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Non-State Civic Membership from Antiquity to Modernity: Ancient Roman Expulsions and Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) Citizenship Resurgence

Wednesday 5 March 2025, 12:00-14:30 (12-12:40 lunch provided)

Council Chamber in Northcott House, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter. Online/Zoom from 12:40


Event details

Organised by Exeter Classics and Ancient History,  the Centre for Political Thought, and ROUTES.

Guest speaker: Leverhulme Visiting Professor Damien Lee (Toronto Metropolitan University).

Exeter speakers include Elena Isayev (Ancient History) and Andrew Schaap (Politics).

Access, Rights, Privileges and Protection: What gives value to civic membership? And how does it transform depending on the practice and agents of sovereignty in any given period? These questions bring together the seemingly disparate cases which will be presented by the panel members:

  • From a moment of expulsion in Roman Egypt (Isayev)
  • To the current resurgence of Anishinaabe citizenships in Canada (Lee)
  • With contemporary theories situating nation-state citizenship (Schaap)

Our guest speaker Damien Lee will present his current Research (Canada Research Chair in Biskaabiiyang and Indigenous Political Resurgence, Toronto Metropolitan University):

Anishinaabe citizenships through the lens of adoption stories

Many Indigenous peoples of North America have long used adoption as a tool of treaty-making and citizenship expansion. Yet, today adoption has become a dirty word for many due to the ways that the settler society has weaponized adoption against Indigenous peoples.

In this talk, Dr Lee considers the nation-making function and potential of Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) adoption practices, specifically drawing to the surface key principles that guide citizenship making both past and present.

Dr Damien Lee is currently based in the Treatied Spaces Research Group at the University of Birmingham as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor.

Zoom Link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/95032301968?pwd=M7r0O0xP5lra0c9DkeYJQAesPnACH1.1

Attachments
Non_State_Civic_Membership_event_poster_pdf.pdf (472K)

Location:

Northcote House Council Chamber