I heard from my friend (whose son is about to enter UCSB, and wanted to major in its Asian Studies program) that the UCSB ASian Studies undergrad program will be split down and combined with other programs, including Classics.<div>
<br></div><div>Eija<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Tim Iles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timiles2003@yahoo.com">timiles2003@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit">Disturbing news from the University of Toronto, where the current Dean of Arts and Sciences plans the amalgamation of many independent departments--including East Asian Studies--into a single School of Languages and Literatures. This will entail the relocation of several faculty members from EAS into the Departments of History and Anthropology, among others, effectively demolishing the unified programs in Asian Studies currently in place.<br>
<br>Information is available here:<br><br><<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/u-of-t-plans-to-shut-down-centre-for-comparative-literature/article1637740/" target="_blank">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/u-of-t-plans-to-shut-down-centre-for-comparative-literature/article1637740/</a>><br>
<br>and here:<br><br><<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/easatuoft/resources" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/easatuoft/resources</a>><br><br>Online petitions in opposition to the amalgamation exist here:<br>
<br><<a href="http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?saveeas&51" target="_blank">http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?saveeas&51</a>><br><br>and
here:<br><br><<a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/complit/petition.html" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/complit/petition.html</a>><br><br>Contact info for the Dean is:<br><br>Dean Meric Gertler<br>
University of Toronto<br>Faculty of Arts & Science<br>100 St. George Street<br>Toronto, ON CANADA M5S 3G3<br><<a href="mailto:officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca" target="_blank">officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca</a>><br>
<br><br><br>As an alumnus of EAS at U of T (PhD, 1997, Japanese literature), I urge all scholars involved in the study of Asia to voice their concerns about the elimination of this fine department.<br><br><br>Timothy Iles<br>
Associate Professor, Japanese Studies<br>University of Victoria<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px"><div><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eija Niskanen<br>Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project<br>Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6 <br>Musashino-shi<br>Tokyo 180-0004<br>
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