TOPICS: MIGRATION: LOCAL AND GLOBAL in Spring 2025 (LI2910A)

This course considers how we as humans navigate through different spaces and languages. In the case of human migration, languages often come into contact, spurring linguistic diversity and changes to speech communities. This course will address questions about language issues faced by first-generation migrants and their children, including how linguistic diversity affects access to employment, education and health care. A practical component of the course involves engaging directly with migrant communities. Two programs will be available to students enrolled in the course. One is working with students and teachers in junior high schools that welcome migrant youth and other new-comers to France, specifically those who have little to no knowledge of French language and culture. The other is a community engagement program with the Quartiers Solidaires, a group that organizes breakfast for migrants every morning from 8:30-9:30, along with other activities. This course also includes a cultural study trip to Istanbul.