The Academic Freedom conference hosted by the BA
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Alexandria, 15 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the "Academic Freedom Conference: Problems and Challenges in Arab and African Countries", organized by the UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific Committee for Arab States in cooperation with the Arab and African Research Center in Cairo (AARC), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, 10-11 September.
The conference shed light on development of and modification in the concept of academic freedom in Arab and African states, the economical realities and impacts on academic freedom, as well as how it is affected by globalization.
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