Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late 20th century to study dispersed
ethnic populations, which are often termed
diaspora peoples. The usage of the term
diaspora carries the
connotation of forced resettlement, due to expulsion, coercion, slavery,
racism, or war, especially
nationalist conflicts.
The International Institute for Diasporic and Transcultural Studies (IIDTS) — a transnational institute incorporating
Jean Moulin University (
Lyons, France), the
University of Cyprus,
Sun Yat-sen University (
Guangzhou, China) and
Liverpool Hope University (UK) — is a dedicated research network operating in a transdisciplinary logic and focused on cultural representation (and auto-representation) of diasporic communities throughout the world. The institute sponsors the trilingual publication Transtext(e)s-Transcultures: A Journal of Global Cultural Studies.[1]
Nehru University's School of International Studies,
www.jnu.ac.in[permanent dead link] has a strong research programme, DIMP (Diaspora and International Programme) and its faculty run a network
www.odi.in (Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives), an international network of higher academic researchers focused on studying Diaspora from International Perspective and examining diaspora as a resource in international relations. ODI publishes a research journal
www.tandfonline/rdst[permanent dead link] with Routledge, London.
Golong Gilig Institute of Javanese Diaspora Studies, Indonesia.
Hall, Stuart (1990). "Cultural Identity and Diaspora." From Jonathan Rutherford, e.d, Identity: Community, Culture, and Difference (Lawrence & Wishart), pp. 222-37.
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