{"id":1749,"date":"2018-01-25T14:20:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2018-01-25T14:20:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:20:56","slug":"call-for-papers-students-universities-and-knowledge-production-in-the-maghrib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1749","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Students, universities and knowledge production in the Maghrib"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Context and significance<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The sector of higher education is amongst the priorities of Maghribi countries and since independence it has undergone remarkable development, both scientifically and structurally. This development can be seen through the diversification of teaching programmes, national and international exchanges and a growing variety of socio-economic partners. This conference proposes to provide a state-of-the-art on the shifting relationship between students, universities and knowledge production in the Maghrib, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Research to date has tended to fall into three broad categories, each with its own chronological focus and preferred disciplinary approaches:<\/span><\/p>\n

    First, there has been a focus on students as political actors in nationalist politics in the colonial period, and then in opposition forces during the first decades of independence.[1]<\/a> Second, scholars have studied universities as an illustration of state modernization policies and a theatre of political struggles.[2]<\/a> Third, the links between universities and knowledge production have been examined, by looking back at past production and by formulating proposals for the reform of this institution.[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    This conference seeks to bring together these questions from public debate and academic traditions and establish a research agenda for the coming years in the Maghrib. Participants will be encouraged to consider the Maghrib as a whole when thinking and writing about students, universities and knowledge production, examining what new questions might emerge from considering other case studies, seeking out connections across the region and going beyond explicit or implicit narratives of national exceptionalism.[4]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    The aim of this conference is to share experiences, datasets and research methodologies in a multidisciplinary framework, favoring comparisons across chronological timeframes and geographical spaces. In doing so, we hope to stimulate creative thinking about the complex relationship between students, universities and knowledge production that will in turn reinforce rigorous academic research. Holding a conference on this theme will signal the significance of the questions which it raises, and provide an impetus to academics to play a more visible role in public interventions.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Conference participants are invited to engage with the following sub-themes:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Nation-building and relations between the university and the nation-state:<\/strong> cultural policy, curriculum and language. Students as political elites and state-builders. Students and protest movements.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. University circulations <\/strong>(of students, professors, ideas): how do circulations take place and what are their impacts?<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Transformation and its challenges:<\/strong> the political economy of research and education, the impact of the diversification of higher education. The impact and significance of the emergence of alternative actors of knowledge production.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Globalization:<\/strong> challenges of knowledge production and Maghribi universities within the context of an increasingly globalized research community. Implementation of the LMD (Bachelors\/Master\/Doctorate) system.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. The university as forum:<\/strong> the university as a social space and place of knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Scientific Committee (provisional)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n