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

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Globalisation: a result of Nationalism? Or vice versa?

Definitions are tough. ‘Transnational’, ‘Global’, ‘Shared’, ‘Comparative’… the list goes on. However, Sebastian Conrad’s book Globalisation and the Nation in Imperial Germany has enlightened me on the differences between these terms. More than that, this book, particularly its introduction, has

Naomi Harilela February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

A First Glance at the Transnational Conversation

I’ll be the first to admit it: when people asked me what modules I was studying this semester, I could easily rattle off the titles, but when asked for clarification, I struggled a fair bit to find the right words.

Hannah Cheek January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 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

A Precarious Balance

A theme that was consistently signposted throughout our seminar this week was the methodological difficulty that came with doing transnational history. Melinda and Bernhard both said something to this effect: ‘There is no one way to do or define “transnational

Bernhard Struck February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

What This Module Has Given Me: Final Thoughts

As we wrap up this semester, I wanted to reflect on what I’ve learned in this class, since I’ve had more fun and amassed more research skills with this course than any other I’ve ever taken. Besides a profound appreciation

Bernhard Struck April 22, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

Regla de Ochá and Cultural Communities

Regla de Ochá (Santería) is a religion with a rich history, a history that began in slave quarters and now thrives in black communities across the Americas. I will be examining the formation of communities around Regla de Ochá in

Bernhard Struck March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 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

Ian Tyrell’s ‘Transnational Nation’

In the introduction, Tyrell begins with a brief outline of the traditional narrative often ascribed to the formation of the United States as a nations. This narrative focuses on domestic developments which championed internal forces over European cultural influence, almost

Bernhard Struck February 8, 2016 Readings Read more

Transnational Methodology in Rita Chin’s The Guest Worker Question in Postwar Germany

In the first chapter of her book The Guest Worker Question in Postwar Germany, Rita Chin makes an excellent case for the roles played by both Aras Ören and the wider Ausländerliteratur community in the German phenomenon which she calls

Bernhard Struck February 7, 2016 Readings Read more

National governments as institutions in the study of transnational history

Patricia Clavin emphasizes that transnational history allows us t0 explore the history of supra-, trans-, and international institutions. She often references the League of Nations, as well as the United Nations, as heretofore unexplored nexuses for transnational history. However, it

Bernhard Struck February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

Comparing Clavin’s two articles on Transnationalism

~~howl howl~~ In this entry I offer summaries of Patricia Clavin’s two articles on transnationalism published in 2005 and 2010, pointing out for instance how transnational history treats time and space, its distinct methodology and implications for historical writing.

Bernhard Struck February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 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

Transnational History and the riddle of how to connect the Matryoshkas

In last week’s seminar we discussed (among other points) the role of the nation and modern-nation state in trans-national history. Questions were raised – as in some of the blog posts – as to how the nation-state interconnects with other

Bernhard Struck February 9, 2015 Discussion, Uncategorized 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
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