Eric Storm - Nationalism between Neoliberalism, Identity Politics and Populism

Описание: This talk, featuring Professor Eric Storm (Leiden University, Spain) was convened by the Loughborough University Nationalism Network (LUNN) on Wednesday 30 April 2025.

Abstract. In my "Nationalism: A World History" (Princeton University Press 2024-25), I explore the global rise of nationalism from the early modern era until the present. The impact of nationalism on the political realm is discussed by focusing on the creation of new nation-states and concomitant processes of inclusion and exclusion. I also pay attention to the huge influence of nationalism on high culture and the scientific realm, and to the more banal impact it had on the physical environment. In my talk, I will briefly explain the structure of the book and its main argument. Subsequently, I will focus on the findings from the last few chapters, examining the major shift caused by the entangled rise of neoliberalism, globalization and identity politics from the late 1970s onwards. These developments also help us to understand the current heyday of populist nationalism.

Biography: Eric Storm is Senior Lecturer General History at Leiden University. His investigations focus on the history of regionalism and nationalism from a comparative perspective. Among his publications are "The Culture of Regionalism: Art, Architecture and International Exhibitions in France, Germany and Spain, 1890-1939" (Manchester UP 2010) and "Nationalism: A World History" (Princeton UP 2024). He also co-edited with Xosé-Manoel Núnez Seixas "Regionalism and Modern Europe: Identity Construction and Movements from 1890 to the Present Day" (Bloomsbury 2019), with Stefan Berger "Writing the History of Nationalism" (Bloomsbury 2019) and with Joep Leerssen "World Fairs and the Global Moulding of National Identities: International Exhibitions as Cultural Platforms, 1851-1958" (Brill 2022).