Ancient and Medieval Identity-shifts and the Construction of Identities in Post-Yugoslav Space. The most significant benefit would be in the area of multicultural policies, an area in which Australia is already seen as a model for other countries. Specifically, the issues of acculturation, formation, hybridization, and the disappearance or persistence of ethnic identities over time are integral to developing culturally sensitive and socially advantageous policies of multiculturalism and immigrat ....Ancient and Medieval Identity-shifts and the Construction of Identities in Post-Yugoslav Space. The most significant benefit would be in the area of multicultural policies, an area in which Australia is already seen as a model for other countries. Specifically, the issues of acculturation, formation, hybridization, and the disappearance or persistence of ethnic identities over time are integral to developing culturally sensitive and socially advantageous policies of multiculturalism and immigration. Australia also has a significant cultural interest in the Balkans, as large numbers of its citizens perceive cultural identity from the region. For that reason, this research has significant potential to arouse wider community interest, and stimulate dialogue between different communities in Australia.Read moreRead less
The International History of Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism, 1814-1822. We cannot understand our entrapment in nationalism until we unravel the history of its complex inter-relationship with cosmopolitanism. This project excavates an understanding of politics and community that offers alternatives to the current global impasse. The moment in the past I will study was the origin of our present predicament, namely the inescapability of nationalism for the cosmopolitan and of cosmopolitanism for t ....The International History of Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism, 1814-1822. We cannot understand our entrapment in nationalism until we unravel the history of its complex inter-relationship with cosmopolitanism. This project excavates an understanding of politics and community that offers alternatives to the current global impasse. The moment in the past I will study was the origin of our present predicament, namely the inescapability of nationalism for the cosmopolitan and of cosmopolitanism for the nationalist. This project will consolidate the significance of Australian scholarship to a field that is critical to understanding our choices and destinies in a global society. It will make Australia the headquarters of a new international history that investigates the relevance of the past to policy-making.Read moreRead less