Academics in a Century of Displacement (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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'Endangered scholars' is a recently highly relevant, yet historical notion. Embedded in the greater history of the 20th and 21st centuries it captures the phenomenon of scholars who, after years of intellectual work and integration in their societies of origin, are forced to seek rescue in foreign host societies. The pressing urgency of the topic thus has important historical roots. From escaping Russian intellectuals after 1917 to the protection of e.g. Jewish refugees during World War II, Algerian intellectuals in contemporary history, and persecuted academics from Turkey today: Over the course of about 100 years, categories of inclusion, transnational relations, and forms of agency of scholars at risk both remained surprisingly stable (and hence diachronously and synchronously comparable) while they also adjusted flexibly to contemporary conditions. This collective volume carves out this historical development and its recent expressions and to bring together researchers in this vivid yet largely unconnected field in migration and refugee studies. By developing a complex yet connected image of the origin of the global history and politics of protecting endangered scholars from the early 20th century until today, the book contributes to research on academics in exile as a part of refugee research, migration studies and the contemporary history of societies. It thus explores the phenomenon as an interdisciplinary historical, political and legal subject, features perspectives across involved disciplines, brings together scholars of forced migration and intellectual studies and includes currently affected scholars into the reflection of the phenomenon.