A month ago I posted about the threat to medieval German at Bristol. The campaign against this shortsightedness is gaining ground. The THES has a piece about it:
Dozens of scholars in medieval German studies are running an international campaign of support for a University of Bristol academic threatened with redundancy.
After 18 years of service, Anne Simon, a specialist in medieval and early modern German literature, has been told that her post is at risk as the university disinvests in the field.
Fellow medievalists from across the world have flooded Bristol with letters and emails criticising the decision, which, they say, will severely undermine study of the subject.
Students have also joined the protest, and there is anger over claims - denied by the university - that academics have been warned not to speak out.
Read the full story here.
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