6 ECTS credits
168 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1023460BNW for working students in the 1st semester of odd academic years (e.g. 2013-2014) at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
Why do people decide to move elsewhere and why do they decide to stay? Over the past thirty years, migration history has become one of the most vibrant historical subfields. This course introduces students to the most important approaches and concepts that scholars have used to analyse migration throughout history. It will also provide an overview of the most important migratory movements affecting the Southern Low Countries/Belgium since the late medieval period, debunking the myth that migration was only a phenomenon of major importance during the most recent times. We will see how migration has shaped societies and how it was shaped by factors such as gender, nationalism and xenophobia and economic and environmental change.
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Upon the completion of this course, students:
-can engage with the into the most important debates in the field of migration history
-have an insight into the interaction between migration and other societal factors throughout history
-can appreciate the differences between the scholarship on migration in various historical periods
-can assess the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches and concepts used by scholars to analyse historical migration
Master students in urban studies taking this course are also expected to show an ability to reflect critically on secondary literature about historical migration
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
For bachelor students in history:
The final grade is based on:
-Oral exam: 100% of the mark
For master students in urban studies:
The final grade is based on:
-Oral exam: 50% of the mark. Students need to have a sufficient mark for the oral exam in
order to pass for the course.
-Written final paper of 3000-4000 words: 50% of the final mark. Students need to have a
sufficient mark for the final paper in order to pass for the course. Papers that have not been
submitted in time will be considered as not submitted (unless decided differently in
consultation with the course convenor), which means that the student cannot obtain a mark.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of History: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: Minor Minor Human Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: minor Social Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Gender and Diversity (only offered in Dutch)