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Nationalism

Nationalism. Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch http://www.icr.ethz.ch/teaching/nationalism Assistant: Kimberly Sims , CIS, Room E 3, k-sims@northwestern.edu.

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Nationalism

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  1. Nationalism Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch http://www.icr.ethz.ch/teaching/nationalism Assistant: Kimberly Sims, CIS, Room E 3, k-sims@northwestern.edu

  2. Today’s outline • Nationalism is crucial • Nationalism is ignored and mis-conceived • You need to study it! • You can learn more about nationalism in this course!

  3. state ≠ nation

  4. Number of articles with titles relating to ethnicity and nationalism Source: JSTOR

  5. Number of articles with titles relating ethnicity and nationalism Source: Current Contents

  6. Course goals • Understanding the present by understanding the past • Mastering concepts and theories • Putting nationalism in an IR context

  7. Readings • Gellner, Ernest. 1983. Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. • Breuilly, John. 1993. Nationalism and the State. 2nd ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press. The books are available for purchase at Klio Buchhandlung; Zähringerstrasse 45; 8001 Zürich klio@bluewin.ch; www.klio-buch.ch; Phone: 01 251 42 12 • All other readings will be available on line. We will provide instructions in class. • In addition, the texts will all be put on reserve in the CIS library, downstairs at Seilergraben 49 • Finally, the lecture slides will be published on the class web page. You can transform them from PDF to Powerpoint by changing the extension to ppt.

  8. Performance evaluation • In-class midterm (mostly short answers) • All students will receive a grade whether it counts or not

  9. Course Schedule Oct. 27 Key Concepts Nov. 3 Theories I Nov. 10 Theories II Nov. 17 Nationalist systems change Nov. 24 State-led nationalism Dec. 1 Unification and separatist nationalism Dec. 8 Anti-/Post-colonial nationalism Dec. 15 Post-communist nationalism Dec. 22 To be rescheduled Jan. 12 Ethnic conflict Jan. 19 Beyond nationalism? European integration Jan. 26 Beyond nationalism? Pan-nationalism and religious fundamentalism Feb. 3 Exam

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