By Scott Jaschik. Duke removes statue of Robert E. Lee. University of Texas will remove statues of Lee and 3 other Confederate leaders. Bowdoin removes plaque honoring Confederate alumni and Jefferson Davis. More...
15 octobre 2017
12 octobre 2017
Robert E. Lee Statue Vandalized at Duke
By Nick Roll. A statue of Robert E. Lee was vandalized at Duke University sometime in the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The statue of Lee is one of 10 statues that adorn the Duke chapel, which are drawn from figures in Protestant and Methodist traditions, as well as the American South. The vandalism -- the statue’s face was damaged, and its nose chipped off -- comes as tensions are rising around Confederate monuments and white supremacy’s role in America in the past and the present. More...
11 octobre 2017
Historians Weigh In on Confederate Monuments
By Colleen Flaherty. Historians have been called upon heavily to make sense of the political present via their knowledge of the past. And this week, the American Historical Association released a statement addressing the ongoing debate over what to do with Confederate monuments. More...
10 octobre 2017
Honors for Racist Scientists
By Colleen Flaherty. In a twist to discussions about campus memorials linked to slavery and racism, the natural sciences are facing new questions about monuments tied to eugenics and to individuals who denied basic rights to those nonwhite people on whom they did research. More...
9 octobre 2017
‘Fanny Hill’ Dropped From U of London Syllabus
By Elizabeth Redden. A 270-year-old erotic novel has been dropped from an 18th-century literature course syllabus for fear of offending students, The Times of London reported. Judith Hawley, a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, said the book, Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, was dropped after consultation with students. Fanny Hill, which was written by John Cleland and published in 1748, is considered to be the first erotic novel written in English. More...
9 octobre 2017
25 years of the web
25 years of the web
Dave Winer, Scripting News, 2015/12/21
True for learning technology as well: "The people we celebrate as heroes of tech are the ones who made the most money, and that money is directly proportional to the amount of diversity they destroyed. They are the opposite of heroes." More...
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