The main focus will be on self-instruction, within a tightly structured framework and relying largely (but not exclusively) on materials supplied. Week by week you will work through self-instructional course material (delivered via blackboard), which provides the framework and focus for reading key texts and papers and undertaking the specific tasks set. This work will be undertaken on an individual basis, but at various points you will be expected to interact and share material with other students in your learning group and your tutor. (24 hours) The module will run over 16 weeks including 4 weeks to complete assessments.

Saunier, Pierre-Yves Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2013
Levitt, Peggy & Khagram, Sanjeev (eds.) The Transnational Studies Reader: Intersections and Innovations, Routledge, London, 2007
Iriye, Akira & Saunier, Pierre-Yves (eds.) The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009
Canny, Nicholas & Morgan Philip (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World: 1450-1850, O.U.P., Oxford, 2009
Schaffer, Simon & Roberts, Lissa & Kapil, Raj & Delbourgo, James (eds.)The Brokered World: Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770-1820 (Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, MA, 2009)
Isabella, Maurizio Risorgimento in Exile: Italian Émigrés and the Liberal International in the Post-Napoleonic Era, O.U.P., Oxford, 2009
Offen, Karen (ed.) Globalizing Feminisms, 1789-1945, Routledge, London, 2010
Batliwala, Srilatha & Brown, L.David (eds.) Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction, Kumarian, West Hartford CT, 2006)

The module considers the approach of transnational history utilizing key concepts of 'connections, circulations, relations, formations' (Saunier). These are then applied and critically examined through exemplars such as: The Atlantic world; Science and empire; Transnational nationalism; Transnational feminism; Transnational civil society.

A computer for accessing Blackboard, websites and electronic journals.

Course texts and course learning pack.

The first essay (20%, 2000 words) will require you to apply conceptual and theoretical insight to key concepts in the approach of transnational history. [Learning Outcomes 1,5]

The second essay (50%, 3000 words) will require you to research further one of the exemplars of transnational history presented in the module, or by negotiation an additional exemplar . [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,5]

The third essay (20%, 1000 words) will require you to formulate and present a research project exercise proposal that utilizes the approach of transnational history. [Learning Outcomes 1,4]

You are required to participate in and contribute substantially to at least 3 weeks of the weekly discussions, in addition to the week in which you present your virtual seminar. (10%) [Learning outcomes 1,2,3]