About us
The Practice of International History in the 21st Century (PIH21) is an AHRC-funded research network which aims bring together a group of leading scholars and members of the policy community to produce a collective reconsideration of the nature and contemporary practice of international history. It will create an international network comprised of historians, theorists of international relations and officials from the foreign policy community to reflect upon a number of core questions central to current and future practices in our field as well as the wider question of the role of international history in society.
The project will also disseminate the fruits of this collective reflection to teachers of the history at all levels in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Our aim
The overriding aim of the project is to create an inter-disciplinary network of scholars and stakeholders to consider the contemporary practice of international history and to reflect on its wider role in society.
Core Questions
- What is it that international historians do? What philosophical assumptions and methodological strategies underpin the contemporary practice of international history?
- How have ‘culturalist’, ‘transnational’ and ‘global’ approaches affected the practice of international history. Where is there potential for synergy and collaboration between approaches?
- What is the relationship between international history and the cognate discipline international relations?
Our activities
A series of four workshops will be held in 2016-17, each considering key issues in the field.
The production of a ‘state of the field’ collection of essays that will appear in the International History Review.
The project will create a web-based resource that will serve as an open-access ‘users’ guide’ to the contemporary practice of international history.
