Immigration History Research Center
University of Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Suite 311
222 - 21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

weekdays 8:30-11:30 a.m.
12:30-4:30 p.m.
closed University holidays

Office: 612-625-4800
Fax: 612-626-0018
E-mail: ihrc@umn.edu

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Courses & Syllabi

Courses offered in Summer 10

MED 7607 Global Health Course: Clinical Tropical, Migrant & Travel Medicine
Instructor: Debbie Luedtke

Courses offered in Spring 10

COMM 8110 Ethnopolitical Conflicts Worldwide:  Multi-disciplinary Approaches, Prevention, and Policy Recommendations
Instructor: Rosita Albert

ENGL 3960 Social Variation in American English
Instructor: Genevieve Escure

HIST 5990/8000 Comparing Global Migrations
Instructor: Donna R. Gabaccia

PA 5290 Immigrants and U.S. Cities
Instructor: Ryan Allen

PA 5452 Immigration and Public Policy
Instructor: Katherine Fennelly

PA 5490 Exploring Immigration Policy and the Immigrant Experience through Film
Instructor: Katherine Fennelly

SOC 8390 Nationalism, Citizenship, and Race in Global Perspective
Instructor: Ron Aminzade

Courses offered in Fall 09

AFRO 1201 Racial Formation and Transformation in the United States
Instructor: Yuichiro Onishi

AFRO 5103 African History from the Perspective of the African Diaspora
Instructor: Keletso Atkins

AMST 3001/AAS 3001 Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America
Instructor: Kale Fajardo

ANTH 4071 Race, Culture, and Vision
Instructor: Mischa Penn

ANTH 8810/AAS 5920/ GWSS 8997 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology: Comparative Race/Ethnicity/Diaspora in the U.S.
Instructor: Jigna Desai, Karen Ho

AAS 1101 Imagining Asian America
Instructor: Erika Lee

AAS 1902 Freshman Seminar: Asian Americans & US Race Relations
Instructor: Erika Lee

CHIC 1102 Latinos in the United States: Culture and Citizenship
Instructor: Lori Rodriguez

CHIC 1902 Freshman Seminar: Chicana/o-Latina/o: History, Culture, and Identity
Instructor: Eden Torres

CHIC 3212 Chicana Studies: La Chicana in Contemporary Society
Instructor: Marianne Bueno

CHIC 3444 Chicana and Chicano History: 1821-1945
Instructor: Marianne Bueno

ENGL 1301W Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States
Instructor: David Treuer

FSOS 3104 Global and Diverse Families
Instructor: Catherine Solheim

GEOG 1301W Our Globalizing World
Instructor: Bruce P Braun

GEOG 3381W/GLOS 3701W Population in an Interacting World
Instructor: Stefano Bloch

GWSS 3002 Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States
Instructor: Rebecca Moskow

GLOS 3900 Topics in Global Studies: Global Migration and Photography
Instructor: Barbara Wolbert

HIST 3415 Migrations in Modern Global History
Instructor: Donna Gabaccia

HIST 3431 Early Africa and Its Global Connections
Instructor: Clement Masakure

JOUR 3741 People of Color and the Mass Media
Instructor: Sarah Jackson

LAW 6831 Law, Race, and Social Psychology
Instructor: Eugene Borgida

POL 3739 Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity
Instructor: August Nimtz Jr

SCAN 3504 The Immigrant Experience
Instructor: Goran Stockenstrom

SOC 3211W American Race Relations
Instructor: David Pellow

SOC 3251W Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
Instructor: Teresa Swartz

SOC 3090 Topics in Sociology: Introduction to U.S. Immigration
Instructor: Lisa S Park

Courses offered in Summer 09

SPAN 3401: Latino Immigration & Community Service
instructor: Kathleen Ganley

Summer Course on Refugee and Forced Migration, York University, Toronto
June 6-14

Arizona State CLI: Language Course
June 8 - July 31
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

International Summer School in Forced Migration
July 6-24, 2009
Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Summer Course on Comparative and Trans-national History: Theories,Methodology and Case Studies
September 13-18
Florence, Italy - Villa Schifanoia, Sala Europa

Courses offered in Spring 09

GWSS4690/5690: Space, Identity, and Agency in the Black Diaspora (PDF)
Instructor: Zenzele Isoke

PA 5452: Immigration and Public Policy
Instructor: Katherine Fennelly
Grading basis/credits: 3 credit(s)
Prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Description: Analysis of theories of international migration and evaluation of immigration policies in North America, Europe and Asia.

