Florian Kohstall
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Armed conflicts and restrictions on academic freedom have forced many scholars into exile. So far, few comprehensive studies exist on the professional trajectories of these scholars and their contributions to knowledge exchange. We know little about the individual situations and networks of these scholars, their motivations and the challenges they face in their home as well as their host countries. How does forced displacement affect their lives?...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Berlin is increasingly emerging as a hub of Arab intellectual life in Europe. In this first study of Arab culture to zoom in on the thriving metropolis, the contributors shed light on the dynamics of transformation with Arabs as agents, subjects, and objects of change in the spheres of politics, society and history, gender, demographics and migration, media and culture, and education and research. The kaleidoscopic character of the collection, embracing...