Number of sessions: 30
Length of each session: 1,45 h
Total length of the module: 45 hours
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
This course examines one of the major contemporary phenomena, Nationalism. Using Catalonia as a case study, students will study how Nationalism shaped the Modern World and created the Nations we know now, the USA, France, Germany, but also created some problems in these Nation-States.
This course will compare the situation in Catalonia, the Basque Country, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and other parts of the globe. At the same time, during these sessions students will be able to examine the changes that the European Union and other Multinational Organizations create facing identity.
REQUIREMENTS
• Fluent in English
COURSE EVALUATION
Mid Term Exam (25%)
It will be a Multiple-choice Exam with 50 questions. Each question will have 4 possible answers of which only one will be correct. There is no penalization for mistakes, that is, in case of doubt student should answer everything, so there is not special penalty if mistake.
Example: Capital of Spain.
a. Madrid
b. Seville
c. Barcelona
d. Bilbao
There is another section in the mid-term exam that is completely different from the first. Students will receive one short article, no more than 5 pages to read in class and write a short (1 page) reflection on the contents of the given reading.
In this section of the exam students will be allowed to use class notes and other materials to write a good essay.
Papers (50%)
This course requires some readings. During the sessions students will hold some debates about 5 readings. Every text will be used as an excuse to debate, talk and introduce some topics of Spain and the Western Civilization.
Students need to write one very short paper of each reading. The paper will consist of 2-3 pages-long. The basic ideas to follow in the writing of the text are:
a. Cover with Title of the article, author, and year if possible.
Information about the Student: Name, last name, semester, class, name of the professor
b. Body of the Paper. 1 page. In this section students will organize the basic contents of the reading as well as how was the intervention in class was prepared.
c. Conclusion. 2 pages. In this last section of the papers students will explain their ideas about the text, not the ideas explained by the author. The ideas coming from one reading are always binary:
firstly, academic reactions; secondly, personal opinion about the author, the writing and the contents.
Final Exam (25%)
This Exam will consist of one question based on one reading, given by the professor during the first week. Students can read the texts whenever they want but it is recommendable to be ready to answer the question using other materials used in class. That means that students can use the text and other sources of information to write a short essay of two pages long (front and back).
Example: The idea of Nationalism since the French Revolution, 1789
a. The State and the Idea of Nation
b. Nations fighting for a State
c. The Modern Concert of Nations since 1945
d. Globalization and Identity
EXAM
Students who cheat in exams will be expelled and penalized for such a behavior. They will loss the grade in that exam and they will have to write an extra paper to pass the course.
Students have to answer the questions of both, multiple choice and final exam, using a blue or black pen, never a pencil or a red pen. Exams written in red pen or pencil will not be graded.
With regard to the final exam and the essay in the mid term, students need to use a clear handwriting. Difficult exams to read (because of the handwriting) will not be graded.
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION
Students should come to class fully prepared to participate and to cooperate with the professor in order to create a seminar style ambient in class.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PAPERS
All the papers have to be handed-in in a printed format.
Hand in the paper one day late means of 10% less in the final grade; two days late 20%, …
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Stapled
Bibliography at the end
Foot notes: SURNAME, Name, title, Place: Publisher, year.
Example: SMITH, John, A book about nothing, NY: Mr. Publisher, 2000
MANDATORY READINGS
Reading: Phillip M. Rawkins, Outsiders and Insiders; the Implications of Minority Nationalism in Scotland and Wales, 1978
Reading: François Rocher, The evolving parameters of Quebec Nationalism
Reading: John Rex, Multiculturalism and the Modern Nation State
Reading: Andreas Wimmer, From Empire to Nation State, Explaining Wars in the Modern World
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Introduction and Barcelona
First Week
1st session
Introduction and Syllabus
2nd session
Introduction to Barcelona
Useful Information and Possible Visits
Philosophy and Ideas
Second Week
3rd session
Theories of the Nation
Nationalism and Nation Building
4th session
Theories of the State
Central Powers and State Building
Third Week
5th session
Types of State
From Unitarian to Confederal
6th session
Nationalisms and Identity
Nations, States and Nationalities
Spain or Spains?
Fourth Week
7th session
Introduction to the Spanish Constitutional System, 1978-1982
The Spanish Transition and the National Question
8th session
Introduction to Catalonia
Basic Information
Fifth Week
9th session
Introduction to Catalonia
History of Catalonia, 800-1714 CE
10th session
Introduction to Catalonia
Catalan Culture and Art, 1714-today
Sixth Week
11th session
Introduction to Catalonia
The Formation of Catalan Nationalism. Catalan Politics from 1898 to 1975
12th session
Catalan Politics since 1975
Seventh Week
13th session
Mid Term Exam
14th session
Seminar
Reading: Phillip M. Rawkins, Outsiders and Insiders; the Implications of Minority Nationalism in Scotland and Wales, 1978
Eighth Week
15th session
Seminar
Reading: François Rocher, The evolving parameters of Quebec Nationalism
16th session
Seminar
Reading: John Rex, Multiculturalism and the Modern Nation State
Ninth Week
17th session
Seminar
Reading: Andreas Wimmer, From Empire to Nation State, Explaining Wars in the Modern World
18th session
Introduction to the Basque Country
History and Ideas, 1212-1874
Tenth Week
19th session
Introduction to the Basque Country
Basque Politics, 1874-today
20th session
Movie
La pelota vasca
Terrorism in Spain
Eleventh Week
21st session
ETA and Nationalism in Spain, 1950’-1982
22nd session
ETA and Nationalism in Spain, 1982-today
History and Comparison
Arab (or Muslim?) Nationalism
Twelfth Week
23rd session
From Pan Arabism to Fundamentalism, 1
National Socialism after WW2
24th session
From Pan Arabism to Fundamentalism, 2
National Socialism after WW2
Thirteenth Week
25th session
Movie
El lobo
26th session
Final Exam
Fourteenth Week
27th session
Closing session
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