About the course

The aim of the course is to help students understand the territorial conflicts that arose across Eurasia after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It introduces concepts and models from prior research on nationalism, ethnic politics, and secessionism. Students are encouraged to approach empirical cases from the region through the prism of this theoretical tool-box. Both the purported causes behind and potential solutions to territorial conflicts in Post-Soviet Eurasia are subject to critical evaluation.

Course content

Syllabus spring 2024

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

30 credits completed courses within Social Science or Humanities, and English 6

Selection

University credits completed 100%

Course literature

Kaufman, S. 2001. Modern Hatreds: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [280 pages].

Siroky, D. 2011. “Explaining Secession” in A. Pavkovic & P. Radan (eds.) The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession. Burlington: Ashgate. [35 pages]

Varshney, A. 2007. “Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict” in C. Boix & S. Stokes (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [20 pages]

A large number of required readings in the form of journal articles and book chapters, amounting to about 1000 pages, are also part of the course literature.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Contact

This education is provided by

Faculty of Culture and Society

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