Janebova, E. (2023) The challenge of culture: The Czech path to international education in Mestenhauser and the Possibilities of International Education: Illuminating Pathways for Inquiry and Future Practice Edited By Anne M. D’Angelo, Mary Katherine O’Brien, Gayla Marty (Routledge, 2023).

Summary: This book addresses the theoretical foundations of the field of international education and the implications for practice and strategy by focusing on the work of Josef Mestenhauser (1925–2015) and the depth and breadth of his contribution to the area of internationalisation of higher education. It considers key concepts and poses questions for discussion that make Mestenhauser’s work accessible to new readers.

It includes Josef A. Mestenhauser´s unfinished manuscript and, through a series of provocative essays, including Eva Janebová’s Challenge of Culture: the Czech Pathway to International Education, Hanneke Teekens, Hans de Wit, Darla Deardoff and many other contributors across the globe examine Mestenhauser’s influence on their understanding and practice of international education, the relevance of his work today, the transferability of his ideas across contexts, and current interpretations of the field. They consider areas of agreement and disagreement that illuminate pathways for inquiry and future practice, affirming the importance of his work in a new era.