EPOL Ph.D. Candidate Co-Publishes Research on the History of Libya's Educators

Essam Elkorghli co-authored (with Matteo Capasso) on the role of Egyptian teachers in Libya and their defining role in delineating the meaning of liberation in the post-independence (1951) Libya. The research shows the power of education, educators, and textbooks in shaping a society in a region rife with geopolitical tensions proliferated by imperialism and neocolonialism.