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 | 震惊！多伦多大学东亚系即将解散!! |
| | 最近，从多伦多大学传出一个令人震惊的坏消息，该校文理学院院长 Meric Gerler 决定解散该校东亚系，教职员工分别编入其他相关学系。这简直太匪夷所思了！谁能想到，一个国际知名的老牌大学竟然如此短视，出此下策，要毁掉一个好不容易建立起来的东亚系！
多伦多大学始建于1827年，是北美最古老的大学之一，也是世界上最重要的研究型大学之一。东亚研究系的前身是安大略省皇家博物馆 (Royal Ontario Museum) 的远东部 (Far Eastern Department)，该博物馆1968年以前一直隶属于多伦多大学。曾在中国河南省任加拿大中华圣公会主教的怀履光 (William C．White) 1934年回到多伦多后成为博物馆远东收藏部 (Far Eastern Collection) 的负责人，并在多伦多大学开设了中国艺术与考古的课程。1968年，多伦多大学评议会授权成立中国研究学院 (School of Chinese Studies)，怀履光成为第一任院长。
多伦多大学汇集了一大批中国问题研究学者。该校东亚系经过半个世纪的长足发展，已经形成了比较完备的东亚研究和教学体系。该校的东亚图书馆藏书丰富，资料齐全，在北美名列前茅。随着东亚特别是中国的崛起，东亚系的课程越来越受到欢迎，注册的学生越来越多。按道理说，东亚研究，特别是中国研究应该得到进一步加强 才是，可是没有想到竟然要遭到如此削弱，这于情于理都说不通，谁都没有料到。
目前该系已经向全球学者发出呼吁，请求给与道义上的支持，敦促该校文理学院院长取消这个短视的决定。我在这里也呼吁大家，给予该事件以充分关注，如果可能，请以实际行动表示支持。谢谢！
呼吁信可以写给如下地址，同时用电子邮件发给东亚系主任, Prof. Tom Keirstead tom.keirstead@utoronto.ca
Prof. Meric Gerler, DeanUniversity of TorontoFaculty of Arts Science
100 St. George Street, Toronto
ON CANADA M5S 3G3
officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca
下面是东亚系韩国研究专业的教授 7月12日发表在H-ASIA的一封呼吁信。遗憾的是，至今仍未见该系中国研究专业教授的任何表示。
July 12 2010
Alert: Dismantling East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
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From: Frank Joseph Shulman
Dear Colleagues,
This may well be of immediate interest to the community of scholars and
students engaged in East Asian Studies throughout North America.
Best wishes,
Frank Joseph Shulman
July 1, 2010
Frank Joseph Shulman
Bibliographer, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian
Studies
9225 Limestone Place
College Park, Maryland 20740-3943 (U.S.A.)
E-mail: fshulman@umd.edu
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From: koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws [koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws]
On Behalf Of Andre Schmid [andre.schmid@utoronto.ca]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:39 AM
To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
Subject: [KS] Request, re: Korean Studies in Toronto
Dear colleagues,
We are writing to you with some unfortunate news concerning institutional
developments at the University of Toronto, developments which threaten the
future of our Korean Studies program. Last week, it was announced that the
Department of East Asian Studies, which provides the core for our graduate
program in Korean Studies, is to be dismantled. A small part of the
department will be reallocated to a new School of Language and Literature
while the rest of the faculty members will be dispersed among other
disciplinary departments. This momentous decision was made without prior
notice or consultation, despite its overwhelming importance to many of us in
Toronto. At a time when the University of Toronto has been able to develop
a vibrant and multi-faceted Korean Studies program, the home of that program
– the Department of East Asian Studies – is about to be eliminated. This, of
course, will have severe repercussions for our growing graduate studies
programme.
We are hoping to reverse this decision and in this struggle are seeking your
support. Many of us in the department – and especially in the Korean
Studies programme – would appreciate if you assist us in expressing our
opposition to this move by writing a letter to our Dean at the following
address (with an electronic copy for our records to our current interim
Chair, Prof. Tom Keirstead tom.keirstead@utoronto.ca
tom.keirstead@utoronto.ca>).
Prof. Meric Gerler, Dean
University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts & Science
100 St. George Street
Toronto, ON CANADA M5S 3G3
(officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca
officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca>)
We would be most happy to answer any of your questions and would be very
appreciate of your support.
Sincerely,
Juhn Ahn
Kyoungnok Ko
Janet Poole
Andre Schmid
Korean Studies Faculty members,
Dept. of East Asian Studies,
University of Toronto
We would be most happy to answer any of your questions and would be very
appreciate of your support.
Sincerely,
Juhn Ahn
Kyoungnok Ko
Janet Poole
Andre Schmid
Korean Studies Faculty members,
Dept. of East Asian Studies,
University of Toronto
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