Available to Watch: Federica Caso on Settler Military Aesthetics
Dr Federica Caso is interviewed by Dr Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about her new book Settler Military Politics: Militarisation and the Aesthetics of War Commemoration (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). The conversation spans a wide range of themes, from conducting research on Indigenous-settler relations to militarisation and masculinity to how the aesthetics of war commemoration is part of a much broader militarised form of governing societies.
Federica is Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University. Prior to this, she was a sessional lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland, where she obtained her Ph.D. In addition to her new book, which we discuss in this session, Federica is the author of several journal articles and book chapters, including, most recently, an essay in Security Dialogue on “Settler militarism: Affective colonial pursuits and the militarized atmosphere of war commemoration.”
Join us for our next event: Dr Kaya Barry (Griffith University) will be with us in person to discuss Art and Migration, focusing in particular on her ARC DECRA Project on Migration and Community Engagement.
4 December 5-6pm
Building 39a/room 501 and online (zoom link via registration below)
