Class Meet |
Module |
Topic |
Required Reading and BS Quizzes |
Perusall and other Assignments |
Sept 8 |
1 |
Introduction to Migration |
Look at Slides for Intro to Migration |
Start annotating “Central America’s Forgotten History” Parts I and III. |
Sept 14 |
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Sept 15 |
2 |
Introduction to the Financial System |
Look at Slides for Intro to Financial System
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Last date for annotating “Central America’s Forgotten History” Part I for credit. |
Sept 21 |
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Quizzes 1 and 2
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Last date for annotating “Central America’s Forgotten History” Part III for credit. |
Sept 22 |
3 |
The Roots of Migration:
Central America and the US |
Look at Slides for Roots of Migration: Central America
Discuss Aviva Chomsky, “Central America’s Forgotten History” Parts I and III |
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Sept 28 |
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Quiz 3
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Watch Io Capitano!
Watch Videos
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Sept. 29 |
4 |
Journeys |
Look at Slides for Journeys: Migrants in Transit
Look at Slides: Smuggler Viewpoint
Discuss Jason De Leon, "The Land of Open Graves," University of California Press, 2015.
Discuss the Movie: Io Capitano! |
Assignment: An Interactive Look at a Syrian Migrant's Journey |
Oct 5 |
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Oct. 6 |
5 |
Capital Budgeting: A Tool to Evaluate the Migration Decision |
Slides |
Migrant Journeys Report Due |
Oct 12 |
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Quiz 4 |
Last Day for Annotating Campana et al.
Finish Reading Jason De Leon, "The Land of Open Graves," University of California Press, 2015. |
Oct. 13 |
6 |
Transit Finance |
Slides
Campana, P., Gelsthorpe, L. Choosing a Smuggler: Decision-making Amongst Migrants Smuggled to Europe. Eur J Crim Policy Res 27, 5–21 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-020-09459-y
Presentation by the NGO Women in Need |
Start Annotating
Adhikari, Jagannath. 2020. “Restructuring of Nepal’s economy, agrarian change, and livelihood outcomes: the role of migration and remittances,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 9, Routledge Press, 2020, p. 230-260. |
Oct 20 |
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Diwali |
No Class, Quiz 5 |
Migration Evaluation Decision Project: First Draft Due |
Oct. 26 |
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Last Day for Annotating Adhikari et al. |
Oct. 27 |
7 |
Home Country Impacts: Remittances |
Discuss Adhikari, Jagannath. 2020. “Restructuring of Nepal’s economy, agrarian change, and livelihood outcomes: the role of migration and remittances,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 9, Routledge Press, 2020, p. 230-260. |
Start Annotating
Alowais, Abdelaziz Abdalla and Abubakr Suliman. 2025. “Debt Before Departure: The Role of Informal Credit in Trapping Migrant Workers,” Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(8), p. 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14080465 |
Nov. 2 |
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Quiz 6 |
Last Day for Annotating Alowais et al. |
Nov. 3 |
8 |
Home Country Impacts: Debt |
Slides
Discuss Alowais, Abdelaziz Abdalla and Abubakr Suliman. 2025. “Debt Before Departure: The Role of Informal Credit in Trapping Migrant Workers,” Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(8), p. 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14080465
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Migration Evaluation Decision Project: Final Report due |
Nov. 9 |
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Quiz 7 |
Finish Reading Maher (2017)
Journeys Presentation Powerpoints due |
Nov. 10 |
9 |
The Roots of Migration:
History of migration from West Africa to Europe |
Slides
Discuss Maher, S. (2017). Historicising ‘Irregular’ Migration from Senegal to Europe. Anti-Trafficking Review, (9), 77–91. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.20121796
Journeys Report Presentations |
Civic Engagement Project Outline Due
Migration Evaluation Decision: Presentation
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Nov. 11 |
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Quiz 8 |
Finish Reading Maruja (2017) |
Nov. 17 |
10 |
The Roots of Migration:
History of migration from South Asia to West Asia |
Asis, Maruja M.B. 2017. “The Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly) Return,” Migration Policy Institute Article https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-beyond-labor-migration-toward-development-and-possibly-return |
Start Annotating
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. 2020. “Migrant businesses in Saudi Arabia: towards an economic sociology of Gulf migration,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 6, Routledge Press, 2020, pp. 160-186. |
Nov 23 |
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Quiz 9 |
Last Day for Annotating Rahman et al.
Backyard Bankers Powerpoints Due |
Nov. 24 |
11 |
Financial Lives in Host Countries |
Discuss Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. 2020. “Migrant businesses in Saudi Arabia: towards an economic sociology of Gulf migration,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 6, Routledge Press, 2020, pp. 160-186.
Backyard Bankers Presentations
Presentation by the Mexican Consulate |
Start Annotating
Mayda, Anna Maria; Giovanni Peri. 2018. ”The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States,” Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 130, Cato Institute, Sept. 12
First Draft of Civic Engagement Project Report Due |
Nov 30 |
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Quiz 10 |
Last Day for Annotating Mayda et al. |
Dec. 1 |
12 |
The Migration Industry and its Political Economy |
Discuss Mayda, Anna Maria; Giovanni Peri. 2018. ”The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States,” Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 130, Cato Institute, Sept. 12 |
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Dec. 8 |
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Presentations, Quiz 11 |
Civic Engagement Project: Final Report Due |
Dec. 15 |
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Final Exam/Presentations |
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