This course aims to provide students with a theoretical, historical and political understanding of nationalism, citizenship and identity in Europe. The course will be split into two halves, the first providing the students with the intellectual tools to analyse nationalism as well as introducing them to current debates within the field of nationalism studies. The second part of the course will focus upon separate case studies of nationalism in Europe, allowing students to apply theoretical tools to historical cases and contemporary political debates.  Theoretical issues to be covered will include the modernity of nations, the role of language in nationalist mobilisation, nationalism and democracy, nationalism and totalitarianism, nationalism and multiculturalism, gender and nation, nationalism and the future of the nation-state and nationalism within the European Union.

• The basic skill taught in this course is the ability to comprehend a theory and then apply it to a case study;
• Students will be able to identify and comprehend the major theories used to understand the existence and presistence in nationalism in contemporary Europe;
• Students will be abe to research and communicate through writing a case study of nationalism in contemporary Europe;
• Students will be able to better comprehend a particular instance of nationalism in contemporary Europe while also testing the validity of the theory drawn from the case study;
• Students will work collaboratively in presenting their understandings of a theory or case study in tutorials.

1500 word essay (40%), 2000 word research essay (50%) and tutorial presentation (10%).

22 Lectures and 11 tutorials. Lectures will be recorded on DLD.

Any first year POLS, International Relations or EURO course.

This course can be counted towards a Contemporary Europe, International Relations or Political Science Major.

This course is incompatible with HIST2217 'Being British: National Identity in the United Kingdom 1880s -1950s'.