Fall/Winter Timetable

SII199Y1Y L0353

First-Year Seminar

Imperialism and Nationalism

Themes

This course examines the concepts of imperialism (understood as the domination of one nation or people over another) and nationalism. Questions examined include: how are divided societies (e.g. by race, class, religion, or language) sufficiently unified to dominate others or resist domination? How is imperialism distinct from nation-building, continental expansion, or cosmopolitanism? What is the role of nation-states in a globalized (imperialistic) economy?