MSc Nationalism and Ethno-Religious Conflict

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New Announcements:

On 13 November at Birkbeck, a major ASEN/Nations & Nationalism seminar on leading political theorist of nationalism Yael Tamir's new book Why Nationalism will take place at Birkbeck in the evening. The panel will include:

Yael Tamir, Former Israeli Labor Party politician. Adjunct professor, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Erica Benner, Berlin based author, formerly of Department of Government, LSE
Varun Uberoi, Brunel University
Chair: Bill Kissane, Department of Government, LSE

Permanent Announcements:

This module has a Moodle site, though this will only be used for submission of coursework, some notices and online discussions.
You can access audio podcasts relevant to the week's readings under the 'weekly readings' section of the site. You must have iTunes installed for this to work.
This Year's Module handbook
Please check out the ASEN podcast on iTunes. Also, the ASEN nationalism youtube video channel (48 lectures by leading scholars of nationalism posted to date)
ASEN nationalism subject index (search for articles on specific topics)
***Sample Dissertations: Dissertation 1 (75%) Dissertation 2 (72%) Dissertation 3 (60%) Dissertation 4 (60%)
You can also find a selection of top-ranked dissertations (albeit edited down to about 50-60% of their size) on-line at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/news/global-politics-security-review-published. "The Global Politics and Security Review brings together six of the best Masters dissertations by students from Birkbeck’s Global Politics and International Security and Global Governance programmes."
Sample Essays: Essay 1(50%) Essay 2 (53%) Essay 3 (58%) Essay 4 (72%) Essay 5 (72%) Essay 6 (62%) Marks & Comments for All
Past Exam Papers: 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Other:

Essay help can be found at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/current-students/essays
Link to study aid section of school website (mainly for exam study)
Trouble finding books? :
1) Talk to the Birkbeck library about the SCONUL access scheme first. For information, see: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/otherlibs/ AND http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/about/how/ill; THEN: 2) Search other London libraries at: http://copac.ac.uk/, the integrated catalogue for the UK; also can consult http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/, the catalogue for some University of London college libraries

Weekly Readings

Part I

1. Definitions and Theoretical Overview audio

2. The Development of the State audio

3. The Origin of Ethnic Groups audio

4. Theories of Nationalism audio

Part II

5. State Nationalism, Nation-Building and Commemoration audio

6. Multi-Ethnic States: Multi-Ethnic Nations and Multi-National States audio

7. National Identity: Ethnic or Civic? audio

8. When Does Nationalism Become Secessionist?: Secession and Irridentism audio

AUDIOS for term 2:

These are close to, but not 100% identical to, the lectures you will have received, so note that where there is a difference, please refer to your lecture notes and Moodle:

[REFER to MOODLE for current powerpoints listed below]:

9. Nationalism, Ethnic Parties and Democratisation [N/A]

11. Ethnic Violence and Genocide [AUDIO]

12. Microfoundations of Civil War: Outbidding, Spoilers, Militias [AUDIO]

13. Secularisation and Religious Fundamentalism [AUDIO]
14. Religion and Nationalism [AUDIO]

15. Case Study: Islamic Fundamentalism [N/A]

16. Conclusion and Review [AUDIO from Masters nationalism revision class past year] [Gen exam skills this year]

Part III

9. Nationalism, Ethnic Parties and Democratisation

10. Ethnic Violence and Genocide

11. Microfoundations of Civil War: Outbidding, Spoilers, Militias

Part IV