Module ARA3043 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3043: From "Home Lands" to "Host States": Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
1. Dispossession and Social Cohesion in the Late Ottoman Period: Distinct Cultures and Separate Communities
2. Dismemberment of the Empire and the dispossession and involuntary migration of Muslim communities
3. The departure of Christians Protected minorities
4. The Palestinians: Eviction, exodus and temporality
5. The Kurds: Dispossession, recognition and abandonment
6. Labour migration in the Arab world
7. Migration Diasporas and the Arab Spring
8. Iraq’s Exiles: No durable solutions
9. Syria from a state of refuge to a state of refugees
10. The Politics of Migrants, Refugees, and Diasporas in the Middle East
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 68 | Reading for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 60 | Completion of course work |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).