Organisers: Andrew Gibson (Aarhus University) and Taina Saarinen (Jyväskylä University)
Registration: This session is a part of a conference European Universities - Critical Futures that takes place in person in Copenhagen as well as online (13-15 December 2021). The online participation will be via Microsoft Teams (not Zoom). To receive the link, register for as Participant (attending online) here: https://events.au.dk/keystoneconference/signup
Background
The Alternative Internationalisms working group has held a series of meetings about rethinking internationalization from alternative (historical, theoretical, geographical, linguistic) perspectives; unpacking internationalisms in different contexts; linking the discussions of internationalisms to higher education policies; and discussing alternate histories and alternate futures of higher education.
Having earlier taken off from the concept of “queering” internationalisation, in this session we will continue to set the scene from the concept of “omnicrisis”, and from there continue our discussions of current and alternative internationalisms. After a scene-setting presentation, the group members will give short presentations on their work, followed by a panel and a question and answers session with researchers and policy makers.
The ‘omnicrisis’ frames concerns for rethinking key concepts at a time when the sphere of the ‘international’ is facing multiple existential challenges. The current crisis invites us to go beyond a ‘normal’ rethinking of higher education in relation to these multiple crises, and to reimagine internationalization with a different topology and through alternative lenses that highlight different geographical imaginaries and collaborations, including forms of civic engagement beyond ‘normal science’.
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