Migration in early modern Venice
Rosa Salzberg, University of Warwick (UK) and European University Institute (Italy) discusses the impact of immigration on the city of Venice during the sixteenth century. We asked Rosa the following …
Course: Migration and Cities
The historical roots of urban migration
All cities have arisen and grown as a result of inward migration. Without some form of human movement towards a particular spot – be it a river crossing, the head …
The multiple layers of migration to Rome
Cities always possess layers of different types of migration. Let’s look at the modern history of Rome, the political capital of Italy and the global centre of the Catholic Church. …
The types of migration to cities
Here we describe the principal types of inward migration to cities.
Meet the team
The following educators have collaborated for the production of this course: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou Anna Triandafyllidou holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University, Toronto, …