Hello everyone! I don't know if you have been following "University of Paris renamed" This big drama?
After being ordered to change the name, the results have finally come out in the past two days!
First, let the students who are not clear about the situation explain the causes and consequences.
The " Université de Paris (Université de Paris)" refers to the new university formed by the merger of Paris Five and Seven in 2019.
However, this new name has not yet been covered up. On December 29 last year, the University of Paris was ordered by the French High Administrative Court to change its name. The name "University of Paris"...
What is going on here? Don't universities even have the freedom to take a name?
This has to start with the history behind the name "University of Paris":
The predecessor of "University of Paris" first appeared in 1150.At that time it was just a local academic society in Paris.
In 1200, the then French king Philip II officially upgraded this society to a university institution and officially named it "University of Paris" , and the University of Paris It also became the first university in France.
But in 1793, with the outbreak of The French Revolution , the University of Paris was abolished because it was regarded as a symbol of the old regime, until 1896 was re-established in 2010.
In 1968, the famous " May Storm" broke out in France. sexual social movement.
And in order to appease the anger of the students, the University of Paris was later split into 13 independent universities ,That is, what we now call the first, second, third, and thirteenth majors.
So in 2019, when the 5th and 7th Paris Universities announced the establishment of a new "Paris University", they were actually opposed by several other siblings.
Everyone was dismantled by the University of Paris, why did you inherit this name? We disagree!
reaction in which the largest is Paris II (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas) , they direct the University of New Paris Taking the case to the High Administrative Court, accused the Big Five and Big Seven of stealing the common heritage of their thirteen schools .
Good guy, what a great drama about the 13 schools winning the heirloom.
And the High Administrative Court also issued a judgment at the end of last year,It is believed that the name "University of Paris" bears nearly thousands of years of academic precipitation.
The use of this name by the Fifth and Seventh University is to imply that they are the only orthodox heir to the University of Paris , which will be misleading to other students, partners and the public, so The University of Paris was ordered to change the name of the school.
However, the University of Paris did not disapprove after seeing the verdict, and actually started the name change procedure? ?
and they came up with three names at once: Université de Paris Descartes Diderot
Université de Paris Cité
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of which Paris Descartes-Didero University ,Take the name ( Paris Descartes University ) and the name (Paris Diderot University) from the original five, and then combine them.
and the second name Xidai shows the connection between the school and the city of Paris. The word "Xidai" originally refers to the old city of Paris, Now Notre Dame de Paris is located on the island called "Île de la Cité" .
The third name is related to the famous buildings around the campus "Théâtre de l'Odéon" _strong7 The school and an opera house are fascinating, but there is actually a precedent.
for example From the historic site "Pantheon" next to the campus.
Now that the names have been chosen, let's start choosing them.
The University of Paris specially sent a questionnaire to teachers and students last month, asking everyone to choose the most pleasing name among these three names.
But the problem is with this questionnaire...
This, but it is not difficult to understand, after all, changing the school name is closely related to every student.
And in subsequent polls, the name "Paris Descartes-Didero" leads with 74% acceptance.
But Descartes and Diderot are at least world-renowned thinkers, and they don't lose face.
The second place is "Paris Odeon University" The name of Odeon is not as loud as the Pantheon, but it is also a landmark in Paris. Take it!
and "University of Paris Cité" received the least support, with 47% of voters completely unacceptable for the name.
After the voting ended, everyone thought that the name "Paris Descartes-Diderot University" would definitely win.
The result was when the University of Paris announced its new name the day before yesterday,Everyone was dumbfounded.
The final name adopted by the school management turned out to be the one with the lowest approval rating "University of Paris Cité" ! !
University of Paris president Christine Clerici said the name was "clear and powerful" and showed the school's connection and commitment to the city of Paris.
No, you don’t choose the name with the 74% approval rating, but choose the name with the lowest approval rating as the new school name, What does this reverse operation of the school mean? ? ?
However, this decision has angered many student groups, such as a group called Le Poing Levé Univ Paris expressing itself on twitter dissatisfaction:
they express themselves originally had no preference for these three names ,But this wave of school operations is really disgusting.
Logically, if the school sends out a questionnaire to students to ask for their opinion, The final decision will definitely be adjusted based on the results of the questionnaire , but this is not the case.
Many students of the University of Paris also started to complain on Twitter after learning the new name:
What the hell's name"
strong1span "The name of the University of Paris Cité is too embarrassing, I don't know how to talk to my parents" _spanspan _span7
When I was a sophomore, it was called the University of Paris, and when I was a junior, it was called the University of Xidai. What should I write on my resume? ? ”
The name of the University of Paris Cité will be reviewed by the Ministry of Higher Education, but there is basically no reason for it to be carded. this name.
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