Theories of Nationalism and the Turkish Experience

Course content

this is a reading intensive graduate seminar on theories on theories of nationalism and the Turkish experience. In the first and second part we will explore the basic debates and positions concerning nationalism studies. whereas in the final part we will focus on the Turkish experience and schoolarship on the Turkish nationalism. This seminar is designed to introduce students to the major theoritical and conceptual debates in the field of nationalism studies. Each week we will discuss a set of literature dealing with various themes in nationalism. The weekly readings are chosen to reflect the variet of topics and approaches. The goal of the course is to allow students to become familar with the major theoritical debates and to develop the skills necessary for comparing various theories and evaluating various explaniations.