History 297U - ST-Refugees,Borders,Migration

This course surveys major refugee crises of the past 75 years to provide a historical backdrop for understanding contemporary challenges surrounding refugees from war, environmental collapse, economy, and politics. Starting with the massive displacement of 40 million Europeans resulting from WWII and the establishment of the U.N. High Commission on Refugees, we will examine causes, popular responses, policy proposals, and outcomes of previous crises involving decolonization in Africa and Asia, the break-up of the Soviet Union, and war in the Middle East. Attention will also be given to migrant and exile communities and how these communities exert a transnational political influence.

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.