HIST485C

037789

Population movements constitute the bedrock of humankinds' history and have assumed a wide range of guises: epic wanderings, pilgrimage, pastoral nomadism, transhumance, voluntary relocation, forced expatriation, trade diaspora, travel, tourism, and labor movements of many kinds, notably slavery. In taxonomies of motion, the critical elements: are the relative presence or absence of force, the motivations and objectives of those favoring departure over staying put, the duration and patterns of expatriation, and whether the place of exile became over time a space of belonging. To these considerations must be added variables, such as gender, age and generation, social class, family structure, religion, and race, that determined how individuals or groups perceived their subjective situation and embraced the idea of temporary or permanent expatriation, however alluring or frightening. Until (and even after) the nineteenth-century abolition of slavery, countless enslaved persons were forced to move against their own will. These diverse manifestations of mobilities were not necessarily distinct. Yet no matter how or why they departed, the people in motion introduced wide-ranging social changes to new lands or host societies as well as to those left behind. This course grapples with a range of historical, methodological, and theoretical problems associated with \"people and things on the move\" in MENA and globally. Employing the concepts of migration and mobility as theoretical perspectives, we examine the major forces at work from about 1800 until the present: modernities, imperialisms/settler colonialism, changing forms of capitalism and labor markets, shifting gender norms, education, environments/ecologies, debates about cultural/religious authenticity, globalization, and state formation & legal systems. In thinking about migration, modern states, and legal regimes, there are at least two dimensions of migration law: laws that govern entry and exit; and laws that govern life, incorporation, and citizenship within nations.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

CE - CL (Cross Listed)

HIST585C