Thanks, Toni.
It may be worth remembering that the full title of the Chair of Scottish
History at Edinburgh University is the Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish
History and Palaeography. It was established in 1901. The present
incumbent is Professor Tom Devine.
Are there any other Chairs (or surviving Readerships) in the UK that combine
Palaeography with other subjects?
Peter
Peter B Freshwater, MA, DipLib, FSA Scot
43 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 5QQ, Scotland
Tel: 0044 (0)131 337 7049
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From: "Toni Bunch" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:56 PM
Subject: Fw: Chair of Palaeography at KCL
Forwarded for the interest (and action?) of those not members of SHARP
Toni Bunch
Antonia J Bunch OBE MA FCLIP FSA Scot FRSA
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From: "Germaine Warkentin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Chair of Palaeography at KCL
If you're a member of SHARP-L and have a Facebook page you should
definitely consult the postings of members of the group "Save
Palaeography at King's London"
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=303202385890
-- and of course add your support if you feel so inclined, which I hope
and trust you would be. The group has accumulated nearly 5,500 members
(national and international) in little more than a week, many of them
very knowledgeable about the current situation at King's. Letters from
scholars directly affected continue to be written to the Principal of
King's (address and details on the site), but in addition it is really
important to write him stressing the value of palaeography to scholars
OUTSIDE the expected disciplines of classics and medieval studies. The
study of handwriting and the unraveling of its problems in documents is
an essential historical tool in whatever period, and the powers that be
at Kings need to know this. There are legal complications as well; the
endowment of the chair is apparently funded by a trust, and questions
are being asked about how King's can in fact eliminate the chair and
dismiss its holder, the estimable David Ganz (that's all I know about
that side of the question). This is a truly good cause, one that SHARP
members ought to take very seriously. Germaine
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