soas ceases publications cancels linguistics forwarded indology date wed 20 may 92 14 25 06 0100 reply indology discussion list indology liverpool ac uk sender owner indology qq43 liverpool ac uk dominik wujastyk ucgadkw ucl ac uk monday week management committee soas decided close soas publications department also department linguistics later day staff members connected departments given notice contracts would terminate september 1992 means bulletin soas pillar indological publication disappear along book series etc discussions initiated publishers like blackwells oup see want take bsoas china forum etc hard see publishing company able provide specialized editorial functions supported soas loss complete linguistics department equally horrific background far gather cause alarm apparently soas always received annual special funding supplement department education recognised oriental african languages needed nation never get student numbers mainstream subjects enabled soas higher staff student ratio colleges london university year university funding council ufc forgot pay special funding supplement leaving soas financial shortfall 650 000 pounds year clerical error discovered ufc refused make good amount furthermore decided would reinstate special funding future soas response save money expensive part budget namely staff salaries think indology members agree whole story incredible many reasons nevertheless true hard avoid impression farcical mismanagement ufc devastatingly inadequate response soas perhaps mitigating facts yet come light known staff members soas sacked staff members letters protest addressed mr michael mcwilliam director school oriental african studies thornhaugh street russell square london wc1h 0xg england dominik