WHERE IDEAS GROW

Where ideas grow

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh is one of the world's premier Institutes for Advanced Study. We support innovative research and public engagement activities across the arts, humanities and social sciences through a range of interdisciplinary and international projects and programmes.

Upcoming events

Francis Mickus, Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne And what art thou, thou idle ceremony? Pageantry, Spectacle and Henry V
February 1, 2021, 6:15pm
World Christianity at New College: A Conversation Involving Brian Stanley, Jooseop Keum, Esther Mombo, Timothy Tennent, and Janice McLean-Farrell
February 2, 2021, 4:10pm
Dr. George N. Njung: Work in progress talk
February 3, 2021, 1:00pm

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Ben Fletcher-Watson awarded Principal's Medal
December 8, 2020
Decolonising Digital: new Fellowship with the British Council
December 2, 2020
How has genomics altered the way humanity understands itself?
December 2, 2020

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