The University of Nottingham in England has deleted the term Anglo-Saxon from several programs as part of a larger effort to “decolonise the curriculum.”
One course formerly known as “Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies” recently was renamed “Viking and Early Medieval English Studies,” The Telegraph reports.
The term also was removed from another program, “Research Methods in Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies”; now it’s called “Early Medieval English,” according to the report.
The changes come from a university-wide project aimed at “decolonising the curriculum,” according to its website.
Rooted in critical race theory, the project goal is to “recognis[e] and challeng[e] the colonial roots and Western biases of what we teach, how we teach it, and what we value in our students’ work.” […]
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