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

Prof Francis Watson (Durham): The Epistula Apostolorum: Why a neglected Dialogue Gospel matters.
November 15, 2019, 11:15am
Mike Vass (Artist in Residence): School of Scottish Studies Archives Traditional Artist in Residence in conversation
November 15, 2019, 1:10pm
  Jing Jing:  Mismatched priorities and approaches in China-EU Relations Revealed from a Corpus-driven Discourse Analysis of Their Official Discourse (1994-2019)
November 15, 2019, 3:10pm

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Elif Shafak in conversation with Allan Little
November 8, 2019
Celebrating David Hume
November 6, 2019
The Scots slave owner 'celebrated' for killing a Caribbean national hero
October 28, 2019

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