Frank Ferudi on the 99%

Re the previous post on the 99% as an ‘imagined community’, see Frank Ferudi’s skeptical comments in Spiked Online, at: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/printable/11309/

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Smith: 3 cases and one troubling question

Anthony Smith, as most of you know by now, is the father of the ethnosymbolic approach to the study of nationalism.  According to himself, he does not completely denounce the modernist perspective, but attempts to fill what he feels are the gaps in modernism by taking into account ethnic communities or ethnies. Smith, with his [...]

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New MSc Nationalism Studies Facebook Group

Hello all. This is strictly an administrative bit of news – there is now an MSc Nationalism Studies Facebook group up and running, so please join! The purpose of the group is twofold: 1. To allow new and prospective students to ask questions, make contacts and discuss nationalism in a casual context. 2. To encourage [...]

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Kemoklidze …. new Working Paper in Nationalism Studies

The latest entry in our ongoing Working Papers in Nationalism Studies series is now available. Nino Kemoklidze graduated with distinction from our MSc programme in November 2006 as we are very pleased to present her dissertation as WPiNS number 6: Nationalism and War: Georgia in the 1990s The causes and effects of nationalism in the [...]

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New Research: How Childhood 4th of July Celebrations Affect Adult Political Behavior

Quite an interesting research, considered worth it to share. by Doug Gavel Not every child in America has the opportunity to attend Fourth of July celebrations, but those that do are prone to be more politically engaged and associate more closely with the Republican Party than their peers. Those are two conclusions in a new [...]

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NEW: Working Papers in Nationalism Studies

We’re really pleased to announce the launch of our ‘Working papers in Nationalism Studies’, aimed at showcasing our most excellent student dissertations over the last several years. Each working paper is an unedited version of a dissertation submitted by one of our students as part of their normal degree programme and which we believe deserves [...]

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Group 1 – The Military and Nationalism

As a starting point for this blog, and for Thursday’s discussion, please watch the following YouTube video comparing a US military ad with that of the Nordic Battlegroup. Question: What does military say about national identity? – US vs. EU United States As the video above shows, a military can evoke strong nationalist sentiment or, [...]

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Gellner @ Cambridge

Recently, I watched one of the rarest videos of Ernest Gellner, particularly his conference talk at Cambridge in 1977, where he shared his views on evolutionism, functionalism, social change and antique models of state foundation. I think it worth to spend around 20 minutes to listen and watch to the Great Polymath.

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Russia to host 2018 World Cup

by Meerim Maturaimova Today Russia has won the fight to host 2018 World Cup, and it is the main topic for discussion in Russian forums. Even the president of the state Dmitrii Medvedev, whose posts in his Twitter account are usually very official, simply posted today: “Hurray! Victory!” (http://twitter.com/MedvedevRussia). Russian channels did not take long [...]

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Michael Keating on Scottish independence

Last Tuesday, Michael Keating, another important scholar concerned with national identity and nationalism, held a lecture in the faculty of law. In my surprise, I could not spot any of you there – sadly, as it was one of the most interesting lectures of this semester. In brief, he considered the future challenges for Scottish [...]

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