Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late 20th century to study dispersed

ethnic An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

populations, which are often termed

diaspora peoples A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. Historically, the word was used first in reference to the dispersion of Greeks in the Hellenic world, and later Jews after ...

. The usage of the term diaspora carries the connotation of forced resettlement, due to expulsion, coercion, slavery,

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonis ...

, or war, especially

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...

conflicts.

Academic institutes

* The International Institute for Diasporic and Transcultural Studies (IIDTS) — a transnational institute incorporating

Jean Moulin University The Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (french: link=no, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), also referred to as Lyon 3, is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French Resistance fighter Jean Moulin and specialises i ...

(

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

s, France), the University of Cyprus,

Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University (, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national key public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and nam ...

(

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

, China) and

Liverpool Hope University , mottoeng=Hope to all who need it , established=1844 – Saint Katharine's College (as Warrington Training College)1856 – Notre Dame College (as Our Lady's Training College)1964 – Christ's College1979 – Liverpool Institute of Higher Edu ...

(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''. * Nehru University's School of International Studies
www.jnu.ac.in
has a strong research programme, DIMP (Diaspora and International Programme) and its faculty run a networ
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 journa
www.tandfonline/rdst
with Routledge, London. * Golong Gilig Institute of Javanese Diaspora Studies, Indonesia.

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* 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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Academic institutes

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