Camiscioli’s article on the French pro-natalist movement was incredibly interesting, as it showcases how the nation-state, as an organizational unit, is more fluid and unstable than our social sciences often describe. As Wimmer and Schiller discussed, narratives of the nation-state
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Project Proposal
“No Surrender” on Tour: Ulster Unionism’s Cultivation of International Support during the Troubles
This project investigates how Ulster unionists cultivated international support and connection during the Troubles. Transnational history has only recently gained traction in the historiography of modern Ireland. Much theoretical groundwork for the application of transnationalism was laid only in the
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Wimmer and Schiller’s article offers very comprehensive information on approaching migrants historically. Indeed, migration can be seen as a disruptive force to the common assumption of the “isomorphisms between citizenry, sovereign, solidary group and nation”, not least when the migrants’
Statelessness From Below: White Russian Émigré Communities and the Negotiation of Refugee Governance in Paris and Shanghai, 1920–1939
The displacement of the White Russians following the Russian Civil War produced one of the largest and earliest politically defined refugee diasporas of the interwar period. This exodus provides a vantage point on the legal status and political identity of
Race, Class and Belonging in Golf: A Transnational Study of an Elite Sport
This project will explore the relationship between race and golf from a transnational perspective, focusing on both change and the persistence of exclusion within the sport. It asks how far the racial dynamics of golf have changed from the twentieth
Project Proposal – Maritime Resource Allocation in Alaska: Indigenous Sovereignty and International Commerce
Maritime environments are particularly suited to transnational history because oceans resist political boundaries. Alaska’s fisheries, situated at the crest of the North Pacific, have long existed within international economic, ecological, and political systems. Within this maritime context, Alaskan salmon fisheries involve
Project Proposal – The Role of Rock Music in the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have debated the causes of the collapse of Communist regimes across Eastern Europe. Early interpretations largely framed this moment as the triumph of Western capitalism over socialism. More recent scholarship, however,
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Exploring the second wave of feminism in transnational and intersectional perspective Literature review on the subject Historiography on the subject of the second wave of feminism has evolved throughout the years. Indeed, the historians first explored those movements within the boundaries
Seeking Asylum and Community: How United States Asylum Policies Shape the Experiences of Queer Immigrants in Miami
Project Proposal- Expanding ‘indigeneity’: a case study and call to action
Current scholarly literature on indigeneity is largely preoccupied with two primary themes: a spiritual connection to the land and the experience of colonial oppression.1 While these frameworks are vital, they often fail to account for indigenous groups that do not
Project Proposal
The Transnationalism of the Nationalist New Right: The Spread to Latin America Background Today, the far right has risen to prominence, shaping policies both domestically and internationally and impacting the lives of many. Although the movement’s popularity has appeared abrupt,
Week 7 Blog
For my research project, I am looking at the transnational networks that created and maintained the New Right movement and (in modernity) the Alt-right movement. I read Wimmer and Schiller’s work on Methodological Nationalism, The Social Sciences, and The Study
Week 7 Blog
With the project presentation coming up, I used most of my time to look into more secondary sources on the subject of the second wave of feminism from a transnational perspective and think of where I wanted to go with
