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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

Pepsi or Vodka?: An analysis of transnational transactions and the creation of a ‘global consumerism’

There’s an age-old saying, ’Pepsi Or Coke’, the perfect paradox for many today of my generation who view most soft drinks best served as a ‘mixer’ with their preferred poison. If you were a citizen of the Soviet Union, however,

Bernhard Struck March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

A House Divided…

An interesting analogy, several pages into the work by John-Paul Ghobrial – ‘Introduction: Seeing the World like a Microhistorian’ – spiked my curiosity for exploring more about a globally recognised proverb. On a brief note, my first thought when I

Bernhard Struck February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Condensing the Incondensable – ‘Transnational’ History

Upon reading the article Defining Transnationalism by Patricia Clavin, I was immediately mused by the breadth and ambition of what – in no easy terms – is ‘transnational history’. From the perspective of a history student studying at the University

Bernhard Struck February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Practicing Microhistory

As the debate between Microhistory and Global History is raised this week, I would like to focus on Struck, Ferris and Revel’s article, ‘Introduction: Space and Scale in Transnational History’ as the foundation for contemplating scale in history, then look

Bernhard Struck February 15, 2016February 16, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

Scale in Micro History and Global History

I’ll admit that one of the issues I have been having in attempting to envisage global and transnational history and what they might entail is the potential scope of the subjects. At times, it seems that there are so many

Bernhard Struck February 15, 2016 Discussion, Readings Read more

Global History and its Relation to Transnational History

The relation of global history to transnational history is more complex than I first thought. An interesting point raised, that I wish to address here, is the idea that the two schools converge. Behind this is the idea that transnational

Bernhard Struck February 1, 2016 Discussion, Readings Read more

The transnational histories of nations

The reaction against the ‘nation-state’ paradigm as the inevitable status quo has become well entrenched in recent historical discourse. Gellner’s and Anderson’s seminal works in the 1980s have spawned a plethora of re-evaluations of how we can conceptualise the world.

Bernhard Struck February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 Discussion, Readings Read more

Is transnational history dependent on the nation?

Transnational history is an elusive term. It’s perhaps an attractive concept because of the difficulty in citing an exact definition, but its potential and creativity is crucial to its interpretation. Freed from the constrictions of an “intellectual straitjacket”, I am

Bernhard Struck February 3, 2015February 6, 2015 Uncategorized Read more

The Relationship between Transnational & Global History

The broad schools of transnational and global history often arise side by side in historical debate, but to equate the two is to ignore the fundamental questions surrounding the definitions & applications of these still emerging fields of study. This

Bernhard Struck February 3, 2015February 6, 2015 Uncategorized Read more

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