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Meet our graduates: James Hanton (Film Studies)

03 May, 2024Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Starting his critic career in The Student during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, MSc Film Studies…

Meet our graduates: Saad Siddiqui (Intermediality)

26 April, 2024Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Exploring Bombay Cinema through the Edinburgh cityscape, MSc Intermediality graduate Saad Siddiqui…

In memoriam: Professor Francis O'Gorman

22 April, 2024English and Scottish Literature

Colleagues reflect on the passing of a passionate and prolific expert on the English literature of…

Photo of Francis O'Gorman looking at the camera

In memoriam: Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

17 April, 2024Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Colleagues in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies reflect on the passing of Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila,…

Photo of Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila with text saying in memoriam

Speech! Minju Kim wins national contest for her talk on Japan’s relationship with Korea

17 April, 2024Asian Studies Life at LLC Undergraduate

We talk to the final year student about overcoming her fears to win the top prize in the 19th…

Meet our graduates: Anke-Beate Stahl (Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Studies)

12 March, 2024European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate Scandinavian Studies

Artist, curator and teacher Dr Anke-Beate Stahl came to Edinburgh in 1989 as an undergraduate…

Supporting linguistic diversity in Scotland

10 March, 2024Celtic and Scottish Studies

Creating opportunities for Gaelic language use within the University of Edinburgh and strengthening…

Isla Parker by a lake in the Scottish highlands

Languages in the community - welcoming Ukrainian families to Edinburgh

22 January, 2024European Languages and Cultures Life at LLC Russian Teaching

In an updated article, we hear from the award-winning Ekaterina Popova and her students about…

Photo of Katia Popova at Old College, University of Edinburgh. It is a head and shoulders shot; she is looking at the camera.

How Latin American feminist theory can help battle toxic masculinity

05 December, 2023European Languages and Cultures Life at LLC Postgraduate Research Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Elisabeth Goemans, a PhD candidate in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, tells us…

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Meet our graduates: Iskandar Sattibaev (Comparative Literature)

06 November, 2023Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Iskandar is the creator of SpeakEng, a mobile application helping over 100,000 people learn English…

Iskandar Sattibaev smiling at the camera with green hills and forrest in the background