This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Study Materials

SES # TOPICS OUTLINES QUESTIONS
1 Introduction to the study of ethnic and national identity: the stakes, and why the stakes are so high (PDF)  
2 Ethnic identity I (PDF) (PDF)
3 Ethnic identity II (PDF) (PDF)
4 Ethnic identity III: the Hui   (PDF)
5 Nation and nationalism I (PDF) (PDF)
6 Nation and nationalism II (PDF)
7 Ethnicity, state, nation (PDF) (PDF)
8 State, nation, culture (PDF) (PDF)
9 Culture: definitions (PDF) (PDF)
10 Ethnic conflict I (PDF) (PDF)
11 Ethnic conflict II (PDF)
12 Race I (PDF) (PDF)
13 Race II (PDF)
14 Race III   (PDF)
15 Ethnic identity, nationalism and gender (PDF) (PDF)
16 Ethnic identity, state, and sexuality (PDF) (PDF)
17 Religion, ethnicity, the nation (PDF) (PDF)
18 Language and culture, ethnicity, race (PDF) (PDF)
19 Culture recovery (PDF) (PDF)
20 Culture: appropriations, heritage, "selling culture" (PDF)
21 Human rights, collective rights (PDF) (PDF)
22 New social movements (PDF) (PDF)
23 Transnationalism, globalization and culture (PDF) (PDF)
24 The state: hegemony and push-back   (PDF)
25 Summing up: review of theory    
26 Student reports