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→ Cambridge journal ditches Anglo-Saxon name
Cambridge University Press is launching a new academic journal covering the Middle Ages, called Early Medieval England and its Neighbours (EMEN). This afternoon’s announcement should have been a boon to Æthelstan nerds, but Cambridge is instead receiving flak for once again kowtowing to political correctness.
We are delighted to introduce a new OA journal: Early Medieval England and its Neighbours!
As a relaunch of Anglo-Saxon England, EMEN features:
📂A broader approach
📰 Interdisciplinary scope
✔️Same high quality as ASEFind out more 👉https://t.co/cl0Ccrg5JL pic.twitter.com/h0GFAqaNAh
— Cambridge University Press – History (@cambUP_History) May 8, 2024
That’s because EMEN is in fact a relaunch of the publication Anglo-Saxon England. The University of Cambridge has had previous issues with Alfred the Great & co. Last year it was reported that the department responsible for early medieval history was teaching students that the Anglo-Saxons were not a distinct ethnic group, in an effort to tackle “myths of nationalism” and make the university curriculum more “anti-racist”.
Historians are now less than pleased with the CUP journal’s name change, with noted podcaster Dominic Sandbrook calling the individuals behind the decision “total drips” and accusing them of not having “the courage to say no to a handful of mad Americans”. First the Normans, now the American conquest…
→ Most college kids don’t care about Israel-Palestine
Students tend to get a bad rap for, as Terry Eagleton puts it, “prating of revolution while too smashed on dope to erect a tent pole, let alone a barricade”. But is it really fair to be blaming all students for the actions of a small and vocal minority?
The frat boy reaction was one thing, but new research from Axios has confirmed that only around 8% of college students have participated in either side of the protests. Based on a survey of 1,250 university students, it also found that respondents ranked the Middle East conflict as the least important issue facing them out of nine offered. Maybe the kids are alright…
→ Sceptics celebrate withdrawal of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine
Vaccine sceptics have been enjoying a victory lap today after AstraZeneca pulled its Covid-19 vaccine. Citing weak demand and the rise of other vaccines, the British-Swedish drugmaker announced that there would be a worldwide withdrawal.
But is weak demand really to blame? As some onlookers have pointed out, AstraZeneca admitted months ago that the drug could cause very rare, but life-threatening, injuries. It could well be that “weak demand” is a convenient foil for this rather more troubling revelation. No comment yet from the brain-wormed RFK Jr…
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Subscribe“No comment yet from the brain-wormed RFK Jr…”
What an utterly fatuous, never mind tasteless, remark by the proud “Unherd Staff”.
Yes, we expect better.
As a trivial aside, the picture was taken on the green beneath Clifford’s Tower, York, UK.
I walked past the Palestinian protest camp at Leeds Uni on Saturday.
Barely anybody there apart from the usual SWP 12 year olds and a few white middle-aged women expiating their guilt no doubt.
Two things I did notice;
1; No Blacks taking part; so obviously no reciprocal activism after BLM.
2; Zero recognition from the large numbers of Chinese students; not in their worldview at all.
Mostly the same where I live. Few more women with headscarves than you report and a smattering of ‘queer’ types, but mostly the decidedly pale SWP renta-mob and silly old bats covered in button badges for every leftie cause-celebre right back to the Miners’ Strike.
Given Arab views on black people I am not surprised they are not reciprocating.
Couldn’t they have at least kept some of the old journal title — maybe renaming it to Saxon Early Medieval England and its Neighbours — which would have provided a more memorable acronym, and one more in line with the onanism involved.
Who are the individuals behind the decision? Names…
No doubt a careful investigation would reveal that no one decided it. It just happened…
The protests turn the universities into tent cities but am not sure if the protests are effective. Anyway if there are problems with Astrazeneca, are the other brands without problems? I guess no use worrying. Those who will survive will survive. Just saying. XO
Apart from anything else, ‘total drips’ definitely deserves revival as a diss.