East Asian Studies closure at the University of Toronto

[Eija Niskanen]

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.

Eija

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Tim Iles <timiles2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Information is available here:
>
> <
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/u-of-t-plans-to-shut-down-centre-for-comparative-literature/article1637740/
> >
>
> and here:
>
> <http://sites.google.com/site/easatuoft/resources>
>
> Online petitions in opposition to the amalgamation exist here:
>
> <http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?saveeas&51>
>
> and here:
>
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/complit/petition.html>
>
> Contact info for the Dean is:
>
> Dean Meric Gertler
> University of Toronto
> Faculty of Arts & Science
> 100 St. George Street
> Toronto, ON CANADA M5S 3G3
> <officeofthedean.artsci at utoronto.ca>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Timothy Iles
> Associate Professor, Japanese Studies
> University of Victoria
>
>
>
>


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Eija Niskanen
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