Program Overview

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Master "Histoire transnationale"

The Master's program in "Histoire transnationale" (Transnational History) is offered by the Université PSL and is part of the "Histoire" (History) mention. This program is designed to train students in the theory and practice of transnational history, which has become a major field of study in the past twenty years.

Presentation

The program is led by the École nationale des chartes - PSL and the École normale supérieure - PSL. Transnational history is an open approach that seeks to question traditional boundaries and categorizations. It focuses on mobilities and circulations (of people, ideas, objects, texts, and works of art), the history of globalizations, interactions, and connections.

Curriculum

The program is taught on two sites: the École nationale des chartes - PSL (65, rue de Richelieu, Paris 2e) and the ENS (45, rue d'Ulm, Paris 5e). The Master's program is affiliated with the Translitteræ graduate program.

Responsibilities

The program is led by:

• Pedagogical Directors: Hélène Blais and Olivier Canteaut
• Administrative Directors: Sophie Tissandier (ENS) and Julien Cassefieres and Sylvain Métafiot (ENC)

Scolarité

The program is designed to allow students to articulate the demands of empirical research with the inscription of their objects in a broader perspective. The curriculum includes:

• A core program that provides students with historical and methodological references. Particular importance is given to training in archival research on a global scale and in digital humanities.
• Specialization, both geographical and thematic, is ensured by at least two specific seminars.
• Interdisciplinarity is another structuring principle of the program, with an offer of seminars in anthropology, history of art, sociology, geography, literature, philosophy.
• The international dimension is privileged. Students are strongly encouraged to conduct research stays on their terrain and to spend a semester in a partner university abroad offering a transnational studies program.

Why Choose the Master "Histoire transnationale" ENS - ENC

• An intensive training (a structuring core program, methodological support)
• A close supervision (individualized tutoring, collective research workshops and writing)
• An interdisciplinary and internationally oriented training
• Ten mobility grants for fieldwork or in partner universities
• An exceptional choice of language courses
• Two internationally renowned institutions within PSL, in Paris, a world metropolis that offers considerable resources for research in transnational history

Some Members of the Pedagogical Team

• Patrick Arabeyre (history of law)
• Jean-Pierre Bat (history of Africa)
• Hélène Blais (imperial history)
• Olivier Canteaut (medieval history)
• Christophe Gauthier (history of media)
• Charlotte Guichard (history of art)
• Jean-Louis Halpérin (history of law)
• Rahul Markovits (history of circulations)
• Olivier Poncet (modern history)
• Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn
• Pierre Salmon (contemporary history)
• Nathan Schlanger (heritage history)
• Valérie Theis
• Stéphane Van Damme
• Édouard Vasseur (modern history)
• Blaise Wilfert-Portal (transnational cultural history)
• Claire Zalc (history of migrations)

Career Opportunities

This Master's program is a research-oriented program, and students will be assisted in writing a thesis project (with a view to obtaining doctoral scholarships). Those who wish to prepare for the agrégation can apply for a place as an auditor at the ENS.

Additionally, the themes addressed, the importance given to foreign languages, and the semester spent abroad offer the possibility of applying for international careers (competition for executive positions, NGOs, international organizations).

Teachers

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• Olivier Canteaut: Maître de conférences at the École nationale des chartes - PSL
• Jean-Pierre Bat: Chercheur associé at the centre Jean-Mabillon (ENC) and chargé de cours du master d'histoire transnationale
• Christophe Gauthier: Professeur d'Histoire du livre et des médias contemporains
• Nathan Schlanger: Professeur d'Archéologie
• Édouard Vasseur: Professeur d'Archivistique, diplomatique et histoire des institutions de l'époque contemporaine
• Olivier Poncet: Professeur d'Archivistique, diplomatique et histoire des institutions de l'époque moderne
• Patrick Arabeyre: Professeur d'Histoire du droit civil et du droit canonique

Admissions

Applications and registrations are made through the École normale supérieure - PSL. Consult the pedagogical calendar for more information.

• Learn more about this training and the application procedure