SOC8090: Diversity, Solidarity and the American Mosaic (PDF)
Instructors: Joe Gerteis with Penny Edgell and Doug Hartmann

Courses offered in Fall 08

Dance 3495/ 5495: Dance and Global Tourism, Instructor: R. Diyah Larasati, Ph.D

Courses offered in Spring 08

AMST 8920: Oceanic Space & Movement in Atlantic/Pacitic/Indian Ocean Worlds, Instructor: Kale Bantigue Fajardo

Hist 5990: Comparing Global Migrations, Instructor: Donna R. Gabaccia

PA 8081: Workshop on Refugee Resettlement , Instructor: Katherine Fennelly

PA 5290: Immigrants and U.S. Cities, Instructor: Ryan Allen

Courses offered in Fall 07

ALL 3361W: Maps, Pictures, and Writing in the Representation of Taiwan, Instructor: Joseph R. Allen

ENGL 8090: Seminar in Special Subjects Asian American Cultural Criticism, Instructor: Josephine Lee

GEOG 8230: Theoretical Geography, Instructor: Dr. Arun Saldanha

GWSS 8109: Feminist Theory and Methods-II, Instructor: Richa Nagar

Hist 1012W: World History from 1500: The Age of Global Contact (Writing Intensive), Instructor: Jeffrey Pilcher

Hist/Las 3401W: Early Latin America to 1825 (Writing Intensive), Instructor: Sarah Chambers

Hist 3727W/RelS 3521/JwSt 3521:History of the Holocaust, Instructor: Dr. Stephen Feinstein

Hist 5901: Readings in Colonial Latin American History, Instructor: Sarah Chambers

CI 5647: Teaching Middle and Secondary Immigrant and Refugee Students with Limited Formal Schooling, Instructor: Martha Bigelow

SLHS 1401/3401: Communication Differences and Disorders: An Introduction, Instructor: Kathryn Kohnert

Courses offered in Spring 07

AAS 3001/AMST 3001: Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America: Focus on Space, Place, and Movement, Instructor: Kale B. Fajardo

AAS 3270/ALL 3270: Service Learning in the Asian Community, Instructor: Juavah Lee

AAS 3501/ALL 3920/HIST 3960: Asian America Through Arts and Culture, Instructor: Ed Bok Lee

AAS 3920/ALL 3920: Cultures of Korean Adoption: The Adoptee Experience, Instructor: Kim Park Nelson

AFRO 4231/AAS 4231/CHIC 4231: The Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, and Chicanos in the United States, Instructor: Rose M. Brewer

AMIN 1002: Indigenous Peoples in Global Perspective, Instructor: Tlahtoki Aguirre

AMST 1012: Migrants, Refugees, Citizens, and Exiles: The U.S. on an Immigrant Planet, Instructor: Miglena S. Todorova

AMST 3113W: America's Diverse Cultures, Instructor: Brenda J. Child

AMST3114: America in International Perspective: Post-1965 Immigration, Instructor: Jennifer L. Pierce

AMST 3116: Jews and Popular Culture in 20th Century United States, Instructor: Riv-Ellen Prell

AMST 3920 /GLOS 3900: Black Paris: The African Diaspora in Paris, France, Instructor: Trica D. Keaton

CHIC 1112: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies: Critical Paradigms, Instructor: Toni Nelson Herrera

CHIC 1275/CHIC 3275: Service Learning in the Chicano/Latino Community, Instructors: Kathleen M. Ganley and Jennifer Lyn Caron

CHIC 3223: Chicana/o and Latina/o Representation in Film, Instructor: Louis G. Mendoza

CHIC 3374/CHIC 5374: Migrant Farmworkers in the U.S.: Families, Work, and Advocacy, Instructor: Lisa Sass Zaragoza

CHIC 3446: Chicana/o History II: WWII, El Movimiento, and the New Millenium, Instructor: Toni Nelson Herrera

CHIC 3452: Xicana/Indigena Studies: History, Culture, and Politics, Instructor: Tlahtoki Aguirre

CHIC 3507W: Introduction to Chicana/o Literature, Instructor: Debra J. Blake

CHIC 3712: Chicanas(os): Psychological Perspectives, Instructor: Eden E. Torres

CHIC 3752: Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society, Instructor: Richard Martinez

