79-313 "Unwanted": Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Patterns of Global Migration

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

What is home What does it mean to belong What does it mean to be mobile Is mobility a privilege or a curse How do experiences of migration, exile, and displacement shift ones understanding of home This course examines the modern patterns of mobility and displacement, with a focus on the US and Europe at particular moments during the 19th,the 20th, and 21st centuries. We will focus on several case studies to illustrate broader concepts the connection between the formation of nationstates and the rise of exclusionary citizenship the emergence of 20thcentury modern legal concepts such as refugee and asylum the influence of the Cold War on the immigration policies in the US and the criminalization of bordercrossing. This course fulfills Dietrich Colleges Perspectives on Justice and Injustice general studies requirement.

Prerequisites: none listed

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