Ethnic Studies

The student ought to have a general understanding of what ethnicity is and how it relates to identity. A broad knowledge of the history of human migration is required and an open mind in terms of the consequences of such migrations on a broad scale.

This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of ethnicity, Nationalism and Diaspora. The students will read articles and books from a variety of disciplines such as literature, political science, anthropology, sociology, history. Our purpose will be to investigate the meaning of ethnicity, nationalism,and diaspora how they connect and how they diverge. The context of our research will be rather international than specifically American. The course will be divided into several segments and each segment will be organized around a cluster of issues and questions; the students should be prepared to respond through their reading to these issues, participate in class discussions, present parts of the material they will be studying and provide a long research paper by the end of the semester.

Research paper (ap. 5000 words) 55% Informal responses 10% In class presentations 30% Class participation 5%

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