Month: March 2026

The events of 1968 are often remembered as a global moment of protest, where ideas, tactics and solidarities travelled across borders. Yet examining these movements more closely reveals a more complex picture, one in which transnational connections were both enabling

While it may be somewhat unfair to comment on this proposal as we were previously paired up to analyse each-others work, on second reading and with more time to reflect I have come to appreciate its contribution much more fully.

The topic selected for your project is a very interesting and under-explored one in recent historiography despite the intense grip The Troubles held over the British and Western public consciousness. What stands out is of course its emphasis of the

“Tensions of Transnationalism” by Malgorzata Fidelis was a valuable piece to consider the global influence on the formation of global movements and the gradual prominence of nationalism in legitimizing arguments against the state. Fidelis did a great job of managing

The focus of this week’s reading on Prussia is something really interesting to reflect on. When we think of eighteenth-century maritime economy and colonial ventures, it is usually Britain, France, and Spain that strike as the most prominent actors, with

I love how strong and thought out this proposal is, especially with the mapping of the historiography before moving into your own intervention. The explanation describing the shift from nationally bounded studies of second wave feminism to more transnational approaches

This week’s readings were particularly interesting in how they offered alternative ways of thinking about the spatialization and temporality of the slave economy through a transnational and global perspective. Indeed, such perspective allowed the authors to highlight connexions between slave

This topic is fascinating in both subject matter and its methodological approach. The opening line impressively frames the fundamental goal of the project by highlighting the simple fact that oceans “resist political boundaries,” while foregrounding how a transnational historical approach

In September of 1939, Hitler violated the German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact of 1934 through his invasion of the Polish state and thus began World War II. Hitler’s expansionist ambitions and strong belief in German Nationalism motivated him in his quest to

Wimmer and Schiller’s analysis on Methodological Nationalism provided a very interesting read, and I was interested in the role the social sciences played in developing this methodological nationalism, and the effects it had on the way migration was understood and

To me, one of the most fascinating and engaging aspects of studying history is its cooperation with a multitude of different disciplines. Anthropological, sociological, political, economic, linguistic and other writings are thus right up my alley. It is also what interested me about this history course:

This week’s readings on migration highlight how the field has been reshaped by broader historiographical shifts towards transnational and global history. Circling back to our first weeks and Clavin’s argument, she says that transnational history is less a fixed methodology

Wimmer and Schiller’s article acts as a critique of how social sciences have traditionally framed, and progressively begun to frame, migration. Their central claim is that much of twentieth century historiography operated under a belief in ‘methodological nationalism’, treating the

Crisis often always reveal how nations define belonging and this week’s readings show that policy surrounding immigration in the early 20th century was not just about control but also who counted as part of the nation. Reinecke argues that WWI