Looking to confront our past - Oxford library system lists 1261 entries for “University of Oxford -- History".
Added search term “race” in any field. 1 entry. (About boat races.)
Added “racism”. “No records found”.
"Imperialism". “No records found”.
"Empire" has 3 results.
Added search term “race” in any field. 1 entry. (About boat races.)
Added “racism”. “No records found”.
"Imperialism". “No records found”.
"Empire" has 3 results.
Most recent (2016) 870 page history of the university (very worth reading for those interested) has one item on racism in 64-page general index.
It lists 6 entries, 4 of them footnotes.
It has 12 entries on imperialism, 2 of them footnotes. (Whole part on "imperial university")
It lists 6 entries, 4 of them footnotes.
It has 12 entries on imperialism, 2 of them footnotes. (Whole part on "imperial university")
A few quotes from the book
“There was little religious or racial discrimination” against foreign students 19th century onwards
“Most dons were ardent imperialists” in late 19th century, “however, supporters of imperialism were not jingoistic and opposed unsupervised land grabs”
“There was little religious or racial discrimination” against foreign students 19th century onwards
“Most dons were ardent imperialists” in late 19th century, “however, supporters of imperialism were not jingoistic and opposed unsupervised land grabs”
"Not jingoistic and opposed unsupervised land grabs". That's good to know. I infer they were in favor of well-mannered and -supervised land grabs
Perhaps by the U of Oxford students who went into eg ICS, which of course Nehru described as neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service
Perhaps by the U of Oxford students who went into eg ICS, which of course Nehru described as neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service
