Refugees and Migrants in a Global Historical Perspective
Course, Master's level, 5HA765
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 20 January 2025–23 February 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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120 credits including 90 credits in a subject in the humanities or the social sciences. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2024
- Application code
- UU-01105
Admitted or on the waiting list?
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 20 January 2025–23 February 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
120 credits including 90 credits in a subject in the humanities or the social sciences. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
About the course
The course uses historical case studies of migrant refugee crises before and during World War II in Europe (including Sweden's response to Jews trying to flee Germany and German-occupied countries); in South Asia during and after the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan; in the Balkans repeatedly during the twentieth century, and in present-day Europe as a result of the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
We will examine the "push factors" of migration (such as war, discrimination, ethnic/religious violence), as well as "pull factors" (such as geographical proximity to the receiving country, perceptions of relative safety, a strong economy, generous refugee or welfare policies). We will also look at the routes and conditions of transit of migrants and refugees, issues of reception in transit and destination countries (including violence against refugees and migrants), and the long-term impact of large-scale displacement of populations on the refugees themselves, on their former country and on the receiving country.
Contact
- Director of Studies Jonas Lindström
- studierektor-ma-hist@uu.se
- +46 18 471 15 59