John Bell, University of Western Ontario

Dear Professor Naylor:
It was with the greatest dismay that I learned recently of the University of Toronto’s proposal to close its Centre for Comparative Literature. Comparative Literature has a particularly important role to play in today’s multicultural world, and the Toronto Centre, with its innovative curriculum, dedicated faculty, and corps of highly motivated students, is a world-renowned institution in the field. The closure of the Centre —the very suggestion of which furnishes yet another instance of the present unfortunate tendency of university administrators to devalue the study of Arts and Humanities —would, if carried out, have a devastating impact on literary and multicultural studies in Canada. I urge that this disastrous proposal be rejected.
Yours sincerely,
John L. Bell, FRSC
Professor of Philosophy


Professor John L. Bell, FRSC
Department of Philosophy
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 3K7
Canada