MSc Nationalism And Ethno-Religious Conflict
MSc Nationalism and Ethno-Religious Conflict
- Definitions and Theoretical Overview
- The Origin of Ethnic Groups
- Theories of Nationalism
- State Nationalism , Nation-Building and Commemoration
- Multi-Ethnic States: Multi-Ethnic Nations and Multi-National States
- National Identity: Ethnic or Civic?
- Everyday Nationalism
- Nationalism and Populism
- When Does Nationalism Become Secessionist?: Secession and Irridentism
- Ethnic Violence and Genocide
- Nationalism , Ethnic Parties and Democratisation
- Microfoundations of Civil War: Outbidding, Spoilers, Militias
- Religion and Nationalism
- Secularisation and Religious Fundamentalism
New Announcements:
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 Association of the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) nationalism seminar and lecture content here.
- You can hear podcasts from many leading names in nationalism studies on the ASEN podcast feed.
- 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
- Note that the exam for this module falls in the July 5-16 summer exam period
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
Reading Week / Workshop Week
Easter Break
Lectures
1. Definitions and Theoretical Overview
2. The Origin of Ethnic Groups
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4. State Nationalism, Nation-Building and Commemoration
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5. Multi-Ethnic States: Multi-Ethnic Nations and Multi-National States
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6. National Identity: Ethnic or Civic?
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7. Everyday Nationalism: Nationalism from Below
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