Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): CEF Journal

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025)

Published October 17, 2025
CEF Journal

Special Issue: Higher Education and the Future of the Nation

Guest/Issue Editors:

Daniel Tröhler1, Kevser Muratović1, Synne Myrebøe1, Hans Schildermans1

1 University of Vienna, Austria

Editorial Introduction

Hans Schildermans, Synne Myrebøe
179-191
Introduction: Comparative perspectives on higher education, nation-building, and future imaginaries
https://doi.org/10.70116/29802741121
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/29802741121

Articles

Kevser Muratovic
192-208
Imagining the imperial future: University and reform in the Ottoman Empire
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274195
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274195
John Walsh
209-225
Nation building, Gaelicisation and the National University of Ireland, 1908-45
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274194
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274194
Lourens van Haaften
226-245
Universities as sites of nation-building: Rethinking the role of higher education in post-colonial state formation in India
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274190
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274190
Carolina Guzman Valenzuela
246-259
From colonial roots to decolonial futures: Transforming national identity and global engagement in Chilean universities
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274191
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274191
Yaobin Tong
260-277
For rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation: The theory and practice of ideological-political education in Chinese universities
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274193
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274193
Sirke Mäkinen
278-301
(Re)constructing Finland and Finnish identity in the context of education export – From the margins to the group of leading exporters?
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274196
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274196
Milica Popović, Hannah Jones
302-330
Academic freedom and (re)building the nation
https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274186
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/2980274186

Editorial Conclusion

Ethan W. Ris
331-338
Mirror and instrument: Higher education as reluctant partner of the nation-state
https://doi.org/10.70116/29802741122
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70116/29802741122