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Next TNS Seminar: ‘Globalisation on the Ground’

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday 18th March 2015 in Room 1177, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled ‘Globalisation on the Ground’ and will be led by Professor Caroline Knowles from Goldsmiths, University of London. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: This paper interrogates some of the intersections between work, globalisation and youth. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: A network of ties, or tied to a network?

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will be taking place from 4.20pm-7.00pm on Wednesday 12th March 2014 in Room 2251, Building 65a, Avenue Campus. PhD students Heather Meyer and Jenny Cuffe will lead a workshop on transnational social ties, using examples from their current research to illustrate what it means to be ‘globally connected’. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: The Making of Latin American Music: Passion & Subversion

The next TNS seminar will be taking place from 5.00pm-6.30pm on Wednesday 11th December 2013 on the Avenue Campus, Building 65, Room 1145. Professor Carmen Bernand from the Université Paris-X will be speaking about ‘The Making of Latin American Music: Passion & Subversion’. After the presentation, there will be a question and answer session, as well as music and wine. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: The Making of Latin American Music: Passion & Subversion

The next TNS seminar will be taking place from 5.00pm-6.30pm on Wednesday 11th December 2013 on the Avenue Campus, Building 65, Room 1145. Professor Carmen Bernand from the Université Paris-X will be speaking about ‘The Making of Latin American Music: Passion & Subversion’. After the presentation, there will be a question and answer session, as well as music and wine. Continue reading →

Transnational Stories workshop today

The next TNS workshop will take place today, Wednesday 16th October, at 4.00pm-7.00pm at the University’s Avenue Campus, Building 65, Room 1145. Professor Marion Demossier will present her research on ‘Following Grands Crus: Global Markets and Wine’, and Professor Laura Lewis on ‘Transnational Subjectivities among Young Adult US African descent Mexicans’. Following the presentations, they will lead small discussion groups. Continue reading →

TNS Annual Lecture: “Transnationalized Trajectories: Good Nation and Good Citizenship in East Asian School Curricula and Textbooks”

The TNS Annual Lecture will take place at 6pm on Wednesday 24th April in Lecture Theatre C at Avenue Campus. The speaker is Yasemin Soysal from the University of Sussex, and her lecture is entitled: “Transnationalized Trajectories: Good Nation and Good Citizenship in East Asian School Curricula and Textbooks”. Continue reading →