Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman 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

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!

state ≠ nation

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

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

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

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.

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

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