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Nations and Nationalism Paper Questions
Spring 2018
Paper Questions
Pick
a country
that you want and write a 3-4 page essay on how your country’s history and origins of nationalism can be explained in terms of the theories that we have learned in the class. Pick minimum two theories and three concepts from the list below. Give a detailed definition of the theories and the concepts. Give some information on the nationalist background of the country that you chose. Apply the theories/concepts to the country. Make sure you reveal the connections.
!!!!Use minimum 2 outside resources!!!!
Deadline: 14 May 2018: bring a hard copy to my office and upload your paper on AYSIS on this day till 5 pm.
List of Countries:
USA, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Post-Colonial, Quebec
You need to send an e-mail to me mentioning which country you want to write a paper on, I will send you an article on that country’s nationalism. You will start your research from there.
List of Theories:
Primordialism, Modernism, Ethno-Symbolism
List of Concepts:
Immigration, Ethnicity, Perennial, Internal Colonialism, Invention of Tradition, Imagined Communities, Culture, Power, Instrumentalism…
I am especially meticulous about
PLAGIARISM. I will submit your papers to turnitin.com. Check out this website to ensure that you are not committing this academic crime.
http://www.plagiarism.org/
I will not excuse plagiarism for these papers. If you plagiarize, you will get
1 out of 100.
Also, it is extremely important for graduate students to cite their references properly. You will
lose grade
if you do not
cite correctly and follow writing tips below. You can also refer to the website above for the rules.
Follow These Tips on Writing:
- On the first page of the paper, include your name, Professor’s name, date you turn in the paper, and class.
- Paper will be 5 pages-12 fonts, double space with 1 inch margins.
- Make an argument. Above all, this paper should
not
be a summary of readings. That is not to say you can’t use quotes and evidence from the reading – you certainly should – but it should not be simply a regurgitation of what others have said. It is far better to make counterintuitive arguments than to rehash what others have already said, and said well. This does not mean that you have to totally rethink standard ideas. But it does mean you should think carefully and critically about what we’re studying, and think about how standard ideas may be paradoxical, how mainstream arguments may actually undermine one another, or how a minor aspect of a common idea has been overlooked.
- Consider alternative arguments. Your paper will be much stronger if you explicitly consider and explain why other arguments are not as convincing as the one your present.
- Tell the reader what you’re writing about, pithily, in the introduction. By the end of your introduction, the reader should know what your topic is, what your main argument is, and how the paper is laid out. It is fine, and even encouraged, to use the first person in the introduction. E.g.: “In this paper I will argue that…”
- Use subheadings and paragraphs. Flip through any book or article, and you will almost always see subsections. Even though this paper is short, you should do the same where it helps both you focus your writing, and the reader understand the next topic. Exclude extraneous information and words. Be sure that your writing is focused and you don’t include useless sentences or quotes just to fill space or because you don’t have something to say. Ask yourself such questions as, “how does this relate to my main argument?”, “is this evidence convincing, and why?”, “how do different parts of my paper and different arguments relate?”, “are my arguments consistent?”, etc.
- Have a friend/colleague read your paper critically. Choose someone who you think will be honest with you, not someone who will brush over it, saying it’s excellent work. Don’t take criticism as failure. Writing is a process, and it’s as important to edit your work as it is to write a first draft.
Helpful Websites on How to write a paper:
http://www.uwm.edu/~cbagnoli/paperguidelines.html
http://www.cofc.edu/~portmord/tips.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/general/writing.html