question of the month

Dear All,

All the comments so far are potential contributions to an emerging debate that is beginning to take shape. Before responding to these comments, I will attempt to define the problem as it affects our field of study.

Dear All,

Dear Daniele,

Daniele Conversi identifies an important lacuna, namely the relationship between nationalism and climate change.

H-Nationalism’s Question of the Month series offers a forum for discussing the big questions surrounding research, pedagogy, and practice in the field of nationalism studies and the history of nationalism. Use the reply feature to join the conversation! Email Simon Purdue (purdue.s@husky.neu.edu) of Northeastern University if you’d like to propose a question of you own. If you need technical assistance with logging in and posting comments, please contact H-Net’s Help Desk (help@mail.h-net.org).

Dear H-Nationalism members,

Many thanks to those of you who have contributed to our discussion on the study of nationalism and engaging with public audiences. There are still a few days left before our next question launches, so if you have any insights that you would like to share, please do so before Thursday!

Dear All, 

Thanks Simon for this useful question.

I am really happy to see this question. I work on gender and nationalism and have thought really hard over the years how to make my work (and the similar works of others) more accessible to the public, resonating to a wider audience. I struggled for years on how to step away from my work and think about the big "so what"? Giving guest talks in various social and academic spaces (e.g., local community center, retirement homes) has forced me to tweak the ways in which I deliver and share my research with a non-academic audience.