Author: Rosie George

This project presents an intriguing topic and nuanced approach by combining a transnational lens with an intersectional lens. By taking a transnational perspective to the study of second wave feminism, this project appears to be filling an important gap in

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

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,

For my blog post this week, I wanted to reflect on the research I’ve done so far for my long essay to work through my ideas and hopefully receive constructive feedback. Currently, I am focusing it on uncovering how the

This week I read Alcade’s work and Dietze and Naumann’s work, both of which offered interesting methodological nuances to the practice of transnational history. Alcade’s text, which focuses on the historiographical shift toward ‘historical space’ as opposed to the mainstream

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

Conrad’s three chapters for this week shed light onto a fascinating concept that I personally had never considered. As someone typically only exposed to more mainstream historiographical methodologies, it had never occurred to me that the cultural character of a

This week’s readings provided extensive depth into not only how to come to terms with and define (to an extent) transnational history and similar historical approaches, but also how they came about and under what contexts and reception. The AHR

I found these initial readings for the module very compelling. Patricia Clavin’s definitions of various terms including transnational history, global history, and international history, provide the reader with an excellent foundation for further understanding these terms and how to recognize