East Asian Studies closure at the University of Toronto

[Tim Iles]

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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