Academia in transformation : : scholars facing the Arab uprisings / / Florian Kohstall [and three others], [eds.].

• TeilnehmendeR: Kohstall, Florian,
• Place / Publishing House: Baden-Baden, Germany : : Nomos,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)

Popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have had a deep impact, not only on the societies and political structures in the respective countries there, but also on different academic disciplines. The events that started in 2010 in Tunisia have altered academic terminology, contributed to a shift in study focus and sometimes challenged dominant theoretical approaches. The book provides an insightful and illuminating view of the transformation of the academic landscape in the aftermath of these uprisings. It analyses how the academic discourse in and on the MENA region has changed and reflects on how the aforementioned transformation processes, which are still ongoing, are shaping lines of inquiry in different disciplines, including political science, Arabic literature and language studies, philosophy, communication studies, sociology, computer studies and archaeology. The book's authors are members of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). With contributions by Ammar Abdulrahman, Tobias Amft, Hanan Badr, Sarhan Dhouib, Kalman Graffi, Amal Grami, Maha Houssami, Christian Junge, Fatima Kastner, Florian Kohstall, Bilal Orfali, Carola Richter, Hans Jörg Sandkühler, Rana Siblini, Jan Claudius Völkel, Barbara Winckler

Table of 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.