Author: Bernhard Struck

As the semester finishes, so does one of the more academically challenging modules I’ve taken and I have a few thoughts still left over. At various points throughout, I have been fascinated, frustrated and confused by transnationalism and its methodology

When people think of France what comes to mind, for many it is the Eiffel tower and Notre Dame. So when Notre Dame’s roof went up in flames last week the outpouring from across the world was momentous. In our

As the semester draws to a close and we find ourselves rapidly approaching the throes of week eleven, I have the strong sense that some reflection is now in order. And, since I have been mostly preoccupied with my project

A comment made by Sophie towards the end our last tutorial regarding transnational history’s restricted engagement with the public got me thinking more about the current divides and how it could be better bridged. In particular, I began wondering why

Looking back at this module over the course of the semester, I have gained incredible knowledge and a new understanding of history as a discipline. I was never interested in medieval or ancient history, always wanting the material I was

Listing the key terms of transnational history in class helped me to visualise the vast array of components involved in its historiography. From “nodal points” to “NGOs” it seemed daunting to pin down a small number of categories that could

Defining something that lacks a specific definition is always going to be difficult. I need only need to look to my blog post last week and Jamie’s comments underneath to find evidence of this. Casalilla perspective that any historians have

I’ll admit I totally forgot we were supposed to write about what we’d want to see in a guide book about transnational history, so I wrote a rather lengthy unrelated post earlier today. My ideal guide to transnational history would

Given the already-complex nature of this topic, I think it’s best if I don’t spend loads of time justifying and explaining up-front why I’ve set this out like I have. Instead, I’ll explain the terms and categories as I go

I’m having an identity problem, fortunately this isn’t one of those identity problems that pops up so often in transnational history regarding culture and nationality. I literally can’t tell who a name belongs to. The name Baffo seems to be

List – Technical Terms (Learning the Language)  Introduction: Transnational History, History and Historiography.  Heterogeneity, Confusions and Misunderstandings.      Aims, Agendas and Aspirations.    Methodological Approaches.   Source Materials. Spaces and Times.  Mapping and Visual Aids.  Conclusion.  Reference Works and Further Readings At the

Last night I made the questionable decision to stay up to watch the premier of series six of Game of Thrones live, despite its timing of 2:00 in the morning. However it was a fantastic watch to explosively start the

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