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Institute for Transnational & Spatial History, School of History, University of St Andrews

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Author: Bernhard Struck

Subalterns in Transnational Spaces

I spent more than two weeks thinking about the topic for my research project. I had multiple ideas in mind that encompassed different historical epochs. After great deliberation and a very insightful conversation with Dr Struck, I decided to go ahead

Bernhard Struck February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Selective History

Though there isn’t a set topic or required readings for this week, I have been thinking on the previous discussions and how I would apply this to my own interests and potential project proposals. I have found the prospect daunting

Bernhard Struck February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Project Beginning to Take Shape…

As we enter Week 5, I feel that I am slowly beginning to grasp the idea of producing a ‘transnational history’ of my own volition. The two sources that have been most useful in coming to grips with transnational history

Bernhard Struck February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Micro history in a colonial context; and a note on the readings

Andrade Tonio’s article was an interesting start to understanding the complexities of cultural exchange in a local context. In the beginning, he emphasizes the importance of small human dramas that underlie historical events that seem significant. He discusses how history

Bernhard Struck February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Project possibilities…

Having studied transnational history for 3 weeks now, I believe that I have a (hopefully!) interesting starting point for my project. By far my favourite module so far has been MO3052- the history of the library. It might not seem

Bernhard Struck February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Saunier ‘Opening the Door’

Following Bernhard’s solid endorsement of Pierre – Yves Saunier’s Transnational History, I endeavoured to find a cheap second-hand copy online. Through Saunier’s style of writing, a combination of this text with many of the case studies that I have read

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Wales in the Context of Transnational & Global History

I’ve always been fascinated by Welsh history but have yet had an opportunity to really go into depth into the subject due to school curriculums being ‘British-centric’ with only scarce details related to Wales. I’m always amazed when I come

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Black Metal: Music Nationalism in the era of Globalisation

When coming up for a project to explore within this module I had a few ideas. For instance, I wanted to explore the reasoning behind international media reaction to Bashar al-Assad’s regime’s use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil

Bernhard Struck February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Into the wide open. Navigating the transnational ocean(s)

I has only been three weeks and three sessions with and around transnational and global history – thus far. Today we plunged into the wide Indian Ocean (with Sugata Bose, A Hundred Horizons). There is one more week to go

Bernhard Struck February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Discussion, Uncategorized Read more

Dear Granny, greeting from transnational land…..

Confession up front: I am an analogue boy, i.e. growing up in the 1970s and 1980s. And I do remember sending postcards. How exciting was that. Travelling to a new place, an unknown place, then – out of sense of

Bernhard Struck February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Discussion, Uncategorized Read more

‘Nation’ in Transnational History

During our discussion in week two I struggled with reconciling or understanding the parameters and definitions of ‘nation’ under which transnational history operates under. This weeks reading helped me understand the development of nations and why they exist he way

Bernhard Struck February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

True History of the Kelly Gang

Reading Clare Anderson’s piece this week has inspired me to return to a novel which I began reading earlier this year: Peter Carey’s True history of the Kelly Gang. Having little knowledge of Irish-Australian history, it was not transnational motivations

Bernhard Struck February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Seeing Transnational History in Practice

Following the introduction to this module, the readings for this week’s tutorial have been very useful in witnessing transnational history ‘in action’. I had read in broader articles on transnational history about the significance of Sugata Bose’s work in the

Bernhard Struck February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

The Individual in The Transnational Balancing Act

The readings from this week really helped clarify to me the meaning of transnational history approaches in practice. Particularly, what that means for the role of the individual lived experience. Generally, using personal accounts in history can accent the narrative

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The Creation of Mentalities

Where to start with this week’s readings? There was something just so exciting about the overturning of some teleological perceptions which we have about Empire. Firstly, George Morgan, what an absolute badass (except for the part where he stole from

Bernhard Struck February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Uncategorized Read more
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