Information Package / Course Catalogue
Theories of Nationalism and Minorities
Course Code: ULU455
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to make students be informed about the main theories of nationalism and to increase their capacity of interpretetation about the minority policies.

Course Content

The concepts of nationalism literature such as nation, nationalism, ethnic identity will be introduced and certain nationalism theories that are put forward since 1970s will be analysed in detail.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.They will be able compare and interpret different nationalism theories.
2.They will be able to have detailed knowledge about the interaction between nationalism and state.
3.They will be able to learn types of nationalism and the conditions that create them.
4.They will be able to make research about the political, economic, and social results of nationalism.
5.Students will have information about the history of nationalism.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özkırımlı, U. (1999). Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış. İstanbul: Sarmal Yayınevi
2.Balibar, E., & Wallerstein, I. (1991). Race, nation, class: Ambiguitous identities. London: Verso Publishing.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Information About Course Content and Methodology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Conceptualizations of nation and nationalism
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Utku Yapıcı, Sovyet Sonrası Coğrafyada Devlet ve Milliyetçilik – Estonya, Ukrayna ve Kazakistan Örnekleri, Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Doktora Tezi, 2009, s. 17-41.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Historical Development of Nationalism discussions
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 1-73.Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları - Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 75-96.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nations before nationalism: Primordial Approach
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları - Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 75-96.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Nationalism before Nations: The Modernists - Economic Transformation Tom Nairn and Michael Hechter
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 97-122.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Nationalism before Nations: The Modernists - Political Transformation: John Breuilly, Paul Brass and Eric Hobsbawn
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları - Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 122-148.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Nationalism before Nations: The Modernists - the social-cultural transformation, Ernest Gellner and High Cultures
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s.148-167.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Nationalism before nations: The Modernists - the social-cultural transformation, Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 167-182.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nationalism before nations: The Modernists - the social-cultural transformation, Miroslav Hroch
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 182-191.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Fundamental arguments of Ethno-Symbolism, John Armstrong and a Historical Perspective
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 193-201.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Antony D. Smith and Ethnic Origin of Nations
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 201-212.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Criticisms for Ethno-Symbolism
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 212-219.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Transcending the Nationalism debate: New Perspectives
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları – Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999, s. 221.241.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Preparation to final exam
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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