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Paul Ferguson Member 
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The palaeography programme at King's College London is in jeopardy of being cancelled, as the university plans to make significant cutbacks to the School of Arts and Humanities. This would mean the elimination of the Chair of Palaeography position at King's College, which is the only chair in that subject in the English-speaking world. Faculty, students and scholars are now making efforts to fight against the possibility of these cutbacks. A Facebook group Save Paleography At King's London has been started and has already gained more than 500 members. Professor Ganz [current chair-holder] adds, "I am amused that thanks to Facebook, the newest technology may save the oldest." Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=share&gid=303202385890 There's also an on-line petition here and they only need 5 more signatures to reach 8,000! http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?spkcl10 Here's a BBC discussion about the cuts between BM palaeographer Dr. Irving Finkel (against) and Miles Templeton from the Institute of Directors (for): http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8507000/8507850.stm Last edited on Wed Apr 14th, 2010 03:45 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Paul Ferguson wrote:The palaeography programme at King's College London is in jeopardy of being cancelled, as the university plans to make significant cutbacks to the School of Arts and Humanities. This would mean the elimination of the Chair of Palaeography position at King's College, which is the only chair in that subject in the English-speaking world. I offer my apologies to Michèle Mulcahy, who holds the Leonard E. Boyle Chair in Manuscript Studies at the Pontifical Insitute for Medieval Studies in Toronto (http://www.pims.ca/academics/boyle.html). But that's just two, and one is almost certain to go - and that is sad news for students of alchemical history. |
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