UPDATE: W 26 May 7:10 am CDT: Please sign the Call for an Academic Boycott of Middlesex University until restoration of its philosophy program:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/academic-boycott-of-middlesex-university.html
UPDATE: T 25 May 7:30 am CDT: More information on the suspensions.
UPDATE: T 25 May 10:16 am CDT: please consider sending this email to colleagues in other disciplines.
21 May 2010
Board of Governors
Middlesex University inLondon
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT
Dear Members of the Board:
The suspension of Professors Osborne and Hallward is
shameful! How could you allow the university administration under your
supervision to behave this way?
Academic freedom will be defended. This is a gross
miscalculation on the part of an out-of-control, panicking, administration. The
previous international condemnation of your school will only increase.
Your administrators are at risk of permanently besmirching the
reputation of your university. Do you really think that any self-respecting
academic in any field will have anything to do with a university utilizing such
thuggish tactics? An organized boycott is a real possibility at this point. Do you really want to go down that road?
You must rein in these administrators before they do
permanent damage to your school.
In the hopes of impressing upon you the seriousness of this situation,
John Protevi
Professor, Department of French Studies
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
UPDATE: Friday 21 May 2010, 2:04 pm CDT: Email addresses of MDX Board:
semi-colon format:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected].uk; [email protected]k; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]k; dinagray@btinternet.com; [email protected]; [email protected]m; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]om; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected].gov.uk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
comma format:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected].uk,
[email protected]k, [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]k, dinagray@btinternet.com, [email protected],
[email protected]m, [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]om,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected].gov.uk,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
John,
If you separated the list of e-mails by commas, rather than semi-colons, people could just copy and paste it into an e-mail rather than having to replace all the separators. Just a helpful suggestion.
All the best,
Istvan
Posted by: Istvan Berkeley | May 25, 2010 at 02:54 PM