ERASMUS Programme BALKAN NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS Name of lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vladislav B.

Sotirovi Faculty: Faculty of Politics and Management Department, contact details: Institute of Political Sciences, office I-57, phone: (+3705) 2740 611, vsotirovic@mruni.eu; http://vsotirovic.home.mruni.eu Language of instruction: English Level of course unit: Bachelor Required prerequisites: Introductory knowleadge of nationalism studies Learning outcomes of the course unit: The students will get knowledge on the subject of rise of national ideologies among the Balkan nations and its long-term impact from the age of Reformation to contemporary attempts of forcible creation of the united national and ethnically homogenous states ECTS credits: 6 Contact hours per week: 4 Semester: Autumn/Spring Planned learning activities and teaching methods: Lectures, seminars and individual consultations Assessment methods and criteria: Written exam (40%), one seminar presentation (40%) and seminar participation (20%) Course content: The goal of the course is to examine the ideological basis for the creation of Great Balkan and Southeast European states: Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Yugoslavia as united state of all South Slavs. The main topics of discussion will involve the following problems: 1) the problem of national tolerance and intolerance within ethnically mixed areas of the Balkan states, 2) ideological clashes among Balkan nations upon disputable territories such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Transylvania or Macedonia, 3) the complexity of inter-ethnic conflicts on the national identity (ex. Bosnian Muslims, Macedonians, Vlachs), and 4) influence of religion on the creation of national ideologies and national self-identity especially among the South Slavs. Reading list:
1. Glenny M., The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and The Great Powers, 18042012, Kindle Edition, 2012. 2. Hogarth D. G., The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania and Turkey , 2013. 3. Merdjanova I., Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans Between Nationalism and Transnationalism, New YorkOxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. 4. Sotirovi B. V., From the Balkan History of Diplomacy and Politics, Vilnius: Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Press, 2013.