Taking the post-communist decades as a point of departure, this course explores the roots and fates of different varieties of nationalism in Central Europe. We will start with the development of national identities in Europe in the 19th century and analyze the impact of World War II in crystallizing particular varieties of recent nationalisms. The main part of the course will focus on varieties of nationalism under communism, i.e. Romanian mythologies of Ceausescu, official anti-Semitism in Poland, and pan-Yugoslavianism contrasted to the Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim nationalisms. We will end with discussinn of the most recent rediscovery of old nationalism and the so called "old hatreds" In addition to readings from different disciplines, the course uses documentaries and feature films as source materials. Grading based on: participation, one presentations, one short paper, and a final.