ANTH184 PO - Migration and Displacement in the Middle EastWhen Offered: Each fall
Instructor(s): O. Shah
Credit: 1
Migration has played an incredible role in shaping the modern Middle East. The figures of migration are multiple, over-lapping, and unevenly arranged. These figures include cosmopolitan pilgrims, diasporic merchants, colonial agents, settlers, refugees, aid workers, laborers, soldiers, tourists, foreign experts, “expats”, smugglers, pirates, and other highwaymen. These figures also have their own techniques, technologies, economies, infrastructures, and intermediaries. Moreover, to speak of migration and movement, is to also consider forms of immobility, the besieged, the camp, the maid’s room, all those who are stuck, “not going anywhere”, or otherwise waiting. Drawing from anthropology, area studies, literature, and cinema, this course will explore how these varied and dissimilar figures and forms of movement, migration and displacement shape “the Middle East” and beyond.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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