ලඞකා අක්ෂය අධ්‍යයන කවය

    Philosophical view: Middlesex, think again

    We the undersigned deplore Middlesex University's recent decision to close its philosophy programmes, including its prestigious and successful MAs. This is a matter of national and indeed international concern. Not only does it contradict Middlesex's stated commitment to promote "research excellence", it also represents a startling stage in the impoverishment of philosophy provision in the UK.
    We have participated in events organised by the Philosophy Group at Middlesex and can testify to its unique strengths and its significant and distinctive contribution to philosophy in the UK. Its set of MA programmes is currently the largest in the country.
    Philosophy is the highest-rated research subject at Middlesex. In the research assessment exercise 2008, it was rated first in philosophy among post-1992 universities, with 65 per cent of its research judged "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
    Middlesex is widely recognised as one of the most important centres for the study of modern European philosophy anywhere in the English-speaking world. It has one of only a handful of philosophy departments left in the UK that provides both research-driven and inclusive postgraduate teaching and supervision aimed at a wide range of students, specialist and non-specialist.
    We call on Middlesex to reverse its damaging and ill-judged decision, and to renew its commitment to widening participation in education and excellence in research.

• Keith Ansell-Pearson, professor of philosophy, University of Warwick
• Alain Badiou, emeritus professor of philosophy, École Normale Supérieure, Paris
• Etienne Balibar, emeritus professor of philosophy, Université de Paris-Nanterre, and distinguished professor of humanities, University of California, Irvine
• Miguel Beistegui, professor of philosophy, University of Warwick
• Andrew Benjamin, professor of critical theory and philosophical aesthetics, Monash University, Australia
• Andrew Bowie, professor of philosophy and German, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot professor of rhetoric and comparative literature, University of California, Berkeley
• Susan Buck-Morss, Jan Rock Zubrow professor of government, Cornell University, New York
• Barbara Cassin, directeur de recherches, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
• Simon Critchley, professor of philosophy and chair of the philosophy department, New School for Social Research, New York
• Christopher Fynsk, professor of comparative literature and modern thought, and director of the Centre for Modern Thought, University of Aberdeen
• Simon Glendinning, reader in European philosophy, London School of Economics, and director of the Forum for European Philosophy
• Boris Groys, professor of Slavic and Russian studies, New York University
• Michael Hardt, professor of literature, Duke University, NC
• Harry Harootunian, emeritus professor of history, Chicago and New York universities
• Joanna Hodge, professor of philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Claude Imbert, emeritus professor of philosophy, École Normale Supérieure, Paris
• Mandy Merck, professor of media arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Dermot Moran, professor of philosophy, University College Dublin
• Michael Moriarty FBA, centenary professor of French literature and thought, Queen Mary, University of London
• Antonio Negri, philosopher and political scientist
• Jacques Rancière, emeritus professor of philosophy, Université de Paris VIII
• Kristin Ross, professor of comparative literature, New York University
• Lynne Segal, anniversary professor, psychosocial studies, Birkbeck, University of London
• Peter Sloterdijk, rektor der Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe
• Gayatri Spivak, university professor in the humanities, Columbia University, New York
• Isabelle Stengers, professor of philosophy, Université Libre de Bruxelles
• Peter Weibel, chairman and CEO, ZKM/Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
• James Williams, professor of European philosophy, University of Dundee
• Slavoj Zizek, co-director of the International Centre for Humanities, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London

 මිඩ්ල්සෙක්ස් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයීය පරිපාලන ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ ශිෂ්‍යයින් රැදී සිටින අයුරැ දැක්වෙන ඡායාරෑප කිහිපයක් පහතින් පළවේ.