الإنتاج البحثي لأعضاء هيئة التدريس بالكلية V.8 - Flipbook - Page 6
إﺳﺮاء أﺣﻤﺪ اﻟﻤﻔﺘﺎح.د
أﺳﺘﺎذ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪ ﺑﻘﺴﻢ اﻟﻌﻠﻮم اﻟﺘﺮﺑﻮﯾﺔ – ﻛﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﺘﺮﺑﯿﺔ – ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﻗﻄﺮ
ealmuftah@qu.edu.qa
ORCID
8571-5441-0002-0000
Scopus ID
57193751353
(1) Al-Muftah, E. A. (2023). Looking back to move forward: internationalization at Qatar
University. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 12(1), 35-65.
Calls to "re-think" and "re-define" internationalization of higher education (IoHE) have been
increasingly noted in the literature (Heleta & Chasi, 2022). This article takes the institutional
archives of Qatar University to look back and consider what the past could mean for the future of
internationalization on the campus. I highlight the importance of studying the context of Qatar
University in which internationalization unfolds, including its institutional history and geopolitical
surroundings. By examining the historical, cultural, and social contexts/networks in which QU is
embedded, I argue that QU has been portrayed as an international project from the onset, although
one motivated by Third-Worldist, Islamic, and Arab notions of solidarity and, equally importantly,
one critical of Western hegemony. While I am cautious of romanticizing the past, I discuss how
looking backward helps IoHE scholars think less of internationalization as a fixed phenomenon and
moves the goal toward offering a more plural understanding of what internationalization can mean
in different contexts. Through this case study of QU, I contribute to efforts within this critical strand
of research to recenter IoHE conversations from "Euro-American-centric internationalisation
definitions, strategies, policies, approaches, and practices" to other parts of the world (Heleta &
Chasi, 2022, p. 2).
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