ILRGL 3810 - Migration: Histories, Controversies, and Perspectives

(crosslisted) AMST 3800, LSP 3810, PUBPOL 3710, SOC 3820
(SBA-AG)

Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Enrollment limited to: undergraduate students.

S. Gleeson.

This introductory course introduces students to issues and debates related to international migration and will provide an interdisciplinary foundation to understanding the factors that shape migration flows and migrant experiences. We will start by reviewing theories of the state and historical examples of immigrant racialization and exclusion in the United States and beyond. We will critically examine the notions of borders, citizenship/non-citizenship, and the creation of diasporas. Students will also hear a range of perspectives by exposing them to Cornell guest faculty who do research and teach on migration across different disciplines and methodologies and in different world areas. Examples include demographic researchers concerned with immigrant inequality and family formation, geographic perspectives on the changing landscapes of immigrant metropolises, legal scholarship on the rights of immigrant workers, and the study of immigrant culture from a feminist studies lens. Offered each fall semester.