Admission requirements
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Description
There have always been connections between Europe and Africa, and there has always been migration. In this course we study these migrations and connections. We look at the novelists who travelled through Africa in the nineteenth century, the explorers, the European immigrants and the missionaries, but also at the current expats of the major multinationals (Shell, Unilever). We combine this with a study of Africans in Europe: the few who came before the twentieth century, and the larger numbers who came in recent decades. We study the ties of all these migrants with each other and with their countries of origin, and the organisations they created (enterprises, churches).
After an introduction into the literature students do research based on primary sources: newspaper articles, novels, interviews, visual material (photos, paintings), government publications and business archives.
Course objectives
Knowledge of current and older academic debates.
Ability to do independent research.
Ability to present findings orally and in writing.
Timetable
See here.
Mode of instruction
Research seminar.
Course Load
280 hours in total:
Writing paper: 90 hours.
Attendence: 36 hours.
Preparing for class/reading literature: 48 hours.
Preparing presentations: 16 hours.
Doing research: 90 hours.
Assessment method
Two presentations (20%) and the final paper (80%) (8000 words).
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used to present the reading list, and the timetable.
Reading list
Articles that can be downloaded from the university library. The list will be distributed at the first meeting.
Registration
via uSis.
Contact information
Email: Mw. Prof. Dr. M.L.J.C. Schrover and Mw. Prof. Dr. M.E. de Bruijn.
Remarks
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