LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM
Week 1 | ENGLISH | What do we mean by nationalism? Where have we seen it before? Key/contrasting texts or passages: how are nationalist identities articulated? |
Week 2 | HISTORY | Where have we seen nationalism in the past? What has driven it? What have been its implications for the course of history? |
Week 3 | CLASSICS | What did nationalism look like further back in history? To what extent is there continuity between the classical age and the present day? Is Western culture inherently nationalist? |
Week 4 | MFL | What can we learn about nationalism in other cultures if we study texts in their original form? How does this help us understand or critique our own sense of national(ist) identities? |
Week 5 | HISTORY OF ART | How have artists represented nationalist identities? How have visual arts been used to challenge or undermine nationalist identities? |
Week 6 | RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY | The ethics of nationalism Is nationalism dangerous? |
Week 7 | ARCHIVES & RESEARCH | Visit to Westminster Archives Begin group research project |
Week 8 | LIBRARY | Work on group projects |
Week 9 | PRESENTATIONS 1 | Presentations of your thematic research |
Week 10 | PRESENTATIONS 2 | Presentations and graduation |