Academia in transformation : scholars facing the Arab uprisings / Florian Kohstall, Carola Richter, Sarhan Dhouib, Fatima Kastner [eds.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Kohstall, Florian, editor.

Richter, Carola, editor.

Dhouib, Sarhan, editor.

Kastner, Fatima, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

History.

Middle East--Study and teaching.

Middle East.

Education, Higher--Middle East--History--21st century.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Physical Description:

223 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baden-Baden, Germany : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2018.

Summary:

"This book provides an insight into the transformation of the academic landscape in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings. It analyses how the academic discourse in and on the MENA region has changed and reflects on how the aforementioned transformation, which is still ongoing, is shaping lines of inquiry in different disciplines"--Back cover.

Contents:

A note from the editors / Florian Kohstall, Carola Richter, Sarhan Dhouib and Fatima Kastner

Introduction: Academia in transformation : testing the paradigms of new knowledge / Amal Grami

Middle East studies and academic cooperation in the wake of the Arab uprisings / Florian Kohstall

Political science in Egypt: talkin' bout a revolution / Jan Claudius Völkel

Opening up the text: Arabic literary studies on the move / Barbara Winckler and Christian Junge

An uprising in teaching Arabic language / Bilal Orfali, Rana Siblini and Maha Houssami

Justice in transformation: rethinking theory and practice of the global transitional justice model / Fatima Kastner

Philosophy in transition : philosophy of transition / Sarhan Dhouib

Communication studies in transformation : self-reflections on an evolving discipline in times of change / Carola Richter and Hanan Badr

Webs of change? The transformation of online social networks and communication infrastructures from a technological point of view / Tobias Amft and Kalman Graffi

The damage done: the "Arab Spring", cultural heritage and archaeologists at risk / Ammar Abdulrahman

Transformations and continuities. Some general reflections / Hans Jörg Sandkühler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

384872829X

9783848728299

OCLC:

1037808070

Publisher Number:

99977692470