Immigration: Multicultural Britain

elective courses

Second cycle studies course

Classroom
Remote learning

The aim of the course is to provide students with a thorough background in immigration and ethnicity in postwar Britain. During the course students examine the legacy of the British empire and the impact of Britain's imperial past on both the construction of British/English identities and the attitude towards non-white immigrants coming from the former colonies after the Second World War.

The aim of the course is to provide students with a thorough background in immigration and ethnicity in postwar Britain. The course begins with on overview of the legacy of the British empire and the impact of Britain's imperial past on both the construction of British/English identities and the attitude towards non-white immigrants coming from the former colonies after the Second World War. The groups of immigrants are divided into to major categories such as immigrants from Europe and immigrants from the Commowealth. The media coverage of such events as the arrival of the Empire Windrush in London in 1948 and the 1950s TV documentaries are examined as source materials. These are set against and discussed in the context of legislation that was introduced to limit the numbers of non-white immigrants in Britain (British Nationality Acts) as well as the legislation whose goal was to prevent discrimination of ethnic minority groups (Race Relations Acts). Representation of various ethnic groups in the media is also to be discussed in relation to the texts by such theorists as, Stuart Hall, Bahikhu Parekh, Paul Gilroy, Homi K. Bhabha and Yasmin Alibhai Brown

Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin. True Colours. Southhampton: Institute for Public Policy Research, 1999.Baker, Houston A., Jr.,Manthia Diawara and Ruth H. Lindeborg, eds. Black British Cultural Studies. A Reader. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.Bhabha, Homi K. “Narrating the Nation.” In Nation and Narration, edited by Homi K. Bhabha,1-7. London: Routledge, 2000. Bhabha, Homi K. “The Postcolonial and The Postmodern: The Question of Agency.” In The Cultural Studies Reader, edited by Simon During 189-208. London: Routledge, 2001.Cannadiene, David. Ornamentalism. How the British Saw Their Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.Fairclough, Norman. Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. London: Routledge, 2003.Gilroy, Paul. There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack. London: Routledge, 2002.Hall, Stuart, ed. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage Publications, 2002.Mirzoeff, Nicholas. “The Multiple Viewpoint. Diaspora and Visual Culture.” In The Visual Culture Reader, edited by Nicolas Mirzoeff, 204-214. New York: Routledge, 2005.Morley, David, and Kevin Robins. British Cultural Studies, Geography, Nationality and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.Parekh, Bhikhu. Rethinking Multiculturalism. Hampshire: Palgrave, 2000.Paul, Kathleen. Whitewashing Britain. Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era. New York: Cornell University Press, 1997.Pines, Jim. “Rituals and Representations of Black ‘Britishness’.” in: British Cultural Studies. Geography Nationality and Identity, edited by David Morley Morley and Kevin Robins, 57-66. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Knowledge

Students know and understand:

K_W02 at an advanced level, key terminology, main methods and theories of research on British culture (in particular regarding migration and multiculturalism) within the framework of English philology;

K_W03 at an advanced level, tendencies in the development of cultural studies, in particular the history and theory of migration and multiculturalism within the English philology;

K_W05 at an advanced level of grammar, syntax, phonology, phonetics, morphology, pragmatics of the English language;

K_W07 principles of designing cultural studies, in particular the use of methods and tools in formulating research problems.

Skills

Students can:

K_U01 use the terminology and conceptual apparatus in the field of cultural studies, in particular regarding migration and multiculturalism;

K_U02 use the methodology of cultural studies within the English philology, respecting the standards of scientific ethics and copyright

K_U04 use the acquired knowledge to describe and solve problems and perform tasks related to the discipline of science about culture and religion

K_U11 design their own development path

Social competence

Students are ready to:

K_K02 lifelong learning and personal development, using the skills to select subjects and projects corresponding to the interests of a given person

K_K03 taking responsibility for one's own work and respecting the work of others, taking care to observe the principles of professional ethics as well as ethical principles and standards in project activities and other activities undertaken as part of professional work, volunteering, etc.

Language education at the B2 + level.

English language training level B2+

In class discussions students acquire skills of expressing their thoughts in a clear, coherent, logical and precise manner, with the use of language which is correct grammatically, lexically and phonetically.ducation at language level B2+.

ASSESSMENT:

Attendance, participation, presentation - 20%

Final test - 80%

GRADING:60-65 % - 3, 66-70 % - 3,5 71-80 % - 481-90 % - 4,591-100 % - 5

Three absences are allowed.

Retake exam during a retake session