We are
delighted to inform you that the devastating budget cuts to humanities,
proposed by the Swedish government, have been averted. Thus, the funding of the
Swedish Mediterranean Institutes at Athens, Rome, and Istanbul has been saved,
enabling them to continue their significant and diversified work. We express
sincere congratulations and our heartfelt thanks to all of you, who contributed
to the protests!
Please read
this email from our Swedish colleagues, showing their gratitude:
Dear
friends,
To all of
you who signed the petition against the closing down of the Swedish Institutes
at Athens, Rome and Istanbul we want to express our sincerest gratitude. Today,
to our great relief, the Swedish government officially announced that they will
NOT cut our funding. The massive protests from the international scholarly community
certainly contributed greatly to this result and on behalf of the Swedish
Institutes at Athens, Rome and Istanbul we thank you all deeply.
Jenny
Wallensten & Jenni Hjohlman
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