August 14, 2018
Critical theorists and social justice warriors are trying to do what they have done to other fields of medieval research. If you don’t board, you’re a white supremacist. Over the past two years or so, the mob targeted Professor Rachel Fulton Brown of the University of Chicago, calling her a fascist, blackmailing her department and trying to ban her from conference sessions. She joins me and discusses her ordeal. Why is it that even each professor is willing to confront the unpopular truth and the fighting interests for medieval research.
link
Rachel Fulton Brown’s academic homepage http://home.uchicago.edu/~rfulton/
Milo Yiannopoulos’ essay: “Why is the fight for medieval research important to America?” (blasphemous warning) https://www.dangerous.com/45111/middle-rages/
Rachel’s charming professional self-portrait
http://home.uchicago.edu/~rfulton/professional%20 self%20portrait.pdf
The Art of Mary and the Prayer: Virgin Time in Medieval Christian Life and Thinking:
purchase https://amzn.to/2mprgff
Read Chapter 2
https://issuu.com/columbiaup/docs/mary_and_the_art_of_prayer_ave_mari
Timestamp
2:56 Rachel Fulton Brown
3:41 The first blog post that angered Rachel’s colleague
10:15 Rachel’s friendship with Milo Iannopoulos
15:19 Progressive witch hunting in medieval studies
28:25 Letters 1,500 scholars signed her department to condemn her
34:40Rachel’s defender in academia
36:49 Why do even lifelong scholars fear mobs?
41:23 An important theorist who comes from English literature to medieval studies
45:27 What will be lost if medieval studies are carried forward progressively: A Christian study
51:02 This week’s reading: BL. John Henry Newman
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