Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in

MENA4100OC: Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Contemporary Mediterranean. 3 points.

Instructor: Madeleine Dobie

Taught in English.

This course is approved as a Global Core at Columbia.

This course examines the social, political and cultural history of migration in the Mediterranean,
with a particular focus on France and Africa. We examine the forces that have underpinned
migration in the nations of the Mediterranean rim since the 1950s and observe major transitions
in policy and legal frameworks. Though migration is often treated in mainstream media as an
object of policy and legislation, it is better approached as a ‘total social fact’ involving political,
social, economic and cultural dimensions. With this in mind, we look at different media, genres
and narrative forms in which migration has been represented and debated and grapple with
questions about the relationship between lived experience and representation and between
politics and the arts.

To enroll in this course through the Columbia Summer in Paris program, you must apply to the through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). Global Learning Scholarships available. Tuition charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates