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| Semester | spring semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Valeriya Korablyova (valeriya.korablyova@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The course focuses on nation-building in post-Soviet Ukraine, its main frames, actors, and effects. While discussing the appropriate conceptual apparatus (territorial state, nation-state or state-nation), it also considers Ukraine in the broader context of global and regional processes and tendencies. Arguably, Ukraine stands not only as an unexpected nation (as Andrew Wilson aptly noticed) but also as an untimely nation, as it has repeatedly failed to fit wider tendencies: counter to emerging post-imperial nation-states in East Central Europe in early 20th century, it did not acquire proper statehood (beside some episodes in 1918-20, limited in time and space); in 1990-s it fell out the framework of the ‘Autumn of Nations’, keeping heredity with the Soviet state in ruling elites and governing policies, while abstaining from the EU and NATO integration; and, finally, recently re-orienting itself on getting off the Russian influence by enforcing pro-national and pro-European rhetoric at times of Euroscepticism and of diminishing the ambitions of minor nation-states. We will examine the peculiar case of Ukraine in contrast to its neighboring countries that have been recently following the ‘subaltern empire’ path (Russia and Poland, most importantly). The course tackles both theoretical and practical issues: on the one hand, by reassessing the notion of nationalism and modes of nation-building in the supposedly ‘post-national era’, and on the other, by deepening students’ knowledge on present-day Ukraine and the region at large. |
| Admission requirements | Studierende der Geschichte aller Studienstufen. Bei Überbelegung wird die Teilnehmerzahl beschränkt. in diesem Fall werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Grundmodul Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Grundmodul Geschichte Russlands, der Sowjetunion und der GUS (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Grundmodul Neuere und Neueste Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Grundmodul Osteuropa transnational (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul AMT (Archive, Medien, Theorien) (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History) Modul Basis Geschichte: Ostmitteleuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul Basis Geschichte: Russland / Sowjetunion (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul Ereignisse, Prozesse, Zusammenhänge (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul Fachwissenschaft / Geschichte (Master's Studies: Educational Sciences) Modul Fachwissenschaft / Geschichte (Master's Studies: Educational Sciences (Start of studies before 01.08.2015)) Modul Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul Geschichte Russlands und der Sowjetunion (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul Geschichte Russlands, der Sowjetunion und der GUS (Master's degree subject: East European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Kommunikation und Vermittlung historischer Erkenntnisse (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Methoden und Diskurse historischer Forschung (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History) Modul Profil: Osteuropäische Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |