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Dear all
Over the past 60 years the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) has supported a wide range of scholarship and events, including sponsoring and hosting the Latin American Music Seminar (for nearly 20 years). I am devastated to tell you that there are now plans to close ILAS. These are difficult times, and university finances are severely stretched, but it is also a time when international cooperation and understanding is more essential than ever. ILAS plays an essential function in facilitating a network of research and debate, with strong participation across a wide public who engage in many of their activities. This will all be lost without the care and administrative support that the very small number of staff at ILAS provide. I am forwarding a petition opposing this closure. For this petition to gain a high number of signatures as rapidly as possible is the strongest way that we can demonstrate the significance and reach of this small institution. Please sign and circulate. http://chng.it/f8sYSMdJxC<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchng.it%2Ff8sYSMdJxC&data=04%7C01%7CH.Stobart%40RHUL.AC.UK%7C1774a258e562447a28a008d8743b6b0d%7C2efd699a19224e69b601108008d28a2e%7C0%7C0%7C637387146431965423%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KgnIPur20EhVkoEJbJpcpZoquCPgi%2F3qpOcXpKoFLi8%3D&reserved=0>
I will let you know when I hear any further developments.
All the best
Henry
PS The intention is also to close the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. If you would like to sign the petition to save this too, please follow this link: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-closure-of-the-institute-of-commonwealth-studies-university-of-london?recruiter=false&recruited_by_id=3fea7b90-11d5-11eb-a59d-4b46720bf045<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fp%2Fstop-the-closure-of-the-institute-of-commonwealth-studies-university-of-london%3Frecruiter%3Dfalse%26recruited_by_id%3D3fea7b90-11d5-11eb-a59d-4b46720bf045&data=04%7C01%7CH.Stobart%40RHUL.AC.UK%7C1774a258e562447a28a008d8743b6b0d%7C2efd699a19224e69b601108008d28a2e%7C0%7C0%7C637387146431965423%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yqH%2BLqLtFeVNnGnpREJbHlHjCfvIcykBLXASpYfPaVE%3D&reserved=0>
Dr Henry Stobart
Reader in Music/Ethnomusicology
Department of Music
Royal Holloway University of London
Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX
Tel. 01784 443533
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