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19 May 2020

UCC, along with 8 EU partners in 鈥楾he European 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Post-Industrial Cities鈥� (UNIC) alliance have developed a lecture series and Master Course for the Summer term 2020 on 鈥淢igration and Corona鈥�. The initiative is part of a unique partnership to boost mobility and inclusion through teaching, research and community engagement across the Erasmus 深夜亚洲福利久久 Rotterdam, Koc 深夜亚洲福利久久 Istanbul, Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Deusto, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Oulu, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Zagreb and 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Li猫ge.

深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork joined the European alliance and signed the UNIC mission statement earlier this year. Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law, Associate Vice President, Director of European Relations and Public Affairs at UCC, said that,

鈥淯CC and Cork City Council are delighted to build on their existing relationships, particularly around the UNESCO City of Learning and the UCC Civic and Community Engagement agenda鈥�.

As part of tbis EU wide Masters Course, Dr Piaras MacEinri, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, will engage students in learning about COVID-19 and vulnerable migrant populations: the specific case of asylum seekers in Ireland鈥檚 Direct Provision system. This multi-disciplinary social science course is accredited at Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum as a Master course with Prof. Dr. Ludger Pries as coordinator of the course. It includes a Video Lecture by one of the social science scholars of a UNIC university. Inter-university student working groups study specific topics like 鈥淗ow are images of migration and migrants changing due to Corona in public discourse in my country and city?鈥� Results of such group work will be presented online/in video meetings or by papers.

Preliminary course program

Sessions each Wednesday morning 10-12 am

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Contact: ludger.pries@rub.de and kubilay.cumur@rub.de