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1998 12 01
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: J.I. McDougall, University of Winnipeg
IAIN.MCDOUGALL@UWINNIPEG.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: C. Cooper, University of Winnipeg
CRAIG.COOPER@UWINNIPEG.CA
Edited by/redige par
K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/ ISSN 1198-9149
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[Editor's note: This message was sent to me by John Porter, who also
posted it on the US Classics list; I further posted it on our
Classics-Canada list and the UK Classicists list. KHK]
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DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
We Classicists at the University of Saskatchewan are in the midst of
seeing our department decimated and our programs largely destroyed amidst
charges that we are not sufficiently active in our field. Our faculty
complement will drop from four to three (via anticipated retirement), with
members joining the Department of History or, perhaps, being dispursed
among various units. We anticipate that our joint program in Classical and
Near Eastern Archaeology will survive, along with our minor in Classics.
Otherwise, we will merely be a group of 3 individuals who happen to teach
courses related to the ancient world, with no guarantee whatsoever that we
will be replaced by classicists upon retirement.
The first consequence of all of this is the closing down of most of the
UofS Classics WWW site. In the current climate here at the UofS, only
quantifiable activities matter, and the hours put into maintaining WWW
pages, answering queries, etc. are not in that category. We in Classics
have been willing for many years now to sacrifice our research and careers
in the interest of students here in Saskatoon and elsewhere: when such
activity begins to be made the grounds for overt attack, it is time to
stop.
If you would be willing to write to any of the powers that be about your
reaction to the dissolution of the Classics department and/or the closing
of our WWW site, it would be very much appreciated, although I do not
anticipate any concrete results. I would be particularly grateful for
comments from those of you who have had students make use of our WWW-based
materials.
I will post the appropriate e-addresses below.
President George Ivany
VP Academic Michael Atkinson
Dean Tom Wishart
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Professor John R. Porter
Department of Classics
University of Saskatchewan
porterj@duke.usask.ca
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