https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4164?type=COREThe main aim of this course is to introduce students into the study of nationalism and ethnicity with a special emphasis on contemporary nationalist politics. The course is designed to offer a theoretically informed understanding of the causes and consequences of nationalist mobilization in Europe. The course will examine the main contemporary theories of nationalism, analyze key concepts and discuss classical debates in the study of nationalism. The course will also serve as a methodological introduction to the study of nationalism and identity politics. Finally, the course will familiarize students with nation building practices through case studies and comparative analysis. First, we will discuss why nationalism is still an important moving force in contemporary politics and why its scholarly study is still relevant. We will then overview and assess the major systematic typologies of nationalism, examine how key concepts, such as 'nation', 'nationalism', 'ethnicity', 'identity' and related terms. The second thematic section of the course will discuss the main theories (modernism, constructivism, primordialism, postmodernism) that give 'macro' accounts of nationalism. Next, we will zoom in, exchange the telescope to a microscope and examine how nationhood and ethnic symbolism are reproduced in contemporary nationalist discourse and politics. We will discuss the intersection of nationhood and commerce, explore nationalist narratives in pop culture and discuss the phenomenon of national indifference. In the last classes, we willexamine narratives of collective memory and the construction of national identity. In addition to studying the relevant literature and discussing case studies, we will visit the Haus der Geschichte Österreich in Vienna.