Description

This working group meets 1-2 times per month to discuss nations, empires, and the relationship between the two. We are interested in questions about how nations and empires shape identities, exert control over populations, delineate between "citizens" and "subjects," generate conflict, and shape historical development. We encourage cross-disciplinary and transnational approaches to the study of imperial and national identity formation, and hope this group will allow students to engage more directly with these topics.

Guiding Questions:

How was identity constituted within empires? Is the simultaneous rise of imperialism and nationalism complementary, or oppositional? How do the voluntary and involuntary movements of people through nations, empires, and diasporas impact their citizenships and subjectivities? How does the perception of the ‘other’, constructed against both space and time, shape identities? To what extent are the boundaries of nation and empire in flux, and for what purposes? What is the relationship between the imperial state and the national state?

Fall 2020 MEETINGS

  • Meeting 1: September 25 
  • Meeting 2: October 23
  • Meeting 3: November 20
  • Meeting 4: December 4

 

For More Info Contact:

  • Nick Sprenger: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Jesse Siegel: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Anais Faurt: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.