Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Discuss the contributions of migrants and exiles to their home and host countries
- Engage with the consequences of migration and exile upon individual and collective forms of identification
- Discuss the wider contexts and connections between Spanish recent emigration patterns and current immigration flows
- Identify and compare the experiences of economic migrants, political refugees, and exiles
- Analyse critically the role of government policies and social networks in fostering, supporting and deterring migration
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The social and political contexts of migrations in 20th and 21st c. Spain
- Historical constructions of Spanish migrants and exiles
- The impact of Spanish migration and exile on places of origin and destination
- The impact of migratory and exilic experiences at individual and collective level
- Macro- and micro-structural aspects of Spanish migration and exile
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Communicate your ideas clearly both orally and in writing
- Use tools from a variety of disciplines to analyse primary sources
- Undertake critical reading of secondary sources
- Make use of libraries and online resources to access relevant information
- Plan and organise your learning autonomously
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Revision | 40 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Follow-up work | 4 |
Seminar | 12 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 2 |
Lecture | 12 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Gènevieve Dreyfus-Armand (2000). El exilio de los republicanos españoles en Francia: De la guerra civil a la muerte de Franco. Barcelona: Editorial Crítica S.L.
Patricia. W. Fagen, Exiles and Citizens (1973). Spanish Republicans in Mexico. Austin and London: Texas University Press.
Adrian Bell (1996). Only for three months – The Basque Children in Exile. Norwich: Mousehold Press.
Dora Schwarzstein, Entre Franco y Perón (2001). Memoria e identidad del exilio republicano español en Argentina. Barcelona: EditorialCrítica S.L.,.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Participation | 10% |
Practical task | 30% |
Essay | 40% |
Seminar presentation | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 70% |
Digital presentation | 30% |
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 |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External