tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post6800699340061545809..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: Medieval Literature at TasmaniaThis old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-42777810755370477352008-11-01T01:25:00.000+11:002008-11-01T01:25:00.000+11:00I am following this discussion with some interest....I am following this discussion with some interest. Although Rider University is not facing the closure of medieval studies as at Tasmania, which is appallingly short-sighted, we are having an interesting discussion within the department about restructuring an English curriculum based on periods. If I might broaden the discussion to "why learn about older literatures," which might be useful to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-28196990723230003562008-10-18T22:11:00.000+11:002008-10-18T22:11:00.000+11:00A characteristically thoughtful and generous respo...A characteristically thoughtful and generous response from Eileen, which I endorse whole-heartedly. You are absolutely right that these issues are always much bigger than the local circumstances.<BR/><BR/>But times are tight in Australia. In addition to forced redundancies at Melbourne, the same thing is happening (spread across all disciplines) at La Trobe and Victoria Universities. The unions This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-60027486539354709952008-10-16T01:29:00.000+11:002008-10-16T01:29:00.000+11:00Stehanie et alia,earlier in September, in response...Stehanie et alia,<BR/><BR/>earlier in September, in response to a reader's query regarding a similar situation [but much less threatening] at an American university, I wrote the following, and I contribute it to the discussion here "in defense of medieval studies," as it were [and forgive the longish-ness of this, but this is a subject I obsess over continually; I have made some emendations]:<BR/Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-31780364264611064992008-10-14T15:00:00.000+11:002008-10-14T15:00:00.000+11:00Meli, I think the thing to do would be to write to...Meli, I think the thing to do would be to write to Jenna directly (easy to find her email on the web: I don't like to post it here), and ask what would be most useful at this stage. I think there's a Facebook site for students, for example, but it might just be UTas students. I agree with your sentiments entirely, though. That particular cast of Australian medieval(ist) studies is v. interesting,This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-39062789477277372372008-10-14T11:51:00.000+11:002008-10-14T11:51:00.000+11:00That's just horrible! I can't imagine not having h...That's just horrible! I can't imagine not having had the chance to study medieval literature as an undergraduate at Adelaide (we only had one medievalist there, too). I know that the combination of medieval and postcolonial literature helped me achieve international student scholarships for my masters and phd, and I wouldn't have had that chance if my Australian university didn't teach medieval melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.com