William Safran
Encyclopedia
William Safran is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics from its founding in 1995 until 2010. His areas of expertise include French politics and ethnicity and nationalism
, including diaspora studies
.
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics from its founding in 1995 until 2010. His areas of expertise include French politics and ethnicity and nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
, including diaspora studies
Diaspora studies
Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late twentieth century to study dispersed ethnic populations, which are often termed diaspora peoples...
.
Publications
- Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return (1991)
- The Jewish Diaspora in a Comparative and Theoretical Perspective (2005)
External links
- Homepage at the University of Colorado at Boulder