A Cambridge lecturer claims that he has been labelled a “white supremacist” for studying and teaching classics.
Dr David Butterfield said that his discipline was in “political danger” after “threats” and disputes on campuses over the way subjects should be taught.
Speaking at a debate on academic freedom in universities organised by the think tank Politeia, he said: “Folks who want to defend the moral neutrality and political independence of looking at the ancient Greeks and Romans on their own terms, receive the slogan of the day, which is to be a white supremacist.
