HIST 126 - Nations, Nationalism, and Citizenship

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

This course will address major theoretical and historiographic debates over national identities, nation-state formation, and citizenship. Drawing upon the case studies of France and Germany, we will trace the processes of defining European nationhood and citizenship since the end of the eighteenth century. Themes will include revolutions, the unification of people and political entities, imperialism and irredentism, domestic tensions between majority and minority interests, and steps toward European integration culminating in the European Union. We will examine changing definitions of French, German, and European citizenship to discuss how nations perpetually construct and redefine boundaries of inclusion and exclusion based on gender, class, race, ethnicity, and religion.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1