Doel vak

After completing this course, students are able to:
(1) identify, understand and explain key-developments in ethnographic,
historiographical
and legal studies of migration
(2) apply concepts and methodological tools to analyze migration in a
variety of academic
disciplines and scholarly genres, i.e. ethnography, historiography and
legal study
(3) evaluate contemporary interdisciplinary approaches and position
themselves within
key-debates

Inhoud vak

In this advanced course, students read and discuss recent
key-contributions in the study
of migration. During this intensive course, students learn to approach
migration as an
object of study from various disciplinary approaches and angles. To what
extent do
migration historians rely on conceptual insights from the social
sciences? How does an
ethnographer analyze cross-border interactions? And in what ways could a
legal scholar
benefit from a an anthropological approach? Special attention is given
to recent
developments in the field, i.e. diaspora studies, refugee studies and
postcolonial studies.
Students participate in weekly expert seminars on the study of
migration, with a migration
historian, an ethnographer and a legal scholar. These are aimed at
developing students’
reading, analytical and general research skills. Students learn how to
assess key-studies in
migration studies by writing three academic reviews and by discussing
their findings with
fellow students and an expert in the field. Finally, students write a
paper in which they reflect
on what they have learnt about the interdisciplinary approaches
addressed in
the seminars, and position themselves within key-debates.

Onderwijsvorm

Seminar.

Toetsvorm

Written assignments (25%), position paper (75%).

Vereiste voorkennis

Students must have completed their first year of BA-study.

Literatuur

Definitive reading list will be announced on Canvas.

Doelgroep

BA-students in humanities, social sciences and law, including exchange
students.

Overige informatie

This course is part of the minor 'Migration Studies'.