| Lec # | Topics | Key dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to The Study of Ethnic and National Identity: The Stakes, and Why the Stakes are So High | |
| 2 | Ethnic Identity I | |
| 3 | Ethnic Identity II | |
| 4 | Ethnic Identity III: The Hui | |
| 5 | Nation and Nationalism I | Reader response due |
| 6 | Nation and Nationalism II | |
| 7 | Ethnicity, State, Nation | |
| 8 | State, Nation, Culture | Reader response due |
| 9 | Culture: Definitions | |
| 10 | Ethnic/State Conflict | |
| 11 | Ethnic/State Conflict II | First draft of first paper due |
| 12 | Race I | Reader response due |
| 13 | Race II | First paper returned, with comments |
| 14 | Ethnic Identity, Nationalism and Gender | Rewrite of first paper due |
| 15 | Ethnic Identity, State, and Sexuality | |
| 16 | Religion, Ethnicity, The Nation | Reader response due |
| 17 | Language, Culture, Ethnicity | |
| 18 | State, Culture, Nation | Reader response due |
| 19 | Culture Recovery | Optional first draft of second paper due |
| 20 | Culture: Appropriations, Heritage, "Selling Culture" | Optional first draft of third paper due Second paper handed back, with comments (optional) |
| 21 | Human Rights, Collective Rights | |
| 22 | New Social Movements: The Indigenous Movement | Final draft of second paper due Optional first draft of third paper handed back with comments |
| 23 | Transnationalism, Globalization and Culture | |
| 24 | Summing Up | Final draft of third paper due |
| 25 | Student Reports | Reader response due |
| 26 | Student Reports (cont.) |