Universität Wien

070243 GR Guided Reading [GR] (2016S)

Language and Nationalism in Europe during the long 19th Century (1789-1918)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

The nineteenth century is often called the age of nationalism. Over the long 19th Century, multi-ethnic empires and composite monarchies ceased to exist and most of the current European states arose. Individuals came to identify with abstract national communities based on shared beliefs about religion, ethnicity and/or language. Language appeared as one of the most value-laden instruments for creating and maintaining social realities. We will begin by defining nationalism and introduce students to some of the most important authors and scholarly traditions in nationalism (and language) studies. Later, we will explore the role of nationalism in language-making, and the role of language in nationalism, in various European regions throughout the long 19th Century.

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Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte
Fr. 15.04.2016 bis Fr. 17.06.2016
13:00 Uhr bis 16:00 Uhr

  • Freitag 15.04. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 22.04. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 29.04. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 06.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 13.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 20.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 27.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 03.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 10.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
  • Freitag 17.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Teaching consists in 8 sessions of 3 hours lectures. Language of instruction is English, though German is welcome as well; participants have to prepare texts on the basis of questions distributed in advance of every meeting. On that basis the texts will be discussed at the different meetings. Answers to questions distributed in advance have to be handed in in writing. In order to start discussions students are required to give very brief talks summarising their written answers for one specific meeting.
Aims: After successfully completing this GR, students will be familiar with representative texts and documents, and they will have achieved a basic knowledge of theories, concepts, policies and practices concerning language and nationalism in Europe during the long 19th Century (1789-1918).

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

quality of written answers to questions distributed in advance for each meeting; introductory talk on the basis of written answers; two reviews on a problem discussed in the seminar; contributions to discussions. This GR-course will be taught in English, and we will read and study texts and documents in this language; therefore, a very good command of English is a necessary precondition for successful class attendance.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

- Main concepts of nationalism
- Main issues and problems of the field
- Nationalism: the classics
- Modernism, socio-cultural transformation
- Dealing with the past: ethno-symbolism, history
- Nationalism and languages: theory
- Theory on the meta-level
- Nationalism and languages in practice
- A language journey throughout 19th Century Europe
- France, citizenship and language
- Imperial Germany
- Belgium and Switzerland
- Polish nationalism and language throughout the 19th Century

Literatur

Woolf, Stuart. Introduction, In: Woolf, Stuart (ed.). Nationalism in Europe: From 1815 to the Present, Routledge, 2002, 1-39.

Greenfeld, Liah. Etymology, Definition, Types. In: Encyclopedia of Nationalism, Volume 1, Academia Press, 2001, 251-264.

Brubaker, Rogers. Myths and Misconceptions in the Study of Nationalism. The State of the Nation, In: Hall, John (ed.) Ernest Gellner and the Theory of Nationalism, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 272-305.

Anderson, Benedict. Imagined communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso, 1983, 1991, 1-46.

Gellner, Ernest. Nationalism, New York University Press, 1998. 1-23.

Suny, Ronald G. History, in: Encyclopedia of Nationalism, Volume 1, Academia Press, 2001, 335-358.

Hobsbawm, Eric. Introduction: Inventing Traditions, 1-14.

Smith, Anthony. Chosen peoples. Why Ethnic Groups Survive (chapter 4 in: Myths and Memories of the Nation, 125-147.

Fishmann, Joshua. Language and Nationalism, in: Stuart, Woolf (ed.) Nationalism in Europe: From 1815 to the Present, 1973, 155-170.

Alter, Stephen G. Darwinism and the Linguistic Image. Language, Race, and Natural Theology in the Nineteenth Century, John Hopkins University press, 2002.
Source: pictures in: Alter, Stephen G....

Kamusella, Tomasz. The Central European languages and nationalisms in the long 19th Century, In: Kamusella, Tomasz. The Politics of Language and Nationalisation in Modern Central Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 905-918.

Tomiak, Janusz-J. (ed.). 1991. Schooling, educational policy and ethnic identity. Comparative studies on governments and non-dominant ethnic groups (vol. 1). Aldershot : Dartmouth, Introduction.

Ostler, Nicholas. Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, HarperCollins, 2005, 615 pages: languages by land: 27 and further.

Bell, David Avrom. The Cult of the Nation in France: inventing nationalism, 1680-1800, Harvard University Press, 2003, Conclusion.

Rimmele, Eva. Sprachenpolitik im Deutschen Kaiserreich vor 1914 Regierungspolitik und veröffentlichte Meinung in Elsaß-Lothringen und den östlichen Provinzen Preußens, Peter Lang, 1996: Schulpolitik in Elsaß-Lothringen und Ost-Preußen.

Beyen, Marnix. Belgium. The nation that failed to be ethnic, in: Eriksonas, Linas and Müller, Leos. Statehood Before and Beyond Ethnicity: Minor States in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1600-2000, Peter Lang, 2005, 341-352.

Zimmer, Oliver. A Contested Nation: History, Memory and Nationalism in Switzerland, 1761-1891, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Conclusion.

Kamusella Tomasz. The Politics of Language and Nationalisation in Modern Central Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 367-430.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

BA Geschichte: GR Neuzeit (4 ECTS) | BA UF Geschichte: GR zu Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlicher Europaforschung (4 ECTS) | Diplom UF Geschichte: GR zu Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlicher Europaforschung (4 ECTS)

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:30