Renaming at Stanford

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: The Stanford Historical Society tackles a difficult but appropriatequestion that many institutions (universities, city governments, andschool districts) are facing: Why and how should the names of buildings,centers, streets and monuments be removed and, if so, what names shouldreplace them? Rather than cancelling history, the question forces us tolook more carefully into our past. In this panel discussion, lawprofessor Bernadette Meyler, who chaired the University’s AdvisoryCommittee on Renaming Jordan Hall and Removing the Statue of LouisAgassiz, shares how the process has worked recently at Stanford,including arguments both for and against renaming. Professor Meyler isjoined in conversation by Karen Biestman, Associate Dean and Director ofthe Stanford Native American Cultural Center and Lecturer in NativeAmerican Studies, who speaks about the Father Serra Renaming experienceand Grant Parker, Associate Professor of Classics, who speaks from theperspective of similar issues in South Africa.

Sponsor	Stanford Historical Society
Speaker	Meyler, Bernadette
Speaker	Biestman, Karen
Speaker	Parker, Grant

Subject	Stanford University
Genre	Lectures

Finding Aid	Title Stanford Historical Society Program Recordings (SC0683)
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/mw796vd3805
Location	SC0683
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford Historical Society program recordings, 1997-2022

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