1. HAVE A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS THAT INFORM THE APPROACH OF TRANSNATIONALISM AND GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE.
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2. HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF, AND ABILITY TO APPRAISE, SEVERAL EXEMPLARS OF FIELDS OF TRANSNATIONALISM THAT SHOW ASPECTS OF INCREASING GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE WITHIN THE TIMESPAN COVERED BY THE FIVE EXEMPLARS.
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3. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO RESEARCH FURTHER INTO ONE OF THE EXEMPLARS INTRODUCED IN THE MODULE, OR BY NEGOTIATION, AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPLAR (WITHIN THE TIMESPAN OF THE MODULE EXEMPLARS)
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4. FORMULATE A RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT UTILIZES THE APPROACH OF TRANSNATIONALISM AND A MEASURE OF GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE.
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5. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO APPLY CRITICALLY APPROPRIATE CONCEPTS AND THEORY TO TRANSNATIONALISM AND GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE IN ACADEMIC WRITING, INCLUDING VISUAL PRESENTATION WHERE APPROPRIATE (for example a mapping or network)
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The first essay (20%, 2000 words) will require you to apply conceptual and theoretical insight to key concepts in the approach of transnationalism and aspects of global interdependence. [Learning Outcomes 1,5]

The second essay (50%, 3000 words) will require you to research further one of the exemplars of transnationalism and increasing global interdependence presented in the module, or, by negotiation, to research 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 transnationalism and a measure of global interdependence. [Learning Outcomes 1,4,5]

PARTICIPATION 10%: Engagement with Blackboard Discussion Board through own posts and responses to the posts of others Learning Outcomes 1-4

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. Across the timespan of these exemplars (early modern, modern and contemporary), the development of global interdependence and exchange is tracked through features such as commodities, cultural encounters, ideas and ideologies, migration, travel, telegraph and modern communications, transnational organisations in comparison and contrast to international organisations, and in so doing applying the transnational concepts of Saunier and others.

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.

Bayly, C. A. The Birth of the Modern World: global connections and comparisons 1780-1914, Blackwell, Oxford, 2004
Bayly, C. A. Remaking the Modern World: global connections and comparisons 1900-2015, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, 2018
Canny, Nicholas & Morgan Philip (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World: 1450-1850, O.U.P., Oxford, 2009
Davies, Thomas NGOs: A new history of transnational civil society, Hurst and Co., London, 2013
Iriye, Akira & Saunier, Pierre-Yves (eds.) The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009
Iriye, Akira & Osterhammel, Jurgen (Series eds.) A History of the World, Harvard University Press/Beck; Cambs., Mass. Vol. 4 Conrad, Sebastian & Osterhammel, Jurgen (eds.) ‘An emerging modern world, 1750-1850’ (2018); Vol. 5 Rosenberg, Emily (ed.) ‘A world connecting, 1870-1945’ (2012); and Vol. 6 Iriye, Akira (ed.) ‘Global interdependence, the world after 1945’ (2014) [Pioneering series with a transnational approach: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/collection.php?cpk=1493 ]
Offen, Karen (ed.) Globalizing Feminisms, 1789-1945, Routledge, London, 2010
Paisley, Fiona & Scully, Pamela Writing Transnational History, Bloomsbury, London, forthcoming 2019
Saunier, Pierre-Yves Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2013

A computer for accessing Blackboard, websites and electronic journals.
Course texts and course learning pack.