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Waves of the Iranian diaspora

Why and how Iranians left, where they settled, and how each wave built its community.

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IDCDC-DIA-01 · Foundations · 16 h · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global

Academy · course · Diaspora studies · Faculty of Diaspora, Society and Research · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global

Waves of the Iranian diaspora

Why and how Iranians left, where they settled, and how each wave built its community.

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LevelFoundationsSelf-paced online with family-history exercises.

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Course code
IDCDC-DIA-01
School
Diaspora studies
Faculty
Faculty of Diaspora, Society and Research
Level
Foundations
Hours
16 h (estimated)
Audience
Diaspora members of every generation, researchers and host-country partners.
Prerequisites
none listed
Enrolment
open
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Outline

6 modulesOutline ready
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Old dispersions
2
Students and professionals before 1979
3
1979 and the 1980s
4
1990s to 2010s
5
Recent departures
6
Counting the diaspora

What you can do after

  • Distinguish the main migration waves and their causes.
  • Explain how statistics count, and miss, the diaspora.
  • Compare the community's history in at least two countries.
  • Record a family migration story with consent.
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