We are delighted to announce that IASH now has its own collection in Edinburgh DataShare, where IASH Fellows can deposit and share their research data. Edinburgh DataShare is a digital repository for research data produced at the University of Edinburgh.
The Institute is delighted to host the book launch for Til Debt Do Us Part, a container of prose, poetry and illustration on UK family migration rules and their place in the history of the UK, published by 2026 IASH Public Engagement Fellow Dr Vanessa Montesi.
The Institute presents our annual report for academic year 2025-26. Highlights include a feature on 10 years of the Dangerous Women Project, reports from GENDER.ED and the Making A Nation research theme, a calendar of our biggest events over the past year, a full list of Fellows and Affiliates, and much more. You can download the digital version as a PDF here.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Dustin Lalkulhpuia (British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellow, 2026)
Can the Indigenous Think? Three Concepts (Tlawmngaihna, Jhum, Kuknalim) from Northeast India
Emerging from a colloquium held as part of our 55th anniversary celebrations in April 2025, a new special issue gathers together papers by a range of scholars, including former Fellows Dr Steve Taylor and Dr Rathiulung Elias, on the theme of grassroots and indigenous digital faith-based activism.
Call for Papers (CFP)
An International Conference on Tradition, Modernity, and Internationalism: Rabindranath Tagore and the Making of a New Cultural Paradigm
7, 8, and 9 May 2027
Venue: Edinburgh.
Organized by: The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), Edinburgh.
Concept Note
An IASH Work-in-Prgoress seminar, delivered by Dr Charlotte Gleghorn (Sabbatical Fellow, 2026)
Unpicking the Auteur in Latin American Indigenous Film
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Nat Cutter (Nominated Fellow, 2026)
Reading the Maghreb in Early Modern Scotland: Book History and Global Imaginaries
The search is on for the next IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, with applications now officially open for the 2027 residency, a unique opportunity for writers and theatre-makers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling, with a £12,000 commission.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Jared Holley (Sabbatical Fellow, 2026).
Anticolonial Solidarity: towards a global history of political thought