COURSE SYLLABUS

NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS

1	Course Title:	NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS
2	Course Code:	ULI5119
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Yrd.Doç.Dr. Çiğdem Aydın Koyuncu
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler BölümüNilüfer/BURSA Tel: 0224 2941168 Email: cigdema@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	In this course, acquiring knowledge of students about historical, conceptual and theoretical aspects of nationalism and ethnic conflicts
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to learn main theories of nationalism;
2	To be able to analyse the production of tools and processes of national identity;
3	To be able to evaluate the role of identity politics in international relations;
4	To be able to determine the role of nationalist policies in international relations.;
5	To be able to have knowledge about ethnic conflicts in the historical process;
6	To be able to evaluate ethnic conflicts taking place at present.;
7	To be able to have the opportunity to compare of main theories of nationalism;
8	To be able to have knowledge and find opportunity to compare terms like ethnic, race, identity, minority etc.;
9	To be able to have knowledge about the emergence of problems of minority;
10	To be able to have knowledge about minority issues in todays;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definitions of National and Ethnic Group, Nation and Nationalism, the Historical Trend of Nationalism
2	Modernization and Nationalism
3	Main Theories of Nationalism: Nature, Content and Functionality of Nationalism
4	Nation-State and Nationalism, Crisis of Nation-State
5	Historical and theoretical ways of self-determination and the Nationalist Movement
6	Nationalism and State Policies: War, irredentism, Economic Nationalism
7	Post-modernity, identity politics and the Rise of Nationalism
8	Ethnic, Racial, Religious Minorities and Minority Rights
9	Minority Politics: Equality Relations between ethnicities
10	Nationalism and International Relations
11	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of the Balkans
12	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of the Caucasus
13	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of the middle East
14	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Other Examples on world

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	• Anthony D. Smith, Ulusların Etnik Kökeni, Ankara, Dost Kitabevi, 2002 • Smith, Anthony D. 2001. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity, pp. 2142. • Breuilly, John. 1993. Nationalism and the State (2nd ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press • Gellner, Ernest. 1983. Nations and Nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell • Hobsbawm, Eric J. 1990. Nations and Nationalism since 1780 – Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press • Smith, Anthony, D. 1999. Myths and Memories of the Nation. Oxford; Oxford University Press • Erol Kurubaş, Asimilasyondan Tanınmaya Uluslararası Alanda Azınlık Sorunları ve Avrupa Yaklaşımı, Ankara, Asil Yayıncılık, 2004. • Naz Çavuşoğlu, Azınlık Hakları, Ankara, Su Yayınları, 2001 • Benedict Anderson, Hayali Cemaatlar milliyetçiliğin kökenleri ve yayılması, Çeviren: İskender Savaşır, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004. • Etienne Balibar, Immanuel Wallerstein, Irk Ulus Sınıf-Belirsiz Kimlikler, Çeviren: Nazlı Ökten, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. • Inıs L. Claude, National Minorities-An International Problem, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1969. Jack Donnelly, Teoride ve Uygulamada Evrensel İnsan Hakları, Çeviren: Mustafa Erdoğan ve Levent Korkut, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara, 1995.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High