Module ARA3043 for 2021/2
- 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 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
Among the topics covered are the issue of displacement, confinement, exclusion, labour migration, national and transnational citizenship from the forced migration of Armenians to Palestinian dispossession, reaching the present days characterised by statelessness, sectarian politics and human trafficking from Iraqi refugees to the incumbent Syrian diaspora. The course examines migration and refugee issues with a special emphasis on questions related to identity, representation, citizenship, culture, gender, politics and human rights. Finally, while focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, the course aims at locating the topic in a global perspective, now that refugees and forced displacement are becoming the defining feature of the 21st century, with over 65 million people displaced in the world. The interdisciplinary nature of the module and the use of a variety of materials (books, journal articles, think tank publications, documentaries, interviews) aim to widen your understanding of the region and equip them with new tools of analysis, which can support you as academics and independent researchers.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Develop factual and theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of migration in the context of the MENA region 2. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the main forces that have been at the origin of migration, displacement, exclusion and diasporas of the MENA region in the last 150 years |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Employ and analyse cross-disciplinary sources and develop critical arguments. 4. Demonstrate how to link theory to practice and apply concepts learnt in a global perspective to develop critical arguments. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Conduct critical and thorough analyses of the subject topics in written work and oral presentation 6. Demonstrate high degree of autonomy and effective collaboration when conducting research 7. Develop high quality of research, evaluation and synthesis from a wide range of sources |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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).
