Focusing on institutions of higher education, this volume explores how knowledge about Europe is produced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and how knowledge about the MENA is produced in Europe.
The contributors begin from the premise that higher education is rarely an apolitical space - every view is a view from somewhere. Taking into account competing scholarly practices and the politics of educational institutions, they examine the historical evolution of French, German and Italian scholarship on the MENA, analyse liminal cases such as Malta, Palestine and Turkey, and consider critique as the driving force not only of the higher educational establishment but of liberal and illiberal contexts. They also investigate major influences on knowledge production, notably gender, the COVID-19 pandemic and think tanks.
Presenting a wide range of case studies, Knowledge production in higher education is essential reading for scholars interested in how regions are represented and how knowledge is constructed. It also provides valuable insights for broader debates on positionality, the decolonisation of academia and global international relations.
