Multiple Migrations and Transnationalism: Legal, Social, Linguistic and Educational Implications

About

This one-week summer school offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of multiple migrations and transnationalism. Traditionally, migration research has focused on receiving countries, primarily examining immigration and integration. In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the complex logics and processes of migration. Across many parts of the world, multiple migration— encompassing linked internal and international migration, circular migration, or multinational migration—has become a common migratory phenomenon. Understanding these diverse patterns of mobilities and their trajectories is crucial to addressing the broader social, economic, and political challenges faced by migrants and the countries they move through

Course leader

Francesco Goglia, University of Exeter

Target group

Applications are open to MA and PhD students in Sociology, Human Rights, Law, Cultural Studies, Sociolinguistics, Education, Migration Studies

Course aim

Participants in this course will be encouraged to rethink the conventional view of international migration as a straightforward journey from country of origin to country of destination. They will also reflect on the infrastructure and reasons for and the processes and outcomes of multiple migrations, which may include the conscious or unconscious acquisition of resources and knowledge—such as economic, legal, educational, and linguistic capital—that could be beneficial or essential for future migration destinations. This course incorporates perspectives from the fields of law, sociology and social linguistics. Law is a fundamental aspect in the analysis of multiple migrations and return migrations: there are issues of citizenships which can be acquired at the expense of the nationality of origin, but also issues of reunification with one own family, and fear of being persecuted once back to the country of origin. Some cases dealt with by the Court of Justice of the European Union will be examined (loss of EU nationality, new pact on migration and asylum) and a intersectional human rights-based perspective will be offered throughout the analysis

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