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Call for participation: Is there an African University?
Workshop organized by the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 15–16 July 2021
The organizers invite contributions for a workshop that will focus on Africa as a specific region that is not well represented in higher education studies as well as in global images and imaginations of what a university in the 21st century looks like. The organizers are interested in empirical and theoretical contributions that explore case studies, examples and models of African Universities. They would like to discuss whether there is an “African University” and if so, what makes it “African”.
Participants are invited to think about existing university models in the African context and to examine what are the common characteristics and what are the differences. One specific focus would be to challenge implicit and explicit Western perspectives in this discourse. Also, the organizers are interested in contributions that ask how a socially responsible and responsive university looks like in the African context.
Possible topics for the contributions:
- University and society in African contexts (responsiveness, social responsibility, impact, third mission etc.)
- History/histories of higher education in African contexts
- Case studies of African universities
- Colonisation and decolonisation
- Internationalization and regionalization
- Higher education management in African universities Diversity regimes in African universities
The goal of the workshop is to build up an international and interdisciplinary network of scholars interested in African higher education and African universities.
Date and Format: 15-16 July 2021 in a hybrid format.
Abstract submission: The organizers invite scholars to submit a short abstract in English (max. 1 page) until 15 April 2021 to l.schubert@clutteruni-bonn.de – Notification of Acceptance within three weeks. Scholars at all levels (graduate students, postdocs, senior scientists).
