This course is designed on this rationale and aims to assist its prospective participants in developing the perspective of “transnationalism,” with which they can approach contemporary social and political phenomena without being trapped by national borders, namely “methodological nationalism.” By specifically focusing on the phenomenon of migration, this course attempts to discuss border-crossing engagements and activities from a historical, inter-disciplinary and case-comparative perspective. Equally important, the course also focuses on how scholars have attempted to understand these phenomena at different historical moments. It is expected that this collateral aim will help prospective participants to understand the nature of paradigmatic shifts in the social sciences at large.