David Farrier, a literature professor at the University of Edinburgh, is the author of “Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils.” In the mid-1960s, scientists working at a secret U.S. nuclear ...

For decades after its construction in the 1960s, the only controversy about the naming of the University of Edinburgh’s David Hume Tower was whether Britain’s finest philosopher, if not the world’s, ...

David Farrier is a professor of literature and the environment at the University of Edinburgh. This article is adapted from his book "Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils", which is available ...

The University of Edinburgh has renamed its David Hume Tower in response to the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher's views on "matters of race”. A petition launched over the summer by students ...

In June 2020, student activists at the University of Edinburgh organised an online petition calling for the removal of Hume’s name from The David Hume Tower – the campus building named after ...

The University of Edinburgh has renamed its David Hume Tower over the philosopher’s “comments on matters of race”. The building, which will be used as a student study space in the current ...

Edinburgh University has renamed its David Hume Tower over the philosopher's "comments on matters of race". The building, which will be used as a student study space this academic year ...

Edinburgh University has renamed its David Hume Tower over the philosopher's "comments on matters of race". The building, which will be used as a student study space this academic year ...