Lunch Hour Lecture: Staying in touch: Maintaining transnational identities during Covid-19

Transnationalism can be understood as the way that individuals attempt to maintain their connections with friends and family across two (or more) cultures and countries, as well as their own identity. In an age of fast travel and instant communication, it may seem simple for people, especially young people, to sustain their connection with their country of origin. However, the scope for adolescents to develop transnational identities may be constrained in several ways: their ability to travel freely is restricted; they may have a limited knowledge of the language of the country, etc. In this talk, I will discuss how, for some teenagers living in the UK, many transnational practices are limited; I will also briefly explore how the Covid-19 situation may have intensified these problems, and the implications of this. Date: Tuesday 16 February 2021 Speaker: Dr Sara Young, Senior Teaching Fellow, UCL Free to attend, live stream or watch online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7vFbAmvRA&t=11s More info : events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLMinds #MadeAtUCL