Cultural Studies, History and Cosmopolitanism in UK

Mica Nava

doi:10.3384/cu.2000.1525.13523

Authors

Mica Nava Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.13523

Keywords:

Cultural studies, history, cosmopolitanism

Abstract

This article reviews aspects of the historical relationship between cultural studies and history in the UK university context and illustrates the specificity of cultural history approaches by drawing on the author’s own work on cosmopolitanism.

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