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Nov 27, 2024
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MRS 507/5200 - Introduction to Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.)
Description
This course provides a set of interdisciplinary conceptual tools to make sense of the complex methodological, ethical and logistical concerns surrounding population mobility. It draws on a range of theoretical approaches from history, political science, economics and sociology, This course provides an introduction to the current global refugee and forced migration situation and a focus on the Middle East an North Africa. Most people who have been violently uprooted call for attention of state, intergovernmental and non-governmental actors who may supply humanitarian assistance or be concerned about the violations of their rights. The policies and practices of these actors who together are referred to as the humanitarian “regime” are analyzed throughout the course. While all forcibly uprooted peoples face similar challenges to survival, be they refugees, “development oustees”, climate-displaces, IDPs, victims of famine, war and persecution, or returnees, the different causes of their displacement and their “locations”, lead to different national and international policies and humanitarians responses. Major topics of this course comprise: forced migration studies, globalization, theoretical perspectives, asylum, conflicts, war, ethnicity and forced migration, development induced displacement and resettlement, environmental and climate change, migration regimes, humanitarianism, and citizenship.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in the fall.
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