History 288 - Aspects of World History: Global South Migrations in Modern History

Topics Course. Enrollment limited to 18: This colloquium explores the history of human mobility from, to, and within the Global South, emphasizing the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We examine a range of migrant groups who crossed oceans and borders for temporary sojourns or permanent settlement, by choice or by force. We ask how mobility has shaped the human experience in distinct ways depending on migrants’ age, social class, race, gender, and sexuality. The colloquium culminates with a student symposium in which students will present on their final projects, which will draw both from our shared set of readings and other articles chosen by students.