28 April 2010

Dear Madam/Sir,

It is with disbelief that I read the news that Middlesex University considers closing down its Philosophy Department. Shocked as I am, I can only tell you that as a philosopher teaching and doing research in both the Netherlands and Belgium I have the biggest respect for this department and its members: their publications (including the online material on Cahiers pour l’analyse) have proved not only to be inspiring but also orientated a large part of my research.

I would like to ask you to keep Philosophy at Middlesex.

Kind regards,

Dominiek Hoens
Advising Researcher, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Lecturer Philosophy of Art, Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Gent, Belgium