Author Archives: phallward

24 May 2010 Dear Board Member I write to protest against the suspension of students and staff involved in recent protests against the cuts in philosophy programmes at Middlesex University. It is clear that all the actions taken by the … Continue reading →

To the members of the board of governors of Middlesex University, In light of the new escalation of the dispute regarding the closure of Philosophy at Middlesex, the suspension of Peter Osborne, Peter Hallward, Christian Kerslake and several students from … Continue reading →

Dean Esche and Board of Governors Middlesex University The Burroughs London NW4 4BT 25 May 2010 Dear Dean Esche and Board of Governors, We write to express our shock and dismay at the suspension of students and Professor Hallward, Professor … Continue reading →

24 May 2010 Dear Members of the Board: Along with many educators and scholars throughout the world, we were horrified to learn of the suspension of faculty and students at your university. Such scornful tactics are ill-suited to the kind … Continue reading →

Dear Middlesex University Governors and Management: I emailed you a few weeks ago to express my utter bafflement at the decision to close your internationally renowned philosophy department.   You have failed so far to provide a considered rationale for this … Continue reading →

Dear Middlesex University Board of Governors: As the Director of the Graduate Program in Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis, I write to express my dismay at your decision to suspend our distinguished Middlesex colleagues, Professor Peter Hallward … Continue reading →

23 May 2010 Dear Mr. Esche You must, at this point, be very well aware of all the arguments that have been marshalled against your bureaucratic philistinism. You must, at this point, be very well aware that you have already … Continue reading →

Board of Governors Middlesex University in London The Burroughs London NW4 4BT May 22, 2010 Dear Members of the Board, I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms your decision to suspend from Middlesex University students of philosophy and … Continue reading →

Dear Governors, Having written earlier in relation to the initial decision at Middlesex, the news of the suspension of senior staff is depressing indeed. As a sociologist whose work and teaching is in the areas of social philosophy and sociology … Continue reading →

Subject: Suspensions at Middlesex From:    mayt@clemson.edu Date:    Sun, May 23, 2010 7:40 pm To:      michael@partridges.org.uk, etc. May 23, 2010 To the Board of Governors: I have just learned, to my astonishment, that two professors and a … Continue reading →