Transnational History Series 2010-11
This seminar series explores phenomena that transcended national boundaries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics for discussion include the movement of individuals, groups and commodities as well as the transmission of cultural, political or social practices.
Please see below for upcoming events. For further details, please contact Dr Daniel Laqua, daniel.laqua@northumbria.ac.uk.
12 November 2010
Bernhard Rieger (UCL): The Volkswagen Beetle as a Transnational Icon
4:30pm, Room 121 (Gallery Suite), Lipman Building
26 January 2011
Niall Whelehan (National University of Ireland, Galway): Transnationalism in Irish History: Useful Framework or Stating the Obvious?
5:30pm, Room 121 (Gallery Suite), Lipman Building
24 May 2011
Matthias Neumann (University of East Anglia): ‘Thinking Globally’: Internationalism and Workers’ Identity in Early Twentieth Century Europe
5:00pm, Room 121 (Gallery Suite), Lipman Building
Past Events
9 September 2010
Workshop on Sites of Internationalism at the Fin de Siècle: Between Metropolis and Cosmopolis.
26 May 2010
Angéline Escafré-Dublet (INED, Paris) and Sarah Hackett (Sunderland): 'Transnationalism in Post-War Europe: Policies towards Migrants in France and West Germany'
29 March 2010
Michael Goebel (European University Institute, Florence): 'Italian Immigration in North and South America: Commonalities and Divergences, 1880-1930'
Date posted: September 22, 2010



