{"611606":{"#nid":"611606","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"History Lesson: Scholars Take Aim at Racist Views of Middle Ages","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChair of the Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication Richard Utz was recently quoted by the Christian Science Monitor in a story about race and representation for Medieval histortians.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s an excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome feel there should be a stronger separation between academia and politics and object to their colleagues\u0026rsquo; more progressive efforts, says Richard Utz, professor of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut efforts to purge racial bias have been building momentum, Dr. Utz says, and despite the painful process, some medievalists see a sense of hope emerging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/EqualEd\/2018\/0912\/History-lesson-Scholars-take-aim-at-racist-views-of-Middle-Ages\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2018-09-17 20:05:19","changed_gmt":"2018-09-17 20:05:19","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"recycling event","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/EqualEd\/2018\/0912\/History-lesson-Scholars-take-aim-at-racist-views-of-Middle-Ages","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"404111":{"id":"404111","type":"image","title":"Richard Utz","body":null,"created":"1449252000","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:00:00","changed":"1539181964","gmt_changed":"2018-10-10 14:32:44","alt":"Portrait photo of School of Literature, Media, and Communication Chair Richard Utz","file":{"fid":"75989","name":"s200_richard_utz_oct_2014.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/s200_richard_utz_oct_2014.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/s200_richard_utz_oct_2014.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":29255,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/s200_richard_utz_oct_2014.jpg?itok=dSo1uzO5"}}},"media_ids":["404111"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33431","name":"Richard Utz"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}