Month: May 2020

Commemoration for service in the Great War, 1914-1919, University College London (UCL) | ProfJoeCain
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Lessons About Renaming University Buildings

Summary: The argument builds on several steps. First, naming is a commemorative act. These acts support heritage stories. Conflicts over renaming really are conflicts between heritage stories. These conflicts cannot be resolved by appealing to […]
Charles Darwin Blue Plaque on Gower Street London WC1 | ProfJoeCain
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Darwinian Heritage on Gower Street at UCL

English Heritage commemorates Charles Darwin with a blue plaque located on Gower Street in Bloomsbury, central London. The “Darwin plaque” is fixed to the Darwin Building, one of the substantial science buildings of University College […]