WHERE IDEAS GROW

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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

Dr Jane O'Neill: "Constructions of consent: gender, risk and responsibility in sex education since the 1960s"
May 19, 2021, 1:00pm
Dr Thomas Charman: ​"From Silence to Uncertainty: Investigating Conflict-Related Sexual Violence against Men in International Law, Policy, and Advocacy"
May 26, 2021, 1:00pm
A Northern Scholars Lecture: "Odysseus’ Tears and the Psychology of Weeping"
May 26, 2021, 4:00pm

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Screening Queer Memory: LGBTQ Pasts in Contemporary Film and Television
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