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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…

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…

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…

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

26 September, 2023Asian Studies Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

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, 2023English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Postgraduate

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

Writing across borders

21 August, 2023Research Translation Studies

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

The art of translating culture and place

17 August, 2023Asian Studies

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

Meet our graduates: Bhavika Govil (Creative Writing)

15 August, 2023English and Scottish Literature Meet our graduates Postgraduate

The joint winner of the inaugural Pontas and 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, 2023Asian Studies Life at LLC