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Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
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A brilliant Saturday night at Aye Write in Glasgow, celebrating our “Women Who Dared”! Thanks to speakers Jo Shaw, Chisomo Kalinga and Ioulia Kolovou, the whole festival team and everyone who came.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Getting ready for former Fellow Javad Daraei’s film screening as part of Refugee Festival Scotland.
June 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🎟️There are still tickets available for our Edinburgh Science Festival film screening and discussion, "Desert Future": www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/desert...

Friday 11 April at 7pm at the Bayes Centre. The event features Brittany Meché, Hannah Boast & Rahul Ranjan on ecological worldmaking. 🏜️
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Desert Future"

A film screening and discussion exploring climate fiction, environmental humanities, history of science and Black/Africana studies. Part of the Edinburgh Science Festival, Friday 11 April at 7pm.

www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/desert...
March 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're thrilled to announce that the 3rd book from the Dangerous Women Project will release in September from Edinburgh University Press. "Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" is edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social with a foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thanks to all our new followers here - over 1,000 of you! Somewhat appropriately, we still have a devilish 6,666 followers in the Other Place / hellsite…
December 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Calling all postdocs and early-career researchers!

If you wish to apply for an IASH Fellowship for 2025-26, please join our webinar on Monday 9 Dec at 13:00 UK time. The event will be recorded.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ap...
November 4, 2024 at 1:21 PM
NEW FELLOWSHIP:

The Institute is delighted to announce a new Fellowship aimed at artists and creative practitioners of Palestinian heritage. The Artist at Risk Fellowship will support an artist to spend 2 months as a Visiting Fellow at IASH in May/June/July 2025: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/artist-risk-...
September 11, 2024 at 3:40 PM
We're delighted to announce a new fellowship opportunity for 2025 to mark the 90th anniversary of the British Council. 🎉

We're offering two 12-month Fellowships for international early career researchers (at £2,500 per month) starting in January: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/new-fel...

Deadline 26 July.
April 29, 2024 at 9:26 AM
NEW FELLOWSHIP! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️

We're delighted to announce a brand new postdoctoral Fellowship programme for 2024, in collaboration with
National Museums Scotland: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/new-fel...

Apply by 24 April via our website!
January 29, 2024 at 5:30 PM
IASH Deputy Director @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social is in Nagoya, Japan for the UBIAS conference for international Institutes of Advanced Study, discussing new Fellowship initiatives and Digital Humanities, among many other topics. Ben is pictured with IASH Advisory Board member Olivier Bouin.
October 31, 2023 at 9:32 PM
EVENT: "The Hope and History of Allyship"
Thursday 16 November, 17:30-19:00
Cairns Lecture Hall, Summerhall

What is an ally? Join this exploration of allyship and its role in historic, present and future decolonial projects.

Free 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hope-a...

[Being Human Festival]
October 26, 2023 at 4:07 PM
The ones at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh are very fun…
October 4, 2023 at 3:48 PM