HIST 378B Nationalism in Europe and Beyond
Nationalism is one of the major political phenomena analyzed by political scientists, historians, scholars of literature studies, anthropologists and others in the last 50 years. This course tries to find a way through the masses of theories and explanations of nationalism by focusing on nationalist movements in Europe. One of the aims of the course is to determine the differences between nationalism as a ubiquitous cultural phenomenon and nationalisms as political movements, but this requires a thorough knowledge of nationalism in general. Participants will read and discuss a selection of the most important literature in the field of nationalism studies and analyze important historical primary sources.