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.stmLast edited on Wed Apr 14th, 2010 03:45 pm by Paul Ferguson
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