Course: Middle East and Migration

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Course title Middle East and Migration
Course code KBS/BMX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vodičková Radka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Basic terminology 2) Theoretical approaches to the study of migration 3) Colonialism and migration 4) Migration Africa - Middle East 5) Migration to the cities 6) Labor migration 7) War and migration 8) Seasonal/temporary migration 9) Environment and migration 10) Migration routes 11) Migration to the Europe 1 12) Migration to the Europe 2 13) The issue of multiculturalism

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with a video analysis, Discussion, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- to know history of the Middle East and North Africa from the antiquity to the 20th century - to differentiate particular cultural traditions of the region - to identify specifics particular countries in historical context - to know relevant online sources.
Skills
- to search individually relevant academic sources and to use them for the self-study - to work with English written academic sources - to use individually relevant cultural anthropological/sociological terminology
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- to define different forms or types of migration related to the region of the Middle East and North Africa - to identify within this framework both past and present migration processes or phenomena and to name concrete examples of them - to list and characterize basic theoretical approaches for the study of migration - to know basic terminology and to identify the main migration routes from the region to Europe.
Skills
- to use proper terminology - to put specific migration phenomena related to studied region to the theoretical framework - to search and use relevant sources of information for study of migration in given region
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Individual study
Discussion
Self-study of literature
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Written exam
Recommended literature
  • Baršová, Andrea; Barša, Pavel. Přistěhovalectví a liberální stát : imigrační a integrační politiky v USA, západní Evropě a Česku. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2005. ISBN 80-210-3875-6.
  • Brettell, Caroline B.; Hollifield, James Frank. Migration theory : talking across disciplines. New York : Routledge, 2008. ISBN 0-415-95427-4.
  • Collier, Paul. Exodus : jak migrace mění náš svět. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7277-557-6.
  • Fine, S., Ypi, L. Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership.. Oxford: OUP, 2016.
  • Kropáček, L. Blízký východ na přelomu tisíciletí.. Praha, 1999.


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