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Description
This course serves as an introduction to the sociology of migration by focusing on mobilities in, or originating from, a specific regional context. We will discuss basic concepts and central debates in the sociology of migration and connect them to historical aspects and contemporary phenomena of migration in relation to the Middle East, from the late Ottoman Empire and colonial rule up to today’s independent states. In addition to characterizing mobility within the region, we will analyze how migrations from the Middle East to other world regions, from the second half of the 19th century until the present, have resulted in an interconnected transregional/transnational global Arab diaspora, for example in the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. |
