Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore 
Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq: Identities and Participation in Post-Conflict Enquiry 

This book is without doubt one of the most important publications that I have read for a very long time. These stories by Iraqi scholars raise many important insights, issues and questions. Their accounts provide some chilling insights into the terrible forms of oppression and discrimination that are part of the barriers to the realisation of an inclusive and creative development. It is extremely difficult to appreciate the pain and suffering that has been an integral part of their lives. Their accounts are readable and refreshingly honest. I do believe that there is a moral responsibility for all members of departments in universities to read and discuss this book as a matter of urgency. This needs to be done in terms of what we can learn about Iraq and in turn, to critically examine our own current conditions, relations, policies and practices, so that we can also struggle for a more inclusive system of educational provision and practice in higher education.

Table of Content

Series Editor’s Preface by Roger Slee: The Iraq Research Fellowship Programme – Academic Coordinator’s Perspective; Foreword by Adel Sharif; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Nobel Prizes for Iraqi Researchers?; 1. Progress Through Overcoming Obstacles in Tuberculosis Research: A Synergy between Developing the Academy and Healthcare: ‘Making tomorrow better than today’; 2. Banking Collapses: Transforming the Learning Environment in Iraq through Forum Theatre; 3. We don’t do Numbers! Reimagining Gender and Selves; 4. A Journey of Learning: The Curriculum in Iraqi Schools and Higher Education; 5. Experiences of Insufficiency: ‘Walking on a ledge in the dark’; 6. Mobile phone Technologies and Diabetes: a Project for Self-management and Education; Conclusion: Aspirations for New Position, Identity and Agency: Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq.