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Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to examine theories of ethnicity and nationalism. It also focuses on debates and issues relating to the construction and politicization of communal (ethnic, religious etc) identities.
Course Content
This course aims to examine theories of ethnicity and nationalism. It also focuses on debates and issues relating to the construction and politicization of communal (ethnic, religious etc) identities.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To be able to discuss the substantive issues relating to the analysis of ethnicty and nationalism |
| LO02 | To be able to identify the different theoretical approaches to the study of nationalism |
| LO03 | To be able to critically examine the existing literature on nationalism |
| LO04 | To be able to identify and analyze the issues relating to the construction and politicization of ethnic and national identities in diverse settings |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Craig Calhoun, Nationalism. University of Minnesota Press. | |
| 2 | Understanding Ethnicity and Nationalism: Key concepts, themes and issues | Craig Calhoun, Nationalism. University of Minnesota Press. | |
| 3 | Theories of Nationalism I | Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, London: Verso, 1983. E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism Since 1780, Cambridge University Press, 1992. | |
| 4 | Theories of Nationalism II | Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse, Minneapolis: Uni. of Minnesota Press, 1993. | |
| 5 | Nationalism and Gender | Jan Jindy Pettman, Women, Gender and Nationalism in Worlding Women: A Feminist International Politics, New York: Routledge, 1996, pp.45-63. Deniz Kandiyoti, Identity and its Discontents: Women and the Nation, Millennium 20, 3 (1991): 429-443. | |
| 6 | Nationalist Movements and the State | Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983. Anthony Smith, The Ethnic Origins of Nations. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. | |
| 7 | The Fate of Nationalisms, National Culture and Identity in a Global Age | Anthony Smith, Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995. | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | ||
| 9 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 10 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 11 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 12 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 13 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 14 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 15 | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 134 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,36 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||