ISTANBUL OKAN UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE / COURSE CATALOGUE
| International Relations | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
General course introduction information
| Course Code: | UIS474 | ||||||||
| Course Name: | Nationalism and Identity Politics | ||||||||
| Course Semester: |
Spring |
||||||||
| Course Credits: |
|
||||||||
| Language of instruction: | TR | ||||||||
| Course Requisites: | |||||||||
| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | Department Elective | ||||||||
| Course Level: |
|
||||||||
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi GÖKÇE BALABAN | ||||||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | |||||||||
| Course Assistants: |
Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to enhance the perspective of the students on the topics of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’.What is a nation? Do nations exist primordially, or are they special products of modernization? How did nationalism emerge? How does it affect the daily life and how does it reproduce itself all over again each day? What is the relation between nationalism and today’s politics? Drawing on the theories of nationalism, IRL 474 aims to answer those questions during the semester |
| Course Content: | Historical Overview of Nationalism; Primordial Studies in Nationalism Literature; Modernist Approaches to Nationalism: Economic and Political and SocialTransformations; Ernest Gellner’s Approaches; Benedict Anderson and Nationalism; Miroslav Hroch and Nationalism; Ethnosymbolist Approaches to Nationalism; Ethno-nationalism and its Critiques; New Approaches to Nationalism; A Critique of Nationalism Studies. |
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lesson Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | • Introduce the course to the students • Review of syllabus • Review and discussion of the course outline • Framing assessment policy and other requirements | None |
| 2) | • An introduction to nationalism - Historical overview of nationalism | None |
| 3) | • Primordial studies in nationalism literature • What is primordialism? • Critics of primordialism | Chapter 3 Primordialism |
| 4) | • Modernist approaches to nationalism: economic and political transformations • What is the link between modernism and nationalism? • How modernism differ from primordialism? • What is the link political and economic transformation and nationalism? | Chapter 4 Modernism, pp.72-97 |
| 5) | • Modernist approaches to nationalism: social transformations 1: Ernest Gellner’s approaches • Ernest Gellner and high cultures | Chapter 4 Modernism, pp.97-113 |
| 6) | • Modernist approaches to nationalism: social transformations 2: Benedict Anderson and nationalism • Benedict Anderson and Imagined Communities | Chapter 4 Modernism, pp.97-105 |
| 7) | • Modernist approaches to nationalism: social transformations 3: Miroslav Hroch and nationalism • Miroslav Hroch and three phases of nationalism | Chapter 4 Modernism, pp. 113-120 |
| 8) | • Mid-term Exam | None |
| 9) | Ethnosymbolist approaches to nationalism • John Armstrong and myth-symbol complexes • Anthony Smith and the ethnic origins of nations | Chapter 5 Ethno Symbolism |
| 10) | • Ethno-nationalism and its critiques Ethno-nationalism and its critiques Ethno-nationalism today | Chapter 5, Ethno nationalism, pp. 157-169 |
| 11) | • New Approaches to nationalism 1 - Why new? - Michael Billig and Banal Nationalism - Nira Yuva-Davis and feminist approaches | Chapter 6: New Approaches to Nationalism: pp.169-182 |
| 12) | • New Approaches to nationalism 2 • Partha Chatterjee and post-colonial theory • Craig Calhoun and discourses• | Chapter 6: New Approaches to Nationalism: 182-199 |
| 13) | • A critique and outline of nationalism studies | Chapter 7: Understanding Nationalism |
| 14) | • Summary of semester | None |
| 15) | • Evaluate students via final exam • Final Exam | None |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Özkırımlı, Umut. 2009. Milliyetçilik Kuramları: Eleştirel Bir Bakış. İstanbul: Doğu Batı.. Özkırımlı, Umut. 2010. Theories of Nationalism. New York: Palgrave. |
| References: | Yok-None |
Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship
| Learning Outcomes | 1 |
2 |
3 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Outcomes | ||||||||
| 1) Students will able to explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of International Relations, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models. | ||||||||
| 2) Students will able to employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | ||||||||
| 3) Students will able to categorize the basic concepts of Turkish politics, comparative politics, international relations, diplomatic history and foreign policy. | ||||||||
| 4) Students will able to analyze and critically evaluate local and global dynamics of contemporary socio-economic and political developments, foreign policy making and conflict resolution with all aspects. | ||||||||
| 5) Students will able to discover and create novel opportunities with an entrepreneurial spirit and use expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | ||||||||
| 6) Students will able to apply their knowledge in international institutions and multicultural environments and develop an interdisciplinary approach enabling them to relate and synthesize knowledge from diverse disciplines and draw novel conclusions. | ||||||||
| 7) Students will able to communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of International Relations. | ||||||||
| 8) Students will able to appreciate and defend human rights and multi-cultural diversity, and should emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings. | ||||||||
| 9) Students will able to identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. | ||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Students will able to explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of International Relations, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models. | 5 |
| 2) | Students will able to employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | 2 |
| 3) | Students will able to categorize the basic concepts of Turkish politics, comparative politics, international relations, diplomatic history and foreign policy. | |
| 4) | Students will able to analyze and critically evaluate local and global dynamics of contemporary socio-economic and political developments, foreign policy making and conflict resolution with all aspects. | 2 |
| 5) | Students will able to discover and create novel opportunities with an entrepreneurial spirit and use expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | 1 |
| 6) | Students will able to apply their knowledge in international institutions and multicultural environments and develop an interdisciplinary approach enabling them to relate and synthesize knowledge from diverse disciplines and draw novel conclusions. | 3 |
| 7) | Students will able to communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of International Relations. | 2 |
| 8) | Students will able to appreciate and defend human rights and multi-cultural diversity, and should emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings. | 5 |
| 9) | Students will able to identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. | 2 |
Learning Activity and Teaching Methods
| Lesson | |
| Reading | |
| Q&A / Discussion |
Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria
| Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 15 | % 25 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Grading
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 15 | 45 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 45 |
| Midterms | 15 | 45 |
| Final | 15 | 45 |
| Total Workload | 180 | |