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From Fox News: A British college that offers courses in medieval history is reportedly scrutinizing multiple historical terms out of concern that they evoke nationalism.
British news outlet The Telegraph reported that the term “Anglo-Saxon” is under scrutiny at the University of Nottingham. “In a move to ‘decolonise the curriculum,’ professors have renamed a masters course in Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies as Viking and Early Medieval English Studies,” the outlet reported.
In addition, the same source also reported that a module within the program titled “Research Methods in Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies” has had the “Anglo-Saxon” term removed in favor of “Early Medieval English.” It also claimed that English literature module “A Tale of Seven Kingdoms: Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age England from Bede to Alfred the Great” was also renamed “Early medieval England from Bede to Alfred the Great.”
Anglo-Saxons aren’t the only identity being scrutinized either. “The university has also said it is seeking to ‘problematize the term ‘Viking’’ in its tuition,” the Telegraph reported, noting that “It comes amid concerns over the connections of ‘race, empire, Nazism” to Norse culture and mythology.’”
The Telegraph wrote: “The move follows a pledge made in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests to decolonise the curriculum, a term denoting a move away from Western-centered material and the dominance of ‘White voices’ in academia.”
More from Fox News: On Nottingham University’s website, there is an extensive page about “Decolonising the curriculum in English Studies” such as work to emphasize “Black communities” and to “problematise nationalist discourses which privilege white, English-speaking citizens in the UK and USA.”
⚔️ University cancels Anglo-Saxon ‘to decolonise’ the curriculum.
Masters course renamed as academics worry term suggests ‘nationalist narratives’
Read more at the link below 👇 https://t.co/mgonkus9XM
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 31, 2024
Opinion | Major UK university to remove term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ to ‘decolonize’ curriculum https://t.co/uhiZMEw02j
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 7, 2024
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