Nations and Nationalism (P02936)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-P02936

This postgraduate seminar is taught in conjunction with the Sociology Honours course of the same name, with which it shares a parallel structure of weekly topics and readings. The course aims to examine major modes of explaining nationalism, and to relate nationalism to other key themes in sociology. The seminar topics explore the relationship between nationalism and modernity, ethnicity, civic and ethnic nationalism, language, religion, class, gender, its regulation and globalisation.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Science), (School of Social and Political Science, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
24/09/2008	09:00	11:00	Seminar Room 6, Chrystal Macmillan Building	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course seeks to enable students to:
• Develop in-depth knowledge of a major instance or topic within the field of nationalism studies.
• Bring theoretical understandings of nationalism they have learned elsewhere to bear on complex, substantive case material.
• Cultivate independent research skills, in particular surveying literatures and developing thematically organised bibliographies around chosen topics.
• Improve their ability to present complex material succinctly, and to discuss it at length.