[INDOLOGY] Cuts at U. of Copenhagen include indology

[jacob at fabularasa.dk]

Tibetology is the first to go. More is likely to follow. Depressing 
stuff.

http://universitypost.dk/article/tibetology-shut-down-university-copenhagen

Best,
Jacob

Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
PhD Fellow (Indology)
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
University of Copenhagen
Denmark


Dominik Wujastyk skrev den 2016-02-04 15:07:
> "Copenhagen University – the largest research and education
> institution in the country – has this week announced that it is
> cutting 532 jobs of professors, researchers and administrative staff,
> due to government austerity measures.
> 
> "The job losses will amount to 7.4% of the total workforce at the
> university and will begin by terminating the employment of 209 people
> next week. There will also be 255 voluntary redundancies, and 68
> positions not filled. In addition, some 61 jobs will be shortened in
> hours.
> ...
> 
> "The university also announced that it will cut the number of PhD
> places by 10% in future years.
> There will also be no new students admitted in 2016 in modern Indian
> studies, Indology, Southeast Asian studies, Tibetology, Balkan
> studies, Hebrew, Turkish, Indian language and culture, and ancient
> Greek."
> 
> Read the full article at
> http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20160203182208163
> [1]
> 
> --
> 
> Professor Dominik Wujastyk* [2]
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> 
> Department of History and Classics [3]
> University of Alberta, Canada
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] 
> http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20160203182208163
> [2] http://ualberta.Academia.edu/DominikWujastyk
> [3] http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/
> 
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