CHIC 3900 (PDF): Latino Immigration: Causes, Policies and Lived Experiences, Instructor: Richard Martinez

CHIC 3900: The Theory and Practice of Latina/o Leadership, Instructor: Michael Duenes

ENGL 1301W: Introduction to Multicultural American Literature, Instructors: Evelyn N. Chien and Paula Rabinowitz 

FREN 3350: Topics in Literature: Migration, Emigration and Immigration, Instructor: Hakim Abderrezak

FSOS 3104: Global and Diverse Families, Instructor: Paul C. Rosenblatt

GEOG 3377/GEOG 5377: Music in the City: Sounds and Bodies in Different Places, Instructor: Arun Saldanha

GEOG 3381W/GLOS 3701W: Population in an Interacting World, Instructor: Helga Leitner

GLOS 3900: Topics in Global Studies: Transnational Migration: Networks of People & Place, Instructor: Cawo Abdi

HIST 3415: Migrations in Modern Global History, Instructor: Donna Gabaccia

HIST 3485: History of Southeast Asia, Instructor: Mai Na Lee

HIST 3940/AAS 3920/ALL 3920: Hmong History Across the Globe, Instructor: Mai Na Lee

HIST 5877/AAS 5920 (PDF): Asian American History, Instructor: Erika Lee

PSTL 1204: Ways of Knowing in the Social Sciences, Instructor: Dan Detzner

PSTL 1364: Literature of the American Immigrant Experience, Instructor: Patricia A. Eliason

SCAN 3504: The Immigrant Experience, Instructor: Goran K. Stockenstrom

SOC 3211W: American Race Relations, Instructor: Enid Lynette Logan

Recent Syllabi

AAS 1101 (PDF): Imagining Asian America; Prof. Josephine Lee

AsianAmH 3877 (PDF): Asian American History 1850 - Present; Prof. Erika Lee

AsianAmH 5877 (PDF): Asian American History; Prof. Erika Lee

Chic 1907 (PDF): The Cicana/o Educational Experience in Literature: The Poetics of Resistance, Affirmation, and Assimilation; Assoc. Prof. Louis Mendoza

Chic 3223 (PDF): Chicana/o and Latina/o Representation in Cinema; Assoc. Prof. Louis Mendoza

Comm 3404 (PDF): Language Borderlands; Prof. Amy Sheldon

CSCL 5910/CSDS 5910/CLIT 5910 (PDF): Meaning and Identity in Postmodern Culture; Prof. Harvey Sarles

Eng 3960 (PDF): Senior Seminar: Black Women Writers of the U.S.; Prof. Michelle M. Wright

Eng 8510 (PDF): Criticism & Theory: Theorizing the African Diaspora; Prof. Michelle M. Wright

Geog 3381W/Glos 3701W (PDF): Population in an Interacting World; Prof. Helga Leitner

Glos 3401 (PDF): International Human Rights Law; Prof. Barbara Frey

Glos 5900/Law 6058 (PDF): Human Rights Advocacy; Prof. Barbara Frey

Hist 1902 (PDF): A Nation of Immigration or a Gate Keeping Nation? American Immigration in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; Prof. Erika Lee

Hist 3875 (PDF): Comparative Race & Ethnicity in U.S. History; Prof. Erika Lee

Hist 5863 (PDF): Proseminar: U.S.-Mexico Border; Prof. Jeffrey Pilcher

Hist 5990 (PDF): Studying Migration and Human Mobility across the Disciplines; Prof. Donna Gabaccia

Hist 8990 (PDF): Research Seminar, "Topics in Comparative History," Migration, Movement, Mobility; Prof. Donna Gabaccia

Ling 3707 (PDF): Ethnic Bilingualism in the U.S.; Assoc. Prof. Bruce Downing

Ling 5900 (PDF): Globalization, Migration and Language; Assoc. Prof. Bruce Downing

PA 5451/PH 6281 (PDF): Immigrant Health Issues; Prof. Katherine Fennelly

PA 5490 (PDF): Immigration and Public Policy; Prof. Katherine Fennelly

PA 8190 (PDF): Capstone on Social Justice and Immigration; Prof. Katherine Fennelly

SOC 3211 (PDF): American Race Relations; Prof. Douglas Hartmann

SOC 8211 (PDF): Race Theories; Prof. Douglas Hartmann