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
  • Anna Baldinetti
Hours
  • 36 ore - Anna Baldinetti
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2023/24
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.
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