[INDOLOGY] Cuts at U. of Copenhagen include indology

[Antonio Ferreira-Jardim]

Truly depressing indeed.

Can I ask if there have been any attempts made to establish a
privately funded Professorship in Tibetan Studies or cognate at
Copenhagen University? Such privately funded or endowed positions in
Classics seem to be relatively immune from internecine cuts.

Kind regards,
Antonio Ferreira-Jardim
UQ

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:36 PM,  <jacob at fabularasa.dk> wrote:
> 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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