Stop Classical Archaeology and Art Faculty Cuts at King's College London

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We regard the proposal to reduce the number of posts in Classical Archaeology and Art at King's College London from four to three as an arbitrary and short-sighted measure that disregards the integral nature of the subject to the discipline of Classics as a whole. We do not accept the rationale of the restructuring, nor the manner in which decisions have thus far been made, including the ambiguity of the consultation process and the lack of proposed alternatives to redundancy. The dismissal of one member of staff and their subject specialism will cause irreparable damage to the intellectual wellbeing and reputation of the Classics Department and will have grave implications far beyond the University. We urge the Executive of Kings College London to reconsider this proposal and retain all four posts in Classical Archaeology and Art.

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  • Caroline Thurston
    • Affiliation
    • University of Oxford
  • Rebecca Slinn
    • Affiliation
    • Kings College London
  • Dr Dana Marsh
    • Affiliation
    • Girton College, Cambridge
  • Mike Kursar
    • Comments
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    • Affiliation
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  • Ophelie Wolf
  • Naomi Pine
  • Imogen Hill
  • Ian J. Marshman
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology, UCL
  • William Smith
    • Affiliation
    • KCL Undergraduate
  • Karen Baston
    • Affiliation
    • University of Edinburgh
  • Jonny McIntosh
    • Affiliation
    • PhD student, UCL Philosophy
  • Emily Monaghan
  • Lydia Mason
  • Charles E. Jones
    • Affiliation
    • Institute for the Study of the Ancient World - NYU
  • Charlotte Wells
    • Affiliation
    • KCL Alum, Oxford
  • James Hart
  • Paul Finch
  • Roanna Weiss
    • Comments
    • It's one of the several departments wrongly in danger of being cut.
    • Affiliation
    • Freelance Translator/University of Insubria, Italy
  • Charlotte Murrie
  • Henry Parkes
    • Affiliation
    • University of Cambridge
  • Jessica Doumeng
    • Affiliation
    • KCL
  • jessica karlsen
    • Affiliation
    • classics and english student, king's college london
  • Dr. Susanne Turner
    • Affiliation
    • University of Reading
  • Ahmad Emrage
    • Affiliation
    • PhD student, School of archaeology and ancient history, Leicester univ.
  • P.J.E. Kershaw
    • Affiliation
    • University of Virginia
  • Alexandra Guglielmi
    • Affiliation
    • UCL archaeologist
  • alexander vacek
  • Georgie Peters
    • Affiliation
    • Archaeology student, UCL.
  • Christopher Farrell
    • Affiliation
    • KCL
  • Josephine Warren
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology, UCL
  • Lorna High
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London
  • Maria Pretzler
    • Comments
    • Given the excellent interdisciplinary profile of the department, cuts in archaeology will represent a significant loss. There is a lot more value to be lost here than one can calculate in financial terms.
    • Affiliation
    • Department of History&Classics, Swansea
  • Francesca Paterson
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London Classics Department
  • Lena Nicolaou
  • Jack Shoulder
    • Affiliation
    • KCL Classics Department
  • Aidan Smith
  • Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
    • Affiliation
    • Student KCL
  • Abdou Mousas
  • Trish Stewart
    • Affiliation
    • St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies
  • Kathryn Whitney
    • Comments
    • Stop this at once. Find another solution.
  • Alex Wood
    • Affiliation
    • KCL
  • Euan Richard
    • Affiliation
    • Undergraduate
  • Jodie Gilliam
    • Affiliation
    • KCL Classics Alum
  • James Ryan
  • Michael Campbell
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London Philosophy Dept.
  • Fiona Noble
  • Natasha Vouckelatou
    • Affiliation
    • KCL
  • Thomas Kollmann
  • Dr Rachel Moss
  • Keith Busby
    • Comments
    • These acts of cultural vandalism will bring opprobrium on KCL. Rescind them now.
    • Affiliation
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison