Course: Migration

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Course title Migration
Course code KSKA/MIGRM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Uherek Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Terms: living environment, home, homeland and migration processes, terminology of migration. Theory of migration processes, individual patterns and concepts. Migration as a historic and sociological phenomenon. Significance of migration in history, mainly from the 19th century to the present. Ethnic groups in new environment. Czech and Slovak migration to the European countries and to other continents - concrete examples.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is: 1) general problems of migration processes (theories, patterns, concepts, classification); 2) particular facts and examples of migration. Special focus will be placed on Czech migration abroad, mainly to the USA as a part of migration waves of the 19th century.
Students will be introduced to basic terminology, patterns and concepts of migration as a historic and sociological phenomenon. The importance of migration in history, mainly from the 19th century to the present day will be mentioned. As a part of the phenomenon of ethnic groups in the new environment, basic information about Czech migration to the European countries as well as to other continents (mainly to the USA) will be covered. Current situation of the Czech communities will be mentioned.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment, Discussion

Knowledge of the problems covered at the lectures (mainly based on: ŠATAVA, L. Migrační procesy a české vystěhovalectví 19. století do USA, Praha 1989: FF UK). Compulsory literature: Compilation Češi v cizině 9 and 1 other book from the list of required literature (total of three books) Knowledge of this literature is a prerequisite for the exam!
Recommended literature
  • dle vlastního výběru.
  • Migrace v rozšířené Evropě - Migration in an Enlarged Europe. Praha, 2002.
  • sborník ČEŠI V CIZINĚ 9. Praha: ÚEF ČSAV, 1996.
  • BADE, K. J. Evropa v pohybu, Evropské migrace dvou století. Praha, 2004.
  • BROUČEK, S., UHEREK, Z., VALÁŠKOVÁ, N. Adaptace přesídlenců v české společnosti, č.1, s. 1-17. Český lid, 82, 1995.
  • HEROLDOVÁ, I. Etnografická problematika českých národnostních menšin, č. 5-6, s. 366-378. Český lid, 51, 1964.
  • NEŠPOR, Z. R. České migrace 19. a 20. století a jejich dosavadní studium, č. 2, s. 245-284. Soudobé dějiny, 12, 2005.
  • ŠIŠKOVÁ, T. (ed.). Menšiny a migranti v České republice. Praha, 2001.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2016) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2013) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer