Mr. Miller

Honors Colloquium: Perspectives on Migration

International migration figures centrally in the socio-economic and political transformations of the post-Cold War period. The subject matter lends itself to inter-disciplinary inquiry. Migration studies have becomea growth industry and many universities around the world now feature inter-disciplinary migration studies, as does the University of Delaware in an embryonicfashion.

This course will be team-taught by scholars from four disciplines-economics, history, sociology and political science. Each professor will bring a distinctive approach to the subject matter. The course will also examine a number of levels of analysis-the local, the federal, regional and global. Locally, the emphasis will be upon recent immigration to Sussex County ,Delaware. A field trip to the area is planned for the last weekend of September. On the national level, the focus will be upon the on-going debates over the course of federal policies, especially as they affect ties to Mexico. President Fox of Mexico has called for an inter-American regional approach to migration policy questions and has called the European Union a reference point. Students will be expected to prepare to debate key items like guestworker policy or legalization proposals.Globally, the United Nations and other international organizations have placed a top priority upon regulation of migration and prevention of human trafficking, but thus far efforts to build an international regime concerning migration have proven fruitless.A hallmark of the current period is the growing nexus between migration and security.

International migration should also be studied through diverse instructional strategies ranging from films and debate to field trips and other forms of extra-classroom learning. The commitment must be to experimental and multi-facetted learning as befits an honors colloquium.

Students are required to write two short papers. The first will be an essay on Guatemalan migrants to the US incorporating elements of a review of the film El Norte and impressions from the field trip and related readings. It may be entitled Guatemalans in the U.S.: the public policy challenge. The first draft is due October 3 and should not exceed ten typed pages. Thefinal draft is due November 5. The second paper will review two recent French language films Hate and The Promise. The first draft is due Nov. 19 and the final draft on Dec. 5. It too should not exceed ten pages typed double-spaced. Tentatively, students should expect to be tested byProf. Grubb on October 31. His grade will count for 20% of the term grade. The two papers will count for 20% apiece. A two hour final exam will count for 30% of the term grade. The final 10% will be based on evaluation of student preparation for and participation in debates.

Mr. Miller’s office is in 466 Smith. His office hours are 10:15-12:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays and 1:00-3:00 pm Tuesdays. His telephone number is 831-1926 and his email address is mjmiller@udel.edu

Required books

Stephen Castles and Mark Miller, The Age of Migration, second edition,Guilford or Pergamon.

Katherine Borland, Creating Community: Hispanic migration to rural Delaware, Delaware Heritage Commission

Required WWW readings

R Horowitz and Mark Miller, Immigrants in Delmarva poultry processing, @jsri.msu.edu occasional paper OC-37(under JSRI Research and Publications)

Central Intelligence Agency/National Intelligence Council, Global migration

Migration News (monthly) migrant@primal.ucdavis.edu

PL Martin and MJ Miller, report on human trafficking conference

Prof. Grubb’s readings and outline on webct under Geog 390

Required films

El Norte

Hate (la haine)

The Promise (La promesse)

Voyage of Hope

DateTentative schedule of lectures and readings

9/5interdisciplinary perspectives-peruse IMR

9/10migration in global history, AOM ch. 1,2

9/12 Postwar migration to the transatlantic zone, AOM, ch. 3,4

9/17 and 19Demographic approaches withProf . Klaff(I think Prof. Klaff intends to use webct.)

9/24 and 26Migrants in Delaware, Horowitz/Miller paper, Borland book

9/29 or 30field trip to Sussex County

10/1no class

10/3Migration in labor history with Dr. Horowitzfirst draft of Guatemalan essay due

10/8Latin American and Arab regional migration, AOM ch. 5

10/10African and Asian regional migration, AOM, ch. 6

10/15-31 Economic approaches to migration, Prof .Grubb’s readings are on webctunder Geog 390 . He will administer an exam on his section on Oct. 31

11/5Debating guestworkers AOM ch. 7,8 final draft of Guatemalan essay due

11/7 Debating legalization, AOM ch. 9,10

11/12 and 14Prof. Klaff returns

11/19view Voyage of Hope, first draft of essay on French-language films due

11/21What to do about human trafficking?, Martin/Miller conference report

11/26The future of migration to Europe, CIA/NICGlobal migration report

11/28Transatlantic comparisons, Migration News

12/5Class evaluation and closing observations.Final paper due.

TBAtwo hour final exam , choice of identifications(20%) and essays(80%)