Archive
Author: Alasdair Renwick-Hale
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Universities Began as Guilds of Students and Teachers
We are often sold this polished, inevitable narrative of academic history—a grand, teleological march from candlelit scriptoriums to the gleaming glass laboratories of today.…
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Accountability Is Invited, Control Is Imposed
I remember sitting in a cramped, fluorescent-lit hospital corridor thirty years ago, listening to a young surgeon explain how he could “fix” a grieving…
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Naming a Fault Out Loud Removes Its Cover
I remember sitting in a cramped, fluorescent-lit hospital room at three in the morning, listening to a man try to perform a version of…
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More Capacity Means More Obligation
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room in the middle of a Tuesday night, watching a man who had spent his entire life…
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Philosophy and Theology Argued as Colleagues
I remember sitting in a drafty hospital chapel many years ago, listening to a young scholar try to explain the seamless harmony of the…
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A Proverb Is a Pattern, Not a Promise
I remember sitting in a dim hospital room in the middle of a February night, holding the hand of a man who had spent…
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Copying by Hand for a Thousand Years
I remember sitting in a dim corner of a university archive years ago, the scent of vanilla and decay thick in the air, watching…
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Debt Transfers Freedom to Someone Else
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor thirty years ago, holding the hand of a man who had spent his entire life working…
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Prophecy Spoke to Its Own Moment First
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room during a late-night shift, listening to a man try to make sense of a terrifying diagnosis…
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Naming Three Things Changes What You Notice
I remember sitting in a dim hospital room in the late nineties, holding the hand of a man who had lost almost everything in…