[lg policy] [News item]: Uni switches to feminine professor titles for men

[Yael Peled]

"The University of Leipzig has voted to adopt the feminine version of the word for "professor" as its default. In German Professorin refers to a female professor while Professor is the male equivalent".

Full story at http://www.thelocal.de/education/20130605-50095.html.


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Dr. Yael Peled		

Banting Postdoctoral Fellow

Centre for Research on Ethics (CREUM) 
University of Montreal
Third Floor, Room 313
2910 Edouard Montpetit 
Montréal, Québec H3T 1J7 Canada 
Tel.: +1 514 343 6111, #2958
Fax: +1 514 343 7899

Department of Philosophy
McGill University
Leacock Building, Room 923
855 Sherbrooke St. West
Montréal, Québec  H3A 2J7 Canada
Tel.: +1 514 398 6060
Fax: +1 514 398 7148

Affiliate Member
Faculty of Law
McGill University 
Chancellor Day Hall
3644 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9 Canada
Tel.: +1 514 398 6666 
					
Personal Webpage

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