Course: Current Trends in Migration Studies

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Course title Current Trends in Migration Studies
Course code MRS/GTMS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Macková Lucie, M.A., Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Baas, M., & Yeoh, B. S. (2019). Introduction: Migration studies and critical temporalities. Current Sociology, 67(2), 161-168.
  • Bauböck, R., & Faist, T. (2010). Diaspora and transnationalism: Concepts, theories and methods. Amsterdam University Press (p. 360).
  • Carling, J. (2014). The role of aspirations in migration. Determinants of International Migration, International Migration Institute. University of Oxford, Oxford, 2325.
  • Cwerner, S. B. (2001). The times of migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 27(1), 7-36.
  • De Haas, H. (2021). A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework. Comparative Migration Studies, 9(1), 1-35.
  • King, R., & Skeldon, R. (2010). Mind the gap!?Integrating approaches to internal and international migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(10), 1619-1646.
  • Levitt, P., & Schiller, N. G. (2004). Conceptualizing simultaneity: A transnational social field perspective on society. International migration review, 38(3), 1002-1039.
  • Schiller, N. G., & Ça?lar, A. (Eds.). (2011). Locating migration: Rescaling cities and migrants. Cornell University Press.
  • Vertovec, S. (2019). Talking around super-diversity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(1), 125-139.
  • Wimmer, A., & Schiller, N. G. (2003). Methodological nationalism, the social sciences, and the study of migration: An essay in historical epistemology. International migration review, 37(3), 576-610.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2024) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2024) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter