steps toward improving their contracts and Jewish Studies with those taught in the strength and effectiveness of the the Department of Greek and Latin (as strike was made clear. This strike had well as in the Institute of Archaeology, concretely improved conditions for Birkbeck, and SOAS). For years we have cleaners. I hope that the spirit of their had students who are interested not only inspirational struggle will resonate in Hebrew and Aramaic but also in Greek throughout UCL tomorrow as workers and Latin, as well as other ancient and students again stand up for what is languages such as Akkadian – and just. previously there was no formal way for them to combine these subjects in a We all stand to will from a more equal structured and methodical way. While university. As one of the coordinators of lecturers in the Department of Greek and the cleaners’ strike put in a speech: “A Latin were likewise interested in doing victory will not be a victory for two or something about this situation, the three, but a victory for all.” collaboration on the new programme didn’t begin until a mutual student made the shidduch between us. Rosa Speers, a HJS alumna who will always be fondly This summer saw the official approval of remembered for her fantastic comic ‘The UCL’s new BA in Ancient Languages, Amazing Adventures of the HJS based in the Department of Hebrew and Department (among her many other Jewish Studies. The programme, which achievements), was studying Greek with has begun accepting applications and will Dr Nick Gonis in the Department of run for the first time next year (2014-15), Greek and Latin, and put us in touch is unique in the UK and is designed to about the possibility of developing a offer students concentrated training in an combined degree. We began working on extensive range of ancient languages and the idea, and after about two years of textual traditions. planning, meetings, market research, costing plans, and very extensive The idea to develop the new BA came the new BA became a reality. about out of a desire to unite the large selection of ancient language courses The degree is structured around two core available in the Department of Hebrew languages (Hebrew and Greek or Latin),
steps toward improving their contracts the strength and effectiveness of the strike was made clear. This strike had concretely improved conditions for cleaners. I hope that the spirit of their inspirational struggle will resonate throughout UCL tomorrow as workers and students again stand up for what is just. We all stand to will from a more equal university. As one of the coordinators of the cleaners’ strike put in a speech: “A victory will not be a victory for two or three, but a victory for all.” This summer saw the official approval of UCL’s new BA in Ancient Languages, based in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. The programme, which has begun accepting applications and will run for the first time next year (2014-15), is unique in the UK and is designed to offer students concentrated training in an extensive range of ancient languages and textual traditions. The idea to develop the new BA came about out of a desire to unite the large selection of ancient language courses available in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies with those taught in the Department of Greek and Latin (as well as in the Institute of Archaeology, Birkbeck, and SOAS). For years we have had students who are interested not only in Hebrew and Aramaic but also in Greek and Latin, as well as other ancient languages such as Akkadian – and previously there was no formal way for them to combine these subjects in a structured and methodical way. While lecturers in the Department of Greek and Latin were likewise interested in doing something about this situation, the collaboration on the new programme didn’t begin until a mutual student made the shidduch between us. Rosa Speers, a HJS alumna who will always be fondly remembered for her fantastic comic ‘The Amazing Adventures of the HJS Department (among her many other achievements), was studying Greek with Dr Nick Gonis in the Department of Greek and Latin, and put us in touch about the possibility of developing a combined degree. We began working on the idea, and after about two years of planning, meetings, market research, costing plans, and very extensive the new BA became a reality. The degree is structured around two core languages (Hebrew and Greek or Latin),