Month: April 2019

As I was talking to Sophie and Nick in class this week, I was relieved to find out that I was not the only one who gets excited about a beautiful contents page. I realised this as we were describing our ‘dream

Precisely determining whether a historical figure’s words are accurate in content and honest in intention is not always possible when studying and writing history. Ancient historians in particular must often make carefully considered value judgments on whether to trust, say,

This week in class we were asked to brainstorm how we would construct a transnational handbook. After a short five minutes, we soon found there seemed an endless list of terms and concepts that could fall under the historical discipline

(Please excuse my delay in posting this week: I was called into work unexpectedly today, otherwise this would have been published for the noon deadline.) When I was a child, I remember always, always wanting to know more about my

The 19th century Opium Trade encompasses a vast geographic area and variety of transnational actors – so much so that it is difficult to pin down a specific network or group that can encapsulate the Opium Trade’s transnational influence. Initially

A common concern among transnational historians is the use of transnational history. For many, it seems transnationalism is becoming a buzzword for a progressive perspective of history. Ulrike Lindner article “Transnational movements between colonial empires: migrant workers from the British

Reading an article published in the New York Times a few days ago reminded me of an earlier quote from Clavin, that the value of transnational history ‘lies in its openness as a historical concept’ – though arguably, it has

When my grandfather died in 2015, one of the things our family did together was clean out his flat and decide what should be kept, and by who. My cousin and I were assigned the task of going through his

Super Saturday, the last weekend of the Six Nations rugby tournament saw an explosive match between Scotland and England as the finale to an exciting tournament. Transnationalism took to centre stage during the standout highlight of the match saw Australian-Scotsman

When I opened the course handbook last week, I was glad see that the readings for our eighth tutorial really coincided well with my ongoing research. The aim of my project is to recreate and study the often-overlooked knowledge trading

I have a bit of a problem with Secord’s criticism of Sobel and hero narratives in science. First I should disclose that my mother is a scientist and a grew up around a lot of scientists. In fact my mom

Short Essay title: To what extent has the study of visual culture enriched our understanding of ‘imperial history’? As I’ve previously mentioned on these blogs, whilst I have never been particularly artistic, ‘art’ or ‘visual culture’ have always fascinated me