The MA in Mobility Studies uses English as its communication and teaching language. It is structured into a set of core units: general modules identify key subjects in mobility studies in the field of history and in the humanities, while the other modules offer a range of multidisciplinary courses from the social sciences and related subjects relevant to the field, such as global economic history; history of tourism; space, place and mobility; demography of migration; museums, collections and heritage; and European and global citizenship.
The MA in Mobility Studies has a strong identity that is unique in the national and international panorama and is based on advanced methodologies in historical and humanistic research, encompassing digital humanities and digital history. The aim of the programme is thus to train graduates to understand and contextualise the present challenges related to the various forms of mobility and to integrate this understanding with innovative analysis. Taught by experts from different fields across the humanities (history, geography, demography, anthropology and philology), social sciences and law, each module will familiarise students with multidisciplinary approaches to mobility studies.
The curriculum aims to develop the following specific skills:
- to understand the modern phenomena of spatial, textual, material and social mobility in a historical perspective;
- to analyse and integrate historical, geographical and cultural information, with special attention devoted to economic, social, political and environmental forms of mobility;
- to develop career opportunities in the form of transferable skills and knowledge that will be useful in a wide variety of careers in international NGOs, local government and community organising; and
- to apply the principles of global citizenship and sustainability (with reference to the objectives of the 2030 Global Agenda) with its historical, social, cultural, economic, political and environmental repercussions.
General Modules
Migrations in World History
Transport History
Ideas and Cultures in Motion
Communication and Media in History
History and Social Sciences
Commodity Chains in World History
History of Tourism
Demography of Migration
Space, Place and Mobility
Cultural Encounters
Museum Collections Heritage
Theory and Methods
Digital Tools for Mobility Research
Big Data and Social Network Analysis
Literature, Law and Social Sciences
English as a Global Language
Texts on the Move
Digital Philology
Global Citizenship
Gender Studies
Law, Economy and Globalisation
Laboratories
Statistics and Databases
Public History
Others
Academic Speaking and Writing
Internship
Final Project