Professor Christopher J. Rowe, 1944-2025
September 15, 2025
The Institute is saddened to hear of the death of one of our very first Fellows, Professor Christopher J. Rowe OBE. A renowned classicist and translator, Prof. Rowe died on 24 July 2025.
The Institute is saddened to hear of the death of one of our very first Fellows, Professor Christopher J. Rowe OBE. A renowned classicist and translator, Prof. Rowe died on 24 July 2025.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to announce the appointment of award-winning activist Zakiya Sankara-Jabar as the Community Fellow for 2025.
The Institute proudly announces the 30th in our Occasional Papers series. Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 2 is the second collection of essays to emerge from the Institute Project on Decoloniality. This new volume includes essays by former Fellows Dr Peter S. Henne, Dr Asha Varadharajan, Professor Anthony Neal, Dr Shakeel Anjum, Dr Thomas Metcalf, Dr Erika De Vivo, Dr Simon Buck, Dr Paul Newton-Jackson and Dr Emma Hill.
In higher education, women make up only 19% of the Presidents of the top 200 universities globally, with a recent UNESCO report on higher education (2021) concluding that inequalities run deep and glass ceilings remain high. Concerns are growing too about the future of diversity, equality and inclusion programmes across many countries, which may further impede progress.
In higher education, women make up only 19% of the Presidents of the top 200 universities globally, with a recent UNESCO report on higher education (2021) concluding that inequalities run deep and glass ceilings remain high. Concerns are growing too about the future of diversity, equality and inclusion programmes across many countries, which may further impede progress.
IASH is part of Doors Open Day 2025, Scotland's largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old.
The Institute will welcome visitors on Saturday 27 September (10:00-16:00) for Doors Open Day 2025 - drop-in, no booking required. More than 60 people visited for DOD in 2024.
The Institute presents our annual report for academic year 2024-25. Features include a spotlight on artist practitioners at IASH, reports from GENDER.ED and the Decolonised Transformations Project, a calendar of our 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.
Thanks to Bill Walsh at Wing Design for the graphic design of this report.
The search is on for the next IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, with applications now officially open for the 2026 residency, a unique opportunity for writers and theatre-makers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling.