COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATIONALISM THEORIES AND EPISTEMOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STR 5005 NATIONALISM THEORIES AND EPISTEMOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜRKMEN TÖRELI

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

The main interest of this course is the relationship between history and nationalism, the rise of nation states, and accordingly the enhanced importance of historiography, the development of formal historiography, and the theories on nationalism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The nationalism and related concepts and the research on this subject
2   The development of national historiography
3   The role of history in the relationship between nation state and nationalism
4   The theories on nationalism and the pioneers of the theories on nationalism
5   The characteristics of nationalist historiography in Turkey and the world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and definations
2 Historiography and ideology
3 Historical bacground
4 Nation state building
5 Nationalist history
6 sub-and-supra identities
7 The other in history
8 Turkish historiography
9 Globalization and nationalism
10 nationalism typologies
11 nationalism therories
12 presentation
13 presentation
14 presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. E. H. Carr, Milliyetçilik ve Sonrası, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 1999
2. E. J. Hobsbawm, 1780 den Günümüze Milletler ve Milliyetçilik, Ayrıntı Yayınevi, Istanbul 1995
3. Benedict Anderson, Hayali Cemaatler, Milliyetçiliğin Kökenleri ve Yayılması, Metis yayınları, Istanbul 1995
4. Anthony D. Smith, Milli Kimlik, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 1994
5. Ernest Gellner, Uluslar ve Ulusçuluk, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul 1992
6. Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları Eleştirel Bir Bakış, Doğu-Batı Yayınları, 2008
7. Ozan Erözden, Ulus-Devlet, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara 1997

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentatio
Seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

tba

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.
2. LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an acceptable excuse for the delay in the term project.
3. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

oktay.gokdemir@edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday:13.00-13.30
Wednesday:13.00-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.13
LO.23
LO.33
LO.4
LO.5

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