"Universities in Muslim Societies: A Call For Resistance and Responsibility" by Nuraan Davids, Ph.D.

#americanuniversity / The 6th Annual Advancing Education in Muslim Societies Symposium: Implications for Policy, Pedagogy, Training, and Development, an #event sponsored by the American University School of Education's International Training and Education Program (ITEP) and the International Institute of Islamic Thought.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Nuraan Davids, Ph.D.: "Universities in Muslim Societies: A Call For Resistance and Responsibility." Dr. Nuraan Davids is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Davids presented the keynote address: “Universities in Muslim societies: A call for resistance and responsibility.” In her address, Dr. Davids argues that “a university is at risk when it fails to see itself as a place of argumentation, resistance, and responsibility. For universities in Muslim societies, this risk is compounded when one considers the ethico-religious responsibilities placed on what it means to be educated.” Dr. Davids argues “for a preparedness to being reflectively open to new considerations and fusions of knowledge; a pedagogy of resistance and dissent that could enhance intellectualism; and a responsiveness to broader social malaises as a fulfillment of education as a human responsibility.”

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