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Instructor: Xabier Irujo Office: Center for Basque Studies (GL 281) Phone: 784.4854 basque@unr.edu Course Description and Goals This is a survey course intended to introduce the student to the salient points of Basque history since the eighteenth century. The course will focus on the most important political, social, and cultural developments within the entire Basque Country (both in France and Spain), while at the same time integrating this history into broader European perspectives. A related focus will be a thorough examination of the principal theories of nationalism in an effort to understand what constitutes ‘Basque’ culture and ‘national’ identity as opposed to competing ‘state’ or ‘supranational’ identities. Course Requirements As a history class, the students will be expected to critically evaluate primary historical documents while at the same time incorporating and evaluating secondary information from both instructor and text readings. For the course, a student will be asked to write about and comment on 10 primary sources related to the material under study. These assignments should be of 2-3 pages in length, and are intended to serve as a basis of discussion for the principal topics of the course. In addition the students will be required to write a 5-7 page paper on a particular topic related to the course, to be decided in discussion with the instructor. There will be two examinations, a mid-term and a final. There will be additional requirements for graduate students (631 level) as outlined below. Course Grading 10 document assignments: 30% 1 paper: 30% 2 exams: 40% Additional Course Requirements for Graduate Students Graduate students, in addition to meeting all the requirements of the undergraduates, will be expected to participate in the class significantly more than undergraduates. They will be expected to initiate discussion and contribute original ideas, rather than simply relate ideas found in the class texts. In order to achieve deeper understanding of the material presented, the graduates must write a longer research paper (15-25 pages) reflecting more in-depth research and a stronger theoretical component. Assignments will include presentation of their papers to the class, and encouragement will be provided to submit the higher quality papers for publication in specialized journals. In order to provide increased interaction with the instructor, at least four private consultation sessions will be arranged for supplementary instruction and to discuss separately-assigned readings. Grading for graduates will be based heavily on class participation and quality of an in-depth research paper. [Instructor should specify weighting of various assignments for both graduate and undergraduate students, as shown in this example: Weighting of assignments:
It is expected that graduate students will obtain a sense of greater academic achievement by virtue of their heavier participation in in-class discussions and in discussions with the instructor about material contained in the separately-assigned readings. Course Readings Clark, Robert P. The Basques: The Franco Years and Beyond. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1979. Hutchinson, John and Anthony D. Smith, eds. Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Jacob, James E. Hills of Conflict: Basque Nationalism in France. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1994. Additional Bibliography Journals Ethnic and Racial Studies. London, Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978- . Journal of Contemporary History. London, Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1966- . The Journal of Modern History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929- . West European Politics. London, F. Cass, 1978- . Books Aguirre y Lecube, José Antonio de. Escape via Berlin: Eluding Franco in Hitler’s Europe. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1991. Barahona, Renato. Vizcaya on the Eve of Carlism: Politics and Society, 1800-1833. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1989. Clark, Robert P. The Basque Insurgents; ETA, 1952-1980. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. Conversi, Daniele. The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1997. Coverdale, John F. The Basque Phase of Spain’s First Carlist War. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Douglass, William A. (ed.). Essays in Basque Social Anthropology and History. Reno: Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno, 1989. Glas, Eduardo J. Bilbao’s Modern Business Elite. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1997. Heiberg, Marianne. The Making of the Basque Nation. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Kurlansky, Mark. The Basque History of the World. New York: Walker and Co., 1999. Payne, Stanley G. Basque Nationalism. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1975. Zirakzadeh, Cyrus E. A Rebellious People; Basques, Protests, and Politics. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1991. |
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