contexts and what do moments of contestation tell us about citizenship in Australia? What is the language of citizenship, in particular, the relative weightings of rights and responsibilities. In particular, we trace various discourses of rights (human, women's, ethnic, Indigenous) and examine their impact on conceptions of citizenship.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

2015 - Next offered in 2015

Staff Contact(s): Dr Alison Holland
Prerequisites:

(12cp in AHST or POL or MHIS units at 300 level) or admission to MA in (History or Modern History) or PGDipArts in Modern History or PGCertArts in Modern History Prerequisite Information

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Unit Designation(s):

Arts

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations

Faculty of Arts

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