Clandestins, Sans-Papiers, Migrant/e/s: 100 Years of Illegalization in the Francophone Mediterranean
FREN 312
Spring 2025
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: African Studies, African Studies Minor |
Who is illegal, and why? When did "migrating illegally" across the Mediterranean start, and how? How did we come to think about certain ways of moving across borders as a criminal act? Using sources and literature on and about empire, borders, citizenship, seafaring, smuggling, and human rights, the course will attempt to answer these questions in the specific context of the Francophone Mediterranean, intended here as a space of migration much broader than the sea itself. We will read about Algerian workers hidden in the hulls of steamships at the turn of the century, watch Tunisian border policemen helplessly patrol an endless stretch of desert in a sandstorm, and read from "illegal" Africans seeking refuge inside the church of St. Bernard, in Northern Paris, in the hot summer of 1986, before police broke in. Through this heterogenous set of encounters, students will be able to explore, engage critically, and respond to some of the discursive, legal, and logistical devices that made and still make people on the move "illegal" in contemporary France and in the long wake of its colonial empire. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
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| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFST-MN)(FRST-MN)(FRST)(RMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
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