Threat to Area Studies at Durham

News summary

Durham University has recommended to its Senate and Executive Committee that the Department of East Asian Studies be abolished, with the last intake of students in October 2003.

The following department closures have been proposed at Durham: Linguistics, East Asian Studies, European Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies undergraduate programmes (the department will remain as a graduate school). To find out how you can support your colleagues please contact the relevant department at www.btinternet.com/~deas.support/firstclass.htm