In Defence of Learning
The Plight, Persecution, and Placement of Academic Refugees, 1933-1980s
At a time of increasing international concern with immigration, this book is a timely reminder of the enormous contribution generations of academic refugees have made to learning the world over. The essays celebrate both the work of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and the achievements of the scholars themselves.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Weindling, Paul (Wellcome Trust Research Professor in the History of Medicine, Oxford Brookes University) (Hrsg.) / Wintour, Laura (Zimbabwe Programme Manager, CARA) (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-726481-2
- EAN: 9780197264812
- Produktnummer: 22674686
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.9 cm x D2.5 cm 720 g
- Gewicht: 720
- Sonstiges: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Über den Autor
Professor Shula Marks: Born in Cape Town, Shula Marks was formerly Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, and is now Emeritus Professor of Southern African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London and Honorary Professor in the History Department at the University of Cape Town. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Cape Town and Natal. She has lectured and written widely onSouth African history, including most recently chapters in the New Cambridge History of South Africa, vol. 2 (forthcoming), and has supervised some fifty doctoral students. She is currently researching a book on the history of social medicine. She was Chair of the Society for the Protection andLearning/Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and is still a member of CARA's Council.
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