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Transnational History, 1750–present

The research group's main focus is on modern times, and includes historical and cultural processes from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Bildet viser norske seilere i Afrika, sannsynligvis Sør-Afrika tidlig 1900-tall.
The picture shows Norwegian sailors in Africa, most probably South-Africa. The second person from right is skipper Petter Maldus Danielsen (1873-1951) from Svinør in the county of West-Agder.
Photo:
Bildet er hentet fra Guldbrandsen, Ågot and Fardal Klev, Ådne, Svinør. Ryggen til Norge - Blikket mot havet, 1997

Main content

The members of the group are engaged in research on various aspects of transnational nexus and interaction.

This includes transactions and exchange of goods and services, the movement of people and transfer of culture and ideas. In short, we are looking at historical and cultural processes from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries that expedite as well as halts, and that are causes as well as consequences of internationalisation.

Program spring 2025

Our meetings and seminars are open to the public, and that definitely includs interested students! If not announced differently, we meet at 10.15 in the "Corner Rom" in Hjørnerommet, 2 etasje i Øysteinsgate 1. Send an email to Anders Fylling or Ines Prodöhl to access the drafts we discuss and get the date/room confirmed.

January 22
10:15-12:00      
Marcus Colla, UiB
"Fragments of Utopia: East German Visions of the 1525 Peasants’ War and their Legacies"
March 5
10:15-12:00

Anders Fylling, UiB
"Establishment and Differentiation: Alvøen’s Networks of Material, 1871-1881"

March 26
10:15-12:00

Frode Ulvund, UiB
"J.B. Fallize (1844-1933): Catholic Bishop in Norway and his Role as a Transnational Antisemite"

April 30
10:15-12:00

Ines Prodöhl, UiB
"With an Englishman in Skandinavia around 1800"

Marcus Colla, UiB
"Notes from the House of the Dead: Some Reflections on Reinhart Koselleck’s Writings on Historical Memory"

May 21
10:15-12:00

Trond Espen Teigen Bjoland, Norsk Vegmuseum 
"Transnasjonal campingverksemd og norske lokalsamfunn, 1960-1989"

Stephan Karl Sander-Faes, UiB
"Monograph project on a vintage postcard collection"

 

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