EU458      Half Unit
Narrating Migration in a Global Europe

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece

Availability

This course is available on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Columbia), MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po), MSc in Human Rights, MSc in Human Rights and Politics, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy and MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses controlled access as part of the course selection process.

To apply for a place, ALL students should submit a statement via LSE for You outlining your specific reasons for applying, how it will benefit your academic/career goals, and how you meet any necessary pre-requisites (maximum 200 words). 

This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access) and demand is typically very high. Priority is given to students from the European Institute, so students from outside this department may not get a place.

Course content

This course is concerned with cultural and identity politics in contemporary states. Taking a narrative approach, this course will examine competing representations of migrants and post-migration communities. Europe will be a major focus. Nevertheless, students with interests and expertise outside of Europe should feel free to include this wider perspective in their seminar discussions and assignments.

Teaching

20 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
2 hours of seminars in the Spring Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.

A review session will be held at the start of the Spring Term to prepare for the online assessment.

Formative assessment

Video (500 words) in Autumn Term Week 4

This component of assessment includes an element of group work.

Essay (1000 words) in Autumn Term Week 7

  • Group Video proposal (500 words), due Week 4 AT 
  • Essay proposal (1000 words), due  Week 7 AT
  • Group Rough cut video presentations (5–7 minutes), due Week 11 AT 

 

Indicative reading

  • Z. Bauman, Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts, 2003;
  • B. Buzan, O. Weaver and J. de Wilde, Security: A New Framework For Analysis,1998;
  • J. Jackson-Preece, Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community, 2005;
  • W. Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, 1995;
  • C. K. Riessman, Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences, 2008;
  • G. Rose, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching With Visual Materials, 2012.

A more detailed reading list is available from Dr Jackson-Preece.

Assessment

Essay (80%, 3000 words) in February

Video (20%, 500 words) in January

This component of assessment includes an element of group work.


Key facts

Department: European Institute

Course Study Period: Autumn Term

Unit value: Half unit

FHEQ Level: Level 7

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 30

Average class size 2024/25: 15

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Communication