Long Before Brexit: British Takes on Nationalism, Internationalism and
‘Europe’ in the 1880s-1920s
Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) Research Seminar with
Paschal Preston
Wed April 26
18:00
University of Westminster
309 Regent Street
Boardroom RS117
Registration:
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In this WIAS seminar, Paschal Preston examines how British political,
economic and geographical theorists contributed to novel ideas about
actually-existing globalisation and the potential for supra-national
spaces of political action, organisation and mobilisation in the
1880s-1920s period. He will review the ideas of leading political,
economic and geographical theorists at that time including their
conceptualisations of the role of communication networks and new media
forms during the 1880s-1920s.
He will examine the question of whether and how the latter were viewed
as affording new kinds of political coordination, integration or
mobilisations at the international or ‘European’ levels during that
period and how these related to competing theories and takes on
nationalism at the time. The seminar will also discuss how these
theories relate to current debates about Brexit and its aftermath.
This seminar draws on Paschal Preston’s work as a visiting International
Research Fellow in the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studiesin
(WIAS) during the early months of 2017.
Paschal Preston is Professor Emeritus in the School of Communication at
Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland. His book-length
publications include for example "Making the News: Journalism Practices
and News Cultures in Europe“ (Routledge, 2009) and “Reshaping
Communications : Technology, Information and Social Change“ (Sage, 2001)
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