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Transnationalising the Humanities
Transnationalising the Humanities
Transnationalising the Humanities (TNH) responds to an interconnected world under duress. Networks of integration and exchange connecting the local to planetary scales are disrupted by changes in the international order, converging with the impacts of climate change and AI, revealing new interdependencies and risks.
Transnationalism is often associated with an emancipatory politics of resistance as manifest in hybrid, creolised, feminist, and queer approaches which can engender forms of agency. Yet with the backlash of the far-right, equity is under attack and migration and immigration are contested terms predominantly framed negatively. These terms must be treated carefully, showing how contemporary attitudes can have roots in problematic historical contexts. Critical engagement with histories of transnational contact/conflict is crucial for building relationality as an alternative to entrenched identity politics.
TNH explores methodologies and case studies of transnational processes and practices from historical and contemporary perspectives. The TNH strand fosters an open, free research culture and an inclusive environment for critical debate, analysis and collaboration.
Theme Lead: (opens in a new window)Professor Anne Fuchs, UCD Humanities Institute
Projects, News & Events
- From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis and Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives
- The Future of Cultural Memory: A Dialogue in Times of Disruption
- UCD Humanities Institute hosts 'Crisis of the Humanities' roundtable
- Historial Futures: Apprehending the Past and Anticipating the Future Workshop
- 'Being in the Air: A Short History of Climate Modulation', Professor Eva Horn (University of Vienna)
- Transnationalising the Humanities (TNH) PhD Network Update
- Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty awarded ERC Advanced Grant
- Transnational Humanities: Concept and Praxis
- Past Postcolonialism: Indigenous Methodologies as Trans-Indigenous Studies
- Webinar: 'Transnationalising the Humanities: Research Perspectives, Approaches and Methodologies'
- UCD Humanities Institute and IMLR (SAS, University of London) will hold a Joint Research Workshop