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Distinguished Professor of History, Jacques Revel, will deliver the newly-established Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Transnational History's inaugural lecture this week.

Professor Revel, of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and Visiting Professor at New York University's Institute of French Studies, will deliver his lecture, 'Religions Beyond Borders? The Uses of Comparison in the Early 18th Century'.

His talk will be introduced by Dr Axel Korner, Reader in Modern European History at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê History. With a vote of thanks by Professor Michael Worton, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Vice Provost (Academic & International) and Fielden Professor of French literature.

'Transnational' history is the study of historical processes above and beyond the structures of states and nations, as well as comparative history from the ancient to the contemporary world.

The centre provides a forum for research and graduate and training in the field across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê departments and facilities, including Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê History, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Slavonic & East European Studies, the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê History of Art, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Scandinavian Studies and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Technology Studies.

It will support individual and collaborative research into transnational history, offer an institutional framework for graduate studies in the field and will host a programme of seminars, lectures and events.

Professor Revel's talk will be held at 6pm on Tuesday 28 October in the Gustave Tuck, followed by a reception in the South Cloisters. The event is free and all are welcome.

Next month, look out for a talk organised by the centre, to be presented by Pierre-Yves Saunier, researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Lyon. It takes place on 11 November.