Refugee Studies - Forced Migration

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Marco Martiniello

Substitute(s)

Elsa Mescoli

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is aimed at introducing the study of the issues linked to refugees and forced migration within an international context. The course includes lectures by the teacher and by a series of invited speakers, as well as a fieldwork to be conducted by students under the supervision of the teacher.
At the theoretical level, the course will first approach the international context of forced migration through introducing the norms that regulate the determination of the status of refugee and the granting of the subsidiary protection. A state of the art of the socio-anthropological literature within this field of study will also be presented. Then, some more specific themes will be approached with the support of significant articles and of specialized speakers that will enable it to take into account a variety of issues, actors, approaches and contexts connected to this field of action and research. At a practical level, the course will provide students with the opportunity of analyzing one(s) among these themes through fieldwork to be realized in a place and with a methodology that will be defined by students through discussion with the teacher.
The programme of the lessons will be specified later.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course seeks to provide students with an overview of the issues linked to contemporary forced migrations and to give them some theoretical and practical tools useful to deepen the themes of study that emerge from these issues.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course will comprise nine lectures given by Dr. Elsa Mescoli, as well as by invited speakers. The fieldwork to be conducted by each student will last 12 hours and will be organized in function of the chosen object of study and methodology.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Attendance is highly recommended. Following the MOOC of CEDEM on the plateform France Université Numérique is also suggested (www.fun-mooc.fr)
In case the number of students registered is below 10 persons, the course could be organised differently. 

Recommended or required readings

All recommended readings will be posted on My ULg

Assessment methods and criteria

EVALUATION
Evaluation is based on 2 short essays (mid-term paper and final paper) and on the participation to the class.
The progress of the fieldwork and of the final paper are presented by students in class during the last session
Guidelines for the 2 papers:
MID TERM PAPER (5 points) 

• one short essay of 1,000 words (two pages max.) aimed at presenting the expected fieldwork project, including a description of the chosen object of study and methodology, as well as an introduction of the literature that will be mobilized.  

• one essay of 6,000 words (excluding frontpage, references, footnotes, bibliography, annex...) on the conducted fieldwork and including: the detailed description of the accomplished steps and the date collected, together with the reflexive analysis of the methodology adopted; the study of the data made through appropriate theoretical tools and aimed at understanding the chosen object of study and at identifying the issues connected to it. 
• +10% to -10% variation allowed in paper length

• Accurate analysis of the collected data and of the adopted methodology
• Adequate discussion at the conceptual and theoretical level based on a deep review of the literature
• Bibliography must include minimum 8 articles identified through Libnet and Scopus
• The theme of the research is linked to the contents of the course

• Presence in class
• Active participation in discussion
• Oral presentation of the fieldwork and final paper progress

Work placement(s)

No internship foreseen in this course

Organizational remarks

Sessions take place in the second Semester.

Contacts

Elsa Mescoli e.mescoli@uliege.be 
Post-doctoral researcher and Lecturer at the University of Liège

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