Module manager: Anne Caldwell
Email: A.Caldwell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
What has it meant historically to be a migrant, or a refugee, exile, or nomad? What has been the nature of forced and voluntary migrations in different historical contexts? What is the relationship between histories of migration and histories of race, conflict, state formation, empire, class, identity, and internationalism? This team-taught module explores diverse histories of migration and offers historical perspectives on contemporary debates. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
This module will introduce you to a diverse and global set of migration histories through seminars based in the specific research areas of members of the School of History. You will learn to work critically with primary sources relating to historical migrations. You will engage with ongoing historiographical debates around migration, exile, refuge, slavery, and transnationality, as well as with interdisciplinary approaches to migration and its histories.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Critically analyse migration histories in different historical periods.
2. Evaluate coherently complex and interdisciplinary debates around migration and mobility in history.
3. Engage with libraries, archives, and online repositories to study migration histories.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Assess primary sources for the history of migration and to place them in context.
5. Engage critically with historiographical debates and approaches to migration histories.
6. Communicate coherently on migration histories.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Fieldwork | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Seminar | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Private study hours | 277.6 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22.4 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
You will submit a written response to the module field trip element which will receive comments from the tutor – this represents an opportunity for the module tutor to read and provide written comments on your writing and engagement with the themes of the module prior to the two summative assessments.
Student progress will be monitored in-class, with module tutors monitoring attendance and performance in seminars.
You will also have the opportunity to meet with your tutor for one-to-one meetings to get feedback on your approach to each assignment prior to the deadlines.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Essay | 60 |
| Coursework | Recorded presentation | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 12/06/2025
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