SPIN - Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms
SPIN aims to chart the cultural and historical root system of European nationalisms and to bring into focus those intellectual networks which carried and disseminated the emerging ideals of cultural nationalism in the Romantic period and in the long nineteenth century (1770-1914).
Annual Report 2011
Announcing SpInTime
Dynamically visualizing how exchange networks evolve in space and time
SPIN aims to map the epidemic diffusion of cultural nationalism across Europe by charting networks as they evolve over time. A first "Proof of Concept" is now online.
SPIN Lecture 2012
Anne-Marie Thiesse, CNRS, Paris-France
The future restored: castles and monuments in the Rhine region as a political programme
Call for Papers
In september 2012 the Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms organizes a workshop on cultural heritage in the Rhine region as a political programme. The event will take place in Bingen (Germany). Prospective participants are herewith invited to send in a proposal.
This is the third and final workshop on the SPIN theme The Rhine as a cultural space in romantic nationalism.
NEW: The Literary Imagination
Nineteenth century literature articulated a specific romantic of the nation. Almost all European literatures contain foundational texts in the literary foundation of the country’s identity. Many of these texts are online. Click here.
Announcing a new project: National Music
"National Identity: Cultural Transfer: Nineteenth-Century Music"
Banknote database complete
The interactive database of national icon-figures on European banknotes is now complete. It can be accessed through the interactive resources portal or by clicking "Resources" > Banknotes in the main navigation bar.