Università Roma Tre

This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy from an emigration to an immigration country. After drawing a profile of contemporary Italian immigration, with its economic, political and sociological aspects, the course focuses on the integration process of immigrants in Rome. Through the analysis of integration policies and experiences in different fields, students will gain awareness of the complexity of the issues at stake and will be able to fully understand opportunities and constraints brought about by multiculturalism in a large metropolis.

This course is taught in English.

REQUIRED READINGS:

• Maurizio Albahari (2015), Fatal distractions: Mediterranean migrations and the war on human smuggling (download from
http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org).
• University of Oxford (2016), Forced migration review: Destination Europe (download from
http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe.html). Selected extracts.
• Maurizio Ambrosini (2013), A functional offence. Irregular immigration, elderly care recipients, and invisible Welfare.
(download from: www.eui.eu) (16 pages)
• Maurizio Ambrosini (2011), Immigration in Italy: between economic acceptance and political rejection, International
migration and integration (download from:
www.studisocialiepolitici.unimi.it/docenti/ambrosini/documenti/File/JIMI.art.mio.pdf) (18 pages)
• Silvia Rusconi (2010), Italy’s migration experiences (download from:
http://www.migrationeducation.org/38.1.html?&rid=178&cHash=b18ff335ad74f6e52754cfcb43318922 ) (11 pages)
• The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (2014), Smuggled Futures: The dangerous path of the migrant
from Africa to Europe (download from: www.globalinitiative.net) (27 pages)
• Giuseppe Sciortino (2009), Fortunes and miseries of Italian labour migration policy, CESPI Country Papers (download from:
http://www.cespi.it/WPMIG/Country%20mig-Italia-Sciortino.pdf) (16 pages)
• Meltingpot News (2015), New bill makes it easier for immigrant children to become Italians (download from:
http://www.meltingpotnews.com/).
• Elena Caneva (2015), The integration of migrants in Italy: an overview of policy instruments and actors (download from:
http://cadmus.eui.eu/).
IDOS(2016), Dossier statistico immigrazione 2016. Selected extract: Immigration in Italy in 2015. Key facts.

SUGGESTED FILM VIEWINGS:

• Nuovomondo, by Emanuele Crialese (2006)
• Terraferma, by Emanuele Crialese (2011)
• Soltanto il mare, by Dagmawi Yimer, Giulio Cederna and Fabrizio Barraco (2011)
• L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, by Agostino Ferrente (2006)
• Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore in Piazza Vittorio, by Isotta Toso (2010)