National Identities explores the correlation/mapping between identity, people, state and nation, and examines the complexities of how national identities are created, represented and adopted in any period from antiquity to the current day, and from any geographical location. The focus of the journal is on identity, on how cultural factors (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with ‘the other’ etc.) and political factors (state forms, wars, boundaries) contribute to the formation and expression of national identities and on how these factors have been shaped and changed over time. The historical significance of ‘nation’ in political and cultural terms is considered in relationship to other important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as religion, region, tribe or class.
The variety of viewpoints published in the journal engenders a multifaceted understanding of national identity, and the journal therefore welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplines, including literature, history, geography, religion, sociology, and architecture among others. Comparative perspectives are encouraged, and the journal features regular review essays as well as book reviews.
Articles
Narrating European integration: transnational actors and stories Wolfram Kaiser & Richard McMahonPages: 149–160 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1274722
Different narratives, one area without internal frontiers: why EU institutions cannot agree on the refugee crisis Adina MaricutPages: 161–177 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1256982
The Promethean role of Europe: changing narratives of the political and scholarly left Nikola PetrovićPages: 179–197 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1270923
Almost the same stories: narrative patterns in EU treaty referendums Wolf J. SchünemannPages: 199–214 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1255188
One narrative or several? Politics, cultural elites, and citizens in constructing a ‘New Narrative for Europe’ Wolfram KaiserPages: 215–230 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1265491
Progress, democracy, efficiency: normative narratives in political science EU studies Richard McMahonPages: 231–249 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1156078
European Union or Kingdom of the Antichrist? Protestant apocalyptic narratives and European unity Brent F. Nelsen & James L. GuthPages: 251–267 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1265492
Post-communist invocation of Europe: memorial museums’ narratives and the Europeanization of memory Ljiljana RadonićPages: 269–288 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1264377
Book Reviews
Britain, Europe and national identity. Self and other in international relations Johanna VuorelmaPages: 289–290 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1276709
Nationalism and multiple modernities. Europe and beyond Stavit SinaiPages: 290–292 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1276707