Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece

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. For information on controlled access courses, including eligibility, application processes, deadlines, and departmental contact details, please refer to the Controlled Access Courses webpage.

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).

The first round of offers will be made from 12-noon on the Friday before Autumn Term week 1. The final deadline for applications is 12-noon on the Friday of Autumn Term week 2.

For queries contact: ei@lse.ac.uk

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.

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.

20 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.

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

Formative assessment:

Group Video Proposal (500 words) in Autumn Term Week 4

This component of assessment includes an element of group work.

Essay Proposal (1000 words) in Autumn Term Week 7

Group Rough cut video presentations (5–7 minutes), in Autumn Term Week 11

This component of assessment includes an element of group work.

Amelina, A. (2021). After the reflexive turn in migration studies: Towards the doing migration approach. Population, Space and Place, 27(1), e2368.

Amelung, N., Scheel, S., & van Reekum, R. (2024). Reinventing the politics of knowledge production in migration studies: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(9), 2163–2187.

Blinkenberg, E. M., & Øland, T. (2025). 'Have we ever heard about Ukrainians causing trouble?' How integration workers in Denmark make sense of the special act on displaced Ukrainians. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–20.  

Boswell, C., Geddes, A., & Scholten, P. (2011). The role of narratives in migration policy-making: A research framework. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(1), 1–11

Cleton, L., & Meier, P. (2023). Contesting policy categories using intersectionality: Reflections for studying migration governance. Ethnic and Racial Studies. Advance online publication

Crawley, H., & Skleparis, D. (2018). Refugees, migrants, neither, both: Categorical fetishism and the politics of bounding in Europe's 'migration crisis.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44(1), 48–64

De Genova, N. (2017). The 'migrant crisis' as racial crisis: do Black Lives Matter in Europe? Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), 1765–1782.

Franceschelli, M., & Galipò, A. (2020). The use of film documentary in social science research: audio-visual accounts of the ‘migration crisis’ from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Visual Studies, 36(1), 38–50.

Georgiou, M. (2018). Does the subaltern speak? Migrant voices in digital Europe. Popular Communication, 16(1), 45–57.

Osso, B. N., & van Houtum, H. (2024). 'Now You See Me': Refugees looking back at the EU's Border Camp Watch in Lesvos. Geopolitics, 30(2), 730–759.

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

Essay (80%, 3000 words) in February.

Video (20%, 500 words) in January.

This component of assessment includes an element of group work.

You can find further information on the relevant Moodle page.