Module overview
In to order address any contemporary global challenge, it is vital that we understand the roots of the problem and its historical context. This module explores the history of global migration from the ancient world to the present day, considering how and why regimes of migration control emerged. It will address the specific histories of refugees in Europe during the Second World War and consider how the status of asylum, sanctuary, and anti-immigration rhetoric has developed historically. The module will also introduce you to key considerations about the future of migration and asylum, with a view to helping you think critically about how challenges associated with such movement can best be addressed.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- a wide variety of primary sources relating to the history of migration and asylum.
- a wide variety of secondary source material relating to the history of migration and asylum, including theoretical frameworks used in the field.
- the history of migration and asylum, in particular the development of regimes of migration control.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- undertake a thorough critical analysis and assessment of a variety of textual, visual and material culture sources.
- engage with historiography and theoretical frameworks, contributing to the debates relating to the history of migration and asylum and its relationship to the future of such movement.
- apply your developed knowledge, structuring your ideas and research findings into well-ordered assignments.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- utilise and develop your time-management skills.
- use to good effect textual, visual and material culture sources, synthesising this material to develop cogent and persuasive arguments.
- research complex historical questions and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in assignments.
Syllabus
Topics to be explored on the module may include histories of refugees, second world war refugees, asylum, and sanctuary.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include lectures and seminars.
Learning methods include close analysis of a range of primary sources and discussion of key themes and ideas.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Wider reading or practice | 26 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 50 |
| Seminar | 12 |
| Lecture | 12 |
| Completion of assessment task | 50 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
David Miller (2018). Strangers in our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration. Harvard UP.
Lucy Mayblin (2017). Asylum after Empire: Colonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking. Rowman & Littlefield.
Jose C Moya and Adam McKeown (2010). 'World Migration in the Long Twentieth Century’. Philadelphia.
Lucy Mayblin and Joe Turner (2020). Migration Studies and Colonialism. Rowman & Littlefield.
Khalid Koser (2016). International Migration: A Very Short Introduction. OUP.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 40% |
| Essay | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 60% |
| Written assignment | 40% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External