Module ARA3043 for 2018/9
- 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 2018/9 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual presentation (depending on the size of the class) | 10-15 minutes | 1-7 | Verbal feedback |
| In-class discussion of themes covered in the previous lectures and of documents or short documentaries; In class pro and cons debates | 15-20 minutes | 1-5 | Verbal Feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | 40 | 2,000 word essay | 1-5, 7 | Written Feedback |
| Essay 2 | 60 | 3,000 word essay | 1-5, 7 | Written Feedback |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | 2,000 word essay | 1-5, 7 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay 2 | 3,000 word essay | 1-5, 7 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Baldwin-Edwards, Martin. (2011) Labour Immigration and Labour Markets in the GCC Countries: National Patterns and Trends.
Brand, L. A. (2006) Citizens Abroad: Emigration and The State In The Middle East And North Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1-23.
Brand, Laurie A. (2014) Arab Uprisings and the Changing Frontiers of Transnational Citizenship: Voting from Abroad in Political Transitions. Political Geography 41 (1): 54–63.
Bryant, R. (ed.) (2016) Post-Ottoman Coexistence: Sharing Space in the Shadow of Conflict. Space and Place Series. New York: Berghahn Books.
Campbell, M., (2016) Interpreters of Occupation: Gender and Politics of Belonging in an Iraqi Refugee Network. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Chatty, D. (2010) Dispossession And Displacement In The Modern Middle East, Cambridge: Cambridge University.
Eliassi, B (2015) Narratives of statelessness and political belonging among Kurdish diasporas in Sweden and the UK. IMI Working Paper 114.
Fargues, P. (2013) International Migration And The Nation State In Arab Countries. Middle East Law And Governance 5 (1–2): 5–35.
Gaunt, D., Atto, N., and Barthoma, S. (eds.) (2017) Sayfo - The Genocide Against the Assyrians, Syriac, and Chaldean Christians in the Ottoman Empire. New York. Berghahn Books.
Hollifield, James. (2015) The Politics of International Migration: How Can We “Bring the State Back In”? In Migration Theory: Talking Across Disciplines, edited by James F. Hollifield and Caroline F. Brettell. New York: Routledge: 183-237.
Mahmoud, J. (2016) Kurdish Diaspora Online: from Imagined Community to Managing Communities. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Seeberg, Peter. (2013) The Arab Uprisings and the EU’s Migration Policies—The Cases of Egypt, Libya, and Syria. Democracy and Security 9 (1–2): 157–176.
