Berkeley Library at Trinity College
Indeed, Berkeley’s name may be removed from the Trinity library pending the outcome of the college’s two-year examination into its links with slavery and the British empire. Patrick Prendergast, Trinity’s provost, said when announced the university’s Colonial Legacies project last month, that the interrogation of its history was sparked off by “debates that arose from the Black Lives Matter movement”.
Trinity will research legacy issues such as how it redeveloped its curriculum to educate colonial civil servants and exported colonial ideologies to the rest of the British empire.
It will also look at connections between college departments and imperial activities in India, Africa and East Asia, as well has how its academic, librarians and other staff sourced precious manuscripts in Asia and zoological, botanical and anatomical specimens that form the backbone of its teaching collections. “We will have to ask ourselves what to do wit
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Professor Dan Kilper appointed new Director of CONNECT Centre at Trinity College Dublin
Professor Dan Kilper has been appointed as Director of CONNECT – the world leading Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications, hosted by Trinity College Dublin. Professor Kilper will also hold the position of Professor of Future Communication Networks in Trinity’s School of Engineering.
Professor Kilper comes to CONNECT from the University of Arizona where he held a research professorship in the College of Optical Sciences, and a joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, where he is a co-PI on the COSMOS advanced wireless testbed. He was lead PI on the founding project of SFI’s US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership a
Kinga Borondy / melrose@wickedlocal.com
Melrose city officials have been taking advantage of a presentation from the state Attorney General’s office to acquaint residents who have been appointed or elected to public service with information about civil rights.
“The mayor (Paul Brodeur) thought this was important,” said Patrick Prendergast, Brodeur’s chief of staff. “The same overview of civil rights was offered to the City Council and the School Committee. The mayor wanted everyone to speak the same language when it comes to human rights.”
The city’s Human Rights Commission hosted attorney Amanda Hainsworth, from the AG’s Civil Rights office on Feb. 10. She is scheduled to return to Melrose to attend an upcoming meeting of the Melrose Commission on Disabilities next month.
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