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What is the Catalan independence movement? Where did it come from? What, exactly, does it advocate? This seminar will examine the history, politics, and culture of Catalonia in an attempt to understand why the push for independence has grown over the past decade. We will focus especially on the impact of nationalism, ideology, social history, economics, law, and language on the construction of Catalan identity. But we will also compare Catalonia to other regions in the Iberian Peninsula (the Basque Country, Galicia) as well as across Europe (Scotland, Northern Italy) and North America (Québec) in order to better understand how movements for regional autonomy and independence emerge today. Taught in English.