PSCI 375Transnational Migration

This course introduces students to forced displacement as a form of transnational migration that examines people’s movement in a world of heavily secured borders and increased walls. Students will develop greater awareness of the notions of forced displacement, refugeeness, and statelessness as forms of political injustice. Interdisciplinary literature and media will introduce students to power structures and states’ involvement in creating crises of refugeeness and governing displaced. Through presentations, reflection and analytical assignments, students will critically engage with the key notions of power, borders, governance, and agency and demonstrate their impacts on forcibly displaced people during their search of protection and acceptance.