The History of Higher Education

When we think of old universities, our minds may go to Cambridge or Oxford, or maybe the University of Bologna. But one of the earliest known universities was established in the Moroccan City of Fez. Join Professorial Lecturer in African Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Eamonn Gearon, to explore the fascinating story of an esteemed University that was established centuries before Oxford: Karaouine University, founded by Fatima Al-Fishri in 859.

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The History of Higher Education is an episode from The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast by Michael Howley.

This episode is 26:15 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2017.

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