University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 40

ECTS credits : 20

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: TBC

This module focuses on late-modern European history and its historiography form the late-eighteenth to the late-twentieth century as well as on the inter-connection between Europe (the West) and non-European areas. Questioning the impact of the nation and nation-states as well as nation-dominated narratives, the module focuses on transnational aspects and approaches including comparative history, cultural transfers and entangled history. The module reflects on the ongoing process of the Europeanisation of Europe and the increasing interest in global history both of which challenge the writing of national as well as European history. The first three sessions are dedicated to n introduction of the main concepts and methods currently used in the field of transnational history, such as comparison and transfer. Following the introduction of approaches and methods, the module focuses on empirical examples such as the French Revolution, Europe and the Mediterranean World, Intellectuals in interwar France and Germany or the emergence of national opera houses in Western and Central Europe during the nineteenth century. Based on these empirical case studies, the module seeks to find answers on how to frame transnational history chronologically and geographically in addition to national narrative.

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr S Easterby-Smith
Module teaching staff: TBC
Module coordinator email ses22@st-andrews.ac.uk