Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Refugge Studies - Forced Migration | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| François Gemenne | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| 1. Presentation and organisation of the class
2. Origins and practices of refugee law 3. The Geneva Convention and refugee status determination 4. Mandate and activities of international organisations 5. The European refugee crisis (2015-...) 6. Displacements and disasters 7. Border policies and politics. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The class seeks to provide students with an overview of the realities of contemporary forced migration. In 2015, more than 60 million people were displaced as a result of wars, violence and persecutions. The class assesses the specificities of these migrations and the policy responses that are deployed. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course shall comprise six lectures and deux seminar sessions. The seminar sessions shall be devoted to the presentation and discussion of the students' assignments. | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Attendance is required for all sessions. Distance learning will be organised to support the individual assignment. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Castles, S. (2004). Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration. (Migration Information Source, Ed.)Migration Fundamentals. Washington (DC): Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=222
Chimni, B. S. (2009). The birth of a "discipline": from refugee to forced migration studies. Journal of Refugee Studies, 22(1), 11-29. Loescher, G., Betts, A., & Milner, J. (2008). The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The politics and practice of refugee protection into the twenty-first century. Global Institutions. New York: Routledge. Marfleet, P. (2006). Refugees in a Global Era. Basingstoke (UK): Palgrave McMillan. Van Selm, J., Kamanga, K., Morrison, J., Nadig, A., Spoljar-Vrzina, S., & van Willigen, L. (2003). The Refugee Covention at Fifty: A View from Forced Migration Studies. Oxford: Lexington Books. Zetter, R. (1991). Labelling Refugees: Forming and Transforming a Bureaucratic Identity. Journal of Refugee Studies, 4(1), 39-62. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students will need to complete an individual research paper of about 15 pages, dealing with one aspect of forced migration covered in class. This work shall be analytical and articulated around a research question. This work shall be assessed and constitute the final evaluation.
Alternatively, students can complete an internship working with refugees/asylum-seekers and submit their internship report. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| If they wish so, students are welcome to complete an internship working with refugees/asylum-seekers. A report of this internship can replace the individual assignment. Students will need however to look themselves for internship opportunities, those will not be provided. | ||||||||
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Organizational remarks :
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| Sessions take place every Thursday from 2 to 4 pm at Seminar room 7 (Building B31). | ||||||||
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Contacts :
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| François Gemenne
FNRS Senior Research Associate F.Gemenne@ulg.ac.be |
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