Comparative Diaspora Studies

In response to geopolitical, economic, or environmental pressures, many ethnic groups have dispersed from their original homeland to multiple nation-states. The Comparative Diaspora Studies group critically responds to the increasing need to understand the migratory dispersal and ethnic experiences of these communities that are scattered across national borders in different local and global contexts.

The members of the Comparative Diaspora Studies group focus on the ways in which diasporic people strive to maintain their transnational connections while managing their divergent ethnic and cultural identities, socioeconomic disparities, and political divisions within their communities in the newly resettled societies. By investigating the complexities of diasporized lives from a comparative perspective, the group aims to cross theoretical and disciplinary boundaries and expand its initiative across ASU and beyond.