The Transnational Approach to History

09/02/13 • 14 min

Transnational history challenges the rigid framework of national history. It examines history from the perspective of the global circulation of ideas and is particularly relevant to Australian historians seeking a broader, more expansive framework for their work.

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How is Chinese History Distinctive?

The historian was defined as scribe and astrologer in ancient China. He played a sophisticated role within the dynastic political culture of the Chinese historical past. The Chinese historian of today must come to grips with an enormous span of historical time and space as well as a rich culture of symbol and power.

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Global History and World History

Global histories began to appear in the 1990s though they emerged in response to the grand world histories of William McNeill some years earlier. They often address issues of race, empire and nation on a global scale and advocate the construction of multiple ‘globalizations’ in historical time and space.