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MINT Chinese Film Festival brings together graduate talent in women on screen

26 September, 2023

We hear from alumni and staff in Asian Studies and Film, Exhibition and Curation about the very…

From Arthur’s Seat – stories from the heart of Edinburgh

14 September, 2023

Every year, our MSc Creative Writing cohort publishes an anthology of new writing. We spoke to this…

Writing across borders

21 August, 2023

We speak to Hephzibah Israel about the research and creative process behind her exhibition…

The art of translating culture and place

17 August, 2023

Teaching Fellow Esther Tyldesley tells us about her PEN Translates award-winning work on The Sacred…

Meet our graduates: Bhavika Govil

15 August, 2023

The joint winner of the inaugural Pontas & JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize talks to us about…

Stepping back into our French theatre archive

13 August, 2023

Graduate Marka Rifat reflects on her time in Les Escogriffes in the late 1970s and how student…

The Sparkling World of the Year 24 Group wins the David Laing Prize 2023

20 July, 2023

Francesca Lutje-Wilkes, a final year student of Japanese, has won the University’s book collecting…

Exploring the legacies of Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific writing

19 June, 2023

We hear from the researchers behind Remediating Stevenson, a new three-year project to engage…

Meet our Graduates: Cristina Sandu

19 June, 2023

Having graduated with an MSc in Comparative Literature in 2015, Cristina is now a prize-winning…

Out of the classroom, into the cinema

19 June, 2023

We talk to students Lucy, Nina, Ella and Harriet about their involvement in the eighth Edinburgh…