Month: February 2026

I really enjoyed this week’s readings and appreciated the critical approach they took to the field of transnational history. I had previously been in a bit of a self-made bubble, completely unaware of possible limitations and downsides to transnational history

Kreuder-Sonnen’s article on bacteriologists and epidemiologists in Eastern Europe, and Poland post-World War 1 gives us insights into the dynamics of transnational history, and the changing role of science in nation-states in the early 20th century. The Case study of

Adelman’s Is Global History still possible, or has it had its moment?, Green’s The Trials of Transnationalism, and the EUI collective text For a Fair(er) Global History all grapple with the question of whether global and transnational history can survive the apparent unravelling of the liberal order

This week’s readings prompted me to think about one of the most visible contemporary expressions of transnational life, which would be digital nomads. Having travelled to Bali and noticing the place filled with expats living ‘borderless’ lives on Instagram (working

This week’s readings, especially the piece by Nancy Green, were refreshingly critical. Green’s discussion of agency calls for a “historiographic focus on the difficulties embedded in the lived practice of transnationalism” (860). Her recognition of the trials and tribulations of forging transnational connections has been echoed

When I first saw the term “transnational history” on the syllabus, i was excited to learn about such a board history, yet I was and remain sceptical. But through the weeks seminars and particularly after sitting with these articles and

I found the manner in which Knotter seamlessly weaved a variety of sources into this article impressive. I was especially interested in how Knotter added snippets of memoirs and biographies to their work and briefly went over how that individual’s

For me, this week’s reading seems to be a dose of realism into the seemingly bright and forward-looking field of transnational history. As promising as its commitment to thinking beyond methodological nationalism and tracing mobility as well as connection may

If the readings of the previous weeks had highlighted some of the problems faced by scholars in defining and practicing transnational history as a method, I found myself particularly interested by this week’s reading as they offered a new perspective

This week’s readings highlighted important potential limitations and advantages of transnational and global history, beyond defining these terms. Nancy Green brings our attention to the nuances underlying migration studies, employing case studies of specific individuals to showcase the occasionally negative

The late 19th, and early 20th century was a period of dynamic change in Europe, and the world. New developments came, like the existence of the nation state, increased trade in consumer goods, mobility, migration, globalisation, and nationalism. This all

Conrad’s Globalisation and the Nation in Imperial Germany and Ureña Valerio’s Colonial Fantasies, Imperial Realities share a common argument, that the German nation was created through the entanglements its constituent populations had with global labour, colonialism, and transnational mobility, rather

This week’s reading made me rethink what global history looks like in practice. Instead of just being about connections between different parts of the world, it seemed to be more about how power, knowledge and identity are produced through those