As suggested in an earlier post and predicted by the Palaeography Working Group’s final paper, King’s College, London is now advertising for its newly rebranded Chair in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. Details can be found on the KCL website here, … Continue reading
On Friday, the administration of King’s received a friendly write-up in the business section of The Times online. The title, “Making the cut and saving a world-class academic asset”, and the statement that “King’s looks set to keep its chair … Continue reading
Almost a month after its initial appearance, Mary Beard’s post continues (or continued) to receive comments, most recently one by Teresa Webber, a prominent and influential palaeographer at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she repeats comments to a THE piece. In … Continue reading
I’m throwing the following up here, not because I think its the best, only, most excellent example of the form, but because I’ve been advocating letters to some in person. I could have circulated it via a palaeography-oriented list or … Continue reading
…to my King’s Gets Press comments. I’ve been informed that Miles Templeman was more likely not a second choice, but a choice that was made on second thought (as my friend so nicely put it). That is the original Today … Continue reading
A number of letters protesting the decision by King’s College London have been made available by the Comité international de paléographie latine. Medieval news has further details as well as some comments from David Ganz in an earlier piece. The … Continue reading
Towards the end of last week on some electronic mailing lists and more publicly on Mary Beard’s blog, A Don’s Life, the intention of King’s College London to eliminate palaeography and the only chair in the UK in the subject … Continue reading
This article from the Washington Monthly raises many questions, surely some concerns, and even perhaps in some quarters optimism. Can we have college for 99 bucks a month? The author, Kevin Carey, followed up with an appearance on NPR’s Talk … Continue reading