Global Immigrant Cities

IMS

70100

Global Immigrant Cities

Global immigrant cities are crucial research sites for exploring the possibility of going “beyond” the nation state and national society as traditional foci of migration research. This course asks the question of how immigrant-receiving global cities experience, respond to, and are transformed by the changing composition of their ethnic and racial populations. It will explore global immigrant cities’ histories of ethnic and racial difference; how their ideologies about diversity, pluralism, and multiculturalism have evolved and changed over time; the extent to whichthey incorporate (or not) their immigrants (including forced migrants and refugees); and the different economic, cultural, and political impacts that immigration has had on these places. Specific examples of cities will vary but will include geographically diverse places in both the Global North (e.g., New York City, London) and Global South (e.g., Lagos, Manila). The main focus will be on international comparison, and students will be trained in the use of comparative perspectives to illustrate similarities and differences between global cities. While a crucial dimension ofglobalization, the comparative study of migration also opens up fresh comparative and international perspectives on the urban experiences of immigrants.

Offer as needed

Graduate School Graduate

No

030893