The Humanities in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Arab World and Germany
Forum Transregionale Studien e. V.
Published: 2022
Dossiers, Forum Transregionale Studien Bd. 2 (2022)
Abstract
The role of the humanities, their standing in the academic field and their impact on society are questions of global relevance. Why is it important to study, teach and do research in the humanities? What role do the humanities play in the Arab world and Germany—both in the academic domain and the public sphere of ‘societies in change’? Which challenges and obstacles do scholars in the humanities face across the Arab world, especially in war or postwar situations, such as in Syria, Yemen or Iraq, and which research opportunities do the students and academics have? What could be done to strengthen the humanities in the Arab world, in Germany and on a global level? And what can we learn from each other’s experiences?
These and other questions were raised and discussed at the international conference 'The Place of Humanities in Research, Education and Society: An Arab-German Dialogue', which was held in Berlin in November 2019, as part of the activities of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). This collection of essays, titled 'The Humanities in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Arab World and Germany', which was first published as a blog series, takes up key issues that were raised and discussed during our conference.
Contributions by AGYA members and alumni/ae
Prof. Dr. Nuha Alshaar
Introduction, p. 12–32.
Dr. Amro Ali
Bringing Philosophy and Sociology to the Egyptian Public, p. 188–197.
Dr. Nadia Bahra
Archaeology in Algeria: Challenges of Multi- disciplinary Research and the Identity Question, p. 96–103.
Prof. Dr. Julia Hauser
Out of the Ivory Tower: Broadening Global History in Germany, S. 134–141.
Dr. Christian Junge
Why Non-European Languages Matter to European Humanities: Area Studies and Postcolonial Philology, p. 116–123.
Dr. Beate Ulrike La Sala
Introduction, p. 12–32.
Prof. Dr. Jenny Rahel Oesterle
Introduction, p. 12–32.
German Medieval Studies and the Arab World: Overcoming Disciplinary and Epistemic Boundaries Within the Humanities, p. 142–149.
Dr. Barbara Winckler
Introduction, p. 12–32.
The Potential of Arabic Literary Studies: (Re)Situating the Field Between ‘Systematic’ Disciplines and Area Studies in Western Academia, p. 214–223.
