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

Gianluca Foschi (Newcastle): The basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe and scientific knowledge in the Late Antique Mediterranean.
October 14, 2019, 1:00pm
Zora Kovacic: Governing sustainability in the Global North and the Global South: uncertainties and complexities in a comparative perspective  
October 14, 2019, 3:00pm
Zora Kovacic (University of Bergen): Governing sustainability in the Global North and the Global South: uncertainties and complexities in a comparative perspective.
October 14, 2019, 3:00pm

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