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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  • Georg G
    • Affiliation
    • Ph.D. student, University of Cambridge
  • Amelie S
  • Ayesha P
    • Affiliation
    • Philosophy Student, King's College, London
  • Germaine Warkentin, F
    • Comments
    • A very destructive decision!
    • Affiliation
    • Emeritus, Univ. of Toronto
  • Richelle Q
  • Andrew R
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London
  • Rebecca M
  • Ioanna C
    • Comments
    • This is a disgrace!
    • Affiliation
    • Academy of Athens
  • Susan Moore B.A., M
    • Affiliation
    • CELL at QMUL Alumnus
  • Christopher T
  • Sam F
    • Comments
    • Perhaps there is an alternative way?
  • Victoria S
    • Affiliation
    • Research Fellow, Academy of Athens
  • Salim K
  • Tom H
    • Affiliation
    • Classics Student
  • Tobias R
    • Affiliation
    • University of Copenhagen
  • Christine M T
    • Affiliation
    • University of Akron, Ohio
  • Shami G
    • Comments
    • BA German, KCL 2003--as a medievalist, Latinist, and alumnus of King's, I feel totally betrayed by the institution I used to think of as home.
    • Affiliation
    • Postdoctoral fellow, University of Leicester
  • Tom B
  • Irene G
    • Comments
    • PhD in Art History
    • Affiliation
    • freelance scholar
  • Charlotte M
  • Peter B
    • Affiliation
    • University of Alberta
  • Adi K
    • Affiliation
    • PhD Candidate
  • Andreas W
    • Affiliation
    • Universitй de Picardie, Amiens and Centre Louis Gernet, Paris
  • James Russell, MA D
    • Affiliation
    • Durham University
  • Janet M K
    • Affiliation
    • UCL
  • Ashley B
    • Affiliation
    • MA Student in Systematic Theology, KCL
  • Angel N
    • Affiliation
    • University of Cyprus
  • Prof. MAFFRE J
    • Comments
    • Occidental Europe needs Greek culture;
    • Affiliation
    • Professeur de Civilisation grecque а la Sorbonne
  • Sarah S
  • Dylan R
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • University of Virginia
  • SERGHIDOU A
    • Affiliation
    • University of Crete
  • Natalia P
    • Affiliation
    • Assistant Professor of Byzantine Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • robert c
  • GOUGUENHEIM R
  • Roger B
    • Comments
    • As a former alumnus of the department, who still works closely with it, I am appalled at this threat to it. KCL has an international reputation in this field and this must not be damaged by this short-sighted action.
    • Affiliation
    • British Museum
  • BALARD prof. M
    • Affiliation
    • University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne
  • Malagardis N
  • Dr. Malagardis N
  • Moatti c
    • Affiliation
    • University of Southern California
  • Karin K
  • Verity S
  • Petros H
    • Comments
    • These cuts are sending the wrong message.
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    • В
  • Augusta M
    • Affiliation
    • University of Cambridge
  • Michael Franklin L
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Julia R
    • Affiliation
    • KCL Classics Society President and Student Representative
  • Martin A
    • Affiliation
    • Universitй de Poitiers
  • Mike L
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology UCL
  • Victoria L
    • Affiliation
    • KCL humanities undergraduate
  • Dr. Dirk t. D. H
  • Angie B