Refugees in Global Perspective

Harvard FAS

What does it mean to lose your home? Who are refugees? Why are there so many of them? How are they displaced? Where do they go, and why? This course inquires into the nature, causes, and consequences of contemporary forced migration in our globalized world. Students survey regional dynamics in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. We examine the particularities of refugees compared to other migrants, and the changing nature of forced migration since the World Wars. Students…