Students at the University of Manchester have painted over a mural of a poem by Rudyard Kipling, arguing that the writer “dehumanised people of colour”. More...
31 juillet 2018
31 juillet 2018
Where are the black scientists, artists and thinkers in university syllabuses?
Degrees focusing on blackness should become more of a priority if we are to build a truly inclusive society. More...
31 juillet 2018
Country diary: metamorphosis in a museum tower
This glorious structure is a place rich in history. As we walked through the galleries our guide paused to show us the great oak door behind which Bishop Wilberforce confronted “Darwin’s bulldog”, Thomas Huxley, in their famous debate on evolution. We, however, were intent on a more modest fraction of the building’s past. More...
31 juillet 2018
Issues of class in education and having a uniform to rail against
Re your leader on St Olave’s grammar school (Pupils paid the price. It was their school’s failure, 12 July), it is not the first time that the school’s admissions policy, among other matters, has been the subject of a report. In 1868, in his report on the endowed classical or grammar schools of the London postal district, Daniel Fearon, the assistant commissioner to the Schools Inquiry Commission, had much to say about this ancient foundation. More...
30 juillet 2018
Quelle est votre histoire ?
Cette semaine, je vous invite à développer vos talents de conteurs en menant de petites expériences qui reposent sur les faits saillants de votre vie. Plus...
30 juillet 2018
Deaf service cuts: a stark reminder of deaf education’s troubled history
An investigation by the National Deaf Children’s Society has revealed that services are being cut by an average of 10%. This follows reports that deaf education is already “in complete disarray” due to cuts to specialist teachers. News of the latest cutbacks have provoked anger among the deaf community who rightly fear that this loss of resources and expertise – which is already significantly below the national average – will have a detrimental impact on the life chances of deaf people. More...
25 juillet 2018
Time to Dismiss the Stanford Prison Experiment?
By Greg Toppo. The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment has long been considered a window into the horrors ordinary people can inflict on one another, but new interviews with participants and reconsideration of archival records shed more light on the findings. More...
23 juillet 2018
Ending Honor for Disgraced Scientist
By Scott Jaschik. After extensive study, Pitt moves to change name of building that houses its public health program -- a name that currently honors the U.S. surgeon general who oversaw the Tuskegee experiment. More...
22 juillet 2018
Compromising on a Timeline for History
By Colleen Flaherty. Responding to criticism of its earlier plan to begin the Advanced Placement World History exam around the year 1450, the College Board on Wednesday announced that it would begin the test with questions starting at about 1200. More...
22 juillet 2018
Where Historians Work
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Historical Association this week launches Where Historians Work, an online tool tracking career outcomes for the more than 8,500 historians who earned their Ph.D.s at U.S. institutions between 2004 and 2014. More...
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