Migration and Transnational Identity

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The Migration and Transnational Identity seminar provides the main context for students to engage academically, epistemologically, and intellectually with the theme of migration. Students utilize a multi‐level and multi‐disciplinary approach that considers core issues about the local and global cultural politics, development policies, and their implications on national economies, local communities, and human rights in the context of transnational mobility. The seminar facilitates the student's development of a critical perception capable of assimilating the reality about the interconnectedness and trans‐nationalization not only of problems, but more importantly, of viable alternatives. The Migration and Transnational Identity seminar is divided into modules which explore Mediterranean migration, refugees and human rights, gender and migration, development and transnational identity, and transnational Islam. The seminar balances guest lectures by local experts, class discussions, and field visits. Some of the sessions take place during program excursion to the Netherlands.