Unit MIGRATION AND MOBILITY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- A001444
- Curriculum
- Migration, globalisation and world governance
- Teacher
- Anna Baldinetti
- Teachers
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- Anna Baldinetti
- Hours
- 32 ore - Anna Baldinetti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Storico
- Academic discipline
- SPS/13
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- The course focuses on the period from the late nineteenth century to the present and examines, from an historical perspective, migration and mobility within, into and across North Africa and Middle East.
- Reference texts
- There are not textbooks.
The assigned and suggested readings will be listed at the beginning of the course. Non attending students are required to contact the lecturer for the assignment of the textbooks and readings within the first three weeks. - Educational objectives
- Knowledge: by the end of the course the students should be able to have a deeper knowledge of historical and contemporary migration processes in the Mediterranean area.
Applied knowledge: The students will have the ability d to deploy critical arguments in analysing issues and evaluating sources.
Communication skills: the students will demonstrate the ability to work independently and in groups (presentation of assigned readings) and to improve writing skills (including the ability to produce well organised and coherent essays to a deadline). - Prerequisites
- General knowledge of international history in the twentieth century
- Teaching methods
- The course will involve class participation, through assigned and scheduled readings and debates The students will be required to write two short papers ( 500-750 words each) on the assigned readings and a paper on a case study ( 1300-2000 words).
- Other information
- Attendance is strongly recommended. The course will involve the class participation.
- Learning verification modality
- Attending students will be assess through: 1) reading assignments and debates that will be scheduled during the course. 2) papers and their and presentation . Non attending students: oral examination (100% of the final mark). The oral examination will not only test the knowledge, but also the capacity of analysis and synthesis.
- Extended program
- The course focuses on the period from the late nineteenth century to the present and examines, from an historical perspective, migration and mobility within, into and across North Africa and Middle East. By positioning intra-Mediterranean migration in the "longue durée" , the main goal of the course is to make students able of acquiring fundamental knowledge and analytical tools to understand issues, such as human trafficking, forced migration, citizenship, which are core issues of today migration.
These are some of the topics thatwe will address: Displacement and migration in the late Ottoman Empire; Italian migration to North Africa in the nineteenth century; The abolition of slavery in North Africa; colonial and post-colonial migration to and from Europe. A special focus will be on migration from and to Morocco, Tunisia and Libya.