Admission requirements
This course is part of the (Res)MA History Programme. It is not accessible for BA students.
Description
This course offers an introduction to migration history and is obligatory for students who are completing the MA in Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence. The course will provide a forum for extensive debate about various theoretical concepts and analytical tools relating to migration history and immigration more generally. Themes such as identity, gender, integration, the second generation, transnationalism, migrant networks, colonial legacies, forced migration, asylum and anti-immigration will all feature in the assigned literature, which will consist mostly of journal articles. Migration will be discussed at different times in the course from urban, national, European and global perspectives. Students will be expected to discuss what history can contribute to migration studies in seminar debates and will be encouraged to suggest future research agendas for migration history to consider.
Course objectives
General learning objectives
The student has acquired:
1) The ability to analyse and evaluate literature with a view to addressing a particular historical problem;
2) The ability to give a clear and well-founded oral and written report on research results in correct English, when required, or Dutch, meeting the criteria of the discipline;
3) The ability to provide constructive feedback to and formulate criticism of the work of others and the ability to evaluate the value of such criticism and feedback on one’s own work and incorporate it;
4) The ability to participate in current debates in the specialisation;
5) (ResMA only:) The ability to participate in a discussion of the theoretical foundations of the discipline.
Learning objectives, pertaining to the specialisation
The student has acquired:
6) Thorough knowledge and comprehension of one of the specialisations or subspecialisations as well as of the historiography of the specialisation, focusing particularly on the following;
in the specialisation Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence: the manner in which migrations (of people, goods and ideas) between and within states have led to shifts (in cohesion, ethnic composition, policies, imaging, culture, and power relations) in the period 1600-2000, with a focus on (urban) networks (within and across borders).
7) (ResMA only): Thorough knowledge and comprehension of the theoretical foundation of the discipline and of its position vis-à-vis other disciplines.
Learning objectives, pertaining to this Literature Seminar
The student:
8) Acquired the ability to compare and contrast different experiences of migration and integration;
9) Acquired the ability to analyse contemporary immigration and integration debates from an historical perspective;
10) Developed analytical skills;
11) Developed communication and debating skills.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the MA History website
Mode of instruction
- Seminar (compulsory attendance)
This means that students have to attend every session of the course. If a student is not able to attend, he is required to notify the teacher beforehand. The teacher will determine if and how the missed session can be compensated by an additional assignment. If specific restrictions apply to a particular course, the teacher will notify the students at the beginning of the semester. If a student does not comply with the aforementioned requirements, he will be excluded from the seminar.
Course Load
Total course load 10 EC x 28 hours = 280 hours
Lectures: 7 seminars x 2 hours = 14 hours
Preparation tutorials: 40 hours
Study of compulsory literature: 160 hours
Assignment(s): 66 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
Final paper (ca 5000 words)
Measured learning objectives: 1-4, 6, 8-11 (ResMA: 1-12)Assignment 1 (Weekly assignements based on literature)
Measured learning objectives: 1-4, 6, 8-9 (ResMA: 1-12)Assignment 2 (Individual performances in class (preparation and discussion, providing and engaging in constructive academic feedback)
Measured learning objectives: 1-4; 6; 11-12 (ResMA: 1-12)
Weighing
Written paper: 60 %
Weekly assignments: 20 %
Individual performance in class: 20 %
The final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average with the additional requirement that the written paper must always be sufficient.
Resit
Should the overall mark be unsatisfactory, the paper is to be revised after consultation with the instructor.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
publication course outline
communication of deadlines
Posting of seminar readings (or links to the literature)
Submitting assignments.
Reading list
Most of the readings will take the form of articles that can be downloaded from the university library. The list will be distributed in advance of the first meeting via Blackboard.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.
Contact
Dr. Marion Pluskota (semester I) Prof.dr. M.L.J.C. Schrover (semester II)
Remarks
None.