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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  • Auberger J
    • Affiliation
    • Universitй du Quйbec а Montrйal
  • Casevitz M
    • Affiliation
    • professeur йmйrite
  • Leyla A
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London
  • Andrew B
  • Jacopo O
    • Comments
    • Dear Sir, please, remember: classical culture is not a good bargain ... fortunately. It's much better!
    • Affiliation
    • Professore di Archeologia, Universitа di Ferrara, Italy
  • Nick M
    • Affiliation
    • BA History King's College London
  • Konstantinos P
    • Affiliation
    • University of Southampton, Archaeologist
  • Chryssanthi A
    • Comments
    • Universities are not super-markets
    • Affiliation
    • Panteion Universiry, Athens/Centre Louis Gernet, Paris
  • Chelo R
  • Dr. E.P. M
    • Affiliation
    • University of Adelaide
  • Dr. Louise H
    • Affiliation
    • University of Melbourne
  • Ioannis E
  • Andrew R
    • Affiliation
    • Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
  • Dr. Laura P
    • Affiliation
    • Birkbeck College
  • Dr Korina G
    • Affiliation
    • KCL alumnus, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
  • Joshua N
  • Jenny S
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • В
  • Carrie L. S
    • Affiliation
    • University of Virginia
  • Peter Winston F
    • Affiliation
    • Howard University, Washington, D.C.
  • Olga P
    • Affiliation
    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Angeliki P
    • Affiliation
    • Hellenic Open University
  • Eva G
  • Anastasia G
  • Sophie D
    • Comments
    • Karim Arafat has been extraordinarily helpful debating the continued role that classical mythology has to play in contemporary art
    • Affiliation
    • practising sculptor - www.sophiedickens.co.uk
  • Caroline L
    • Comments
    • in the 1970s I took a Roman Religion module at King's with Mary Beard. It's informed my whole life. Please don't take such opportunities away from future students.
    • Affiliation
    • poet interested in the classical world
  • Sally W
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology, UCL
  • Sally W
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology, UCL
  • Sally W
    • Affiliation
    • Institute of Archaeology, UCL
  • Dr Mathilde R
    • Affiliation
    • Universitй de Toulouse 2 Le Mirail
  • Nektarios
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • University of Aegean
  • Athanasios M
    • Comments
    • Very bad decision
    • Affiliation
    • Athens University
  • Sajia A
    • Comments
    • Kings is a highly regarded institution with an excellent reputation, lets keep it that way!
    • Affiliation
    • Ancient History, KCL
  • Ed B
    • Affiliation
    • University of Oxford
  • Peter P
    • Affiliation
    • Freelance zooarchaeologist
  • Frederica D
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • В
  • James A
    • Affiliation
    • UCL
  • Charalambos D
    • Affiliation
    • Hellenic Institute, History Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • HOSTEIN A
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • MaГtre de ConfГrences, PanthГon-Sorbonne Paris I
  • Helen K
    • Affiliation
    • Hellenic Open University
  • Ilya V. S
    • Comments
    • It is of paramount importance for the survival of the humankind to know its history and be able to access it. The Classic scholarship and tradition is humanity's only venue of doing it. It is unthinkable that we shall lose that venue. Stop those abominable cuts!
    • Affiliation
    • Independent scholar
  • Andrew S
    • Affiliation
    • British Museum
  • Florence B
    • Comments
    • Not cuts and no job losses
  • William S
  • Jayne S
  • Veronique M
    • Affiliation
    • UCL & Berkeley
  • Stephanie Ann S
    • Comments
    • This is a great shame and will most certainly affect many departments and universities if such cuts are approved without consideration for the quality of education and the value of Classics, Art History, and Archaeology within the larger collegiate system.
    • Affiliation
    • University College London
  • Liam S
    • Affiliation
    • King's College London
  • Adrian K
    • Affiliation
    • Balliol College, Oxford
  • Tomas A
    • Affiliation
    • Czech Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Jared B
    • Comments
    • В
    • Affiliation
    • University of Virginia