1. 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
Assistant: Kimberly Sims, CIS, Room E 3,

2. 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!

3. state ≠ nation

4. Number of articles with titles relating to ethnicity and nationalism
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JSTOR

5. Number of articles with titles relating ethnicity and nationalism
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Current Contents

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

7. Readings
Gellner, Ernest Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Breuilly, John Nationalism and the State. 2nd ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
The books are available for purchase at
Klio Buchhandlung; Zähringerstrasse 45; 8001 Zürich
Phone:
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.

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

9. 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