179 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/179-2/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:47:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png 179 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/179-2/ 32 32 Renaming Calhoun College in Yale University https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/renaming-calhoun-college-in-yale-university?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renaming-calhoun-college-in-yale-university Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// In 2015, Yale President Peter Salovey raised the issue of the namesake of Calhoun College during his address to incoming freshmen. The building had been named after a supporter of slavery, prompting university-wide debate about the value of changing the name of the residential building. While initially against a name change, Salovey was met with […]

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]]> In 2015, Yale President Peter Salovey raised the issue of the namesake of Calhoun College during his address to incoming freshmen. The building had been named after a supporter of slavery, prompting university-wide debate about the value of changing the name of the residential building. While initially against a name change, Salovey was met with backlash over this decision, resulting in his establishment of a commission to investigate the value of name changes at Yale. Eventually, the building was renamed in 2017 in honour of Grace Murray Hopper. This case study explores this process and whether or not this type of commission could potentially serve as an example for other institutional contexts.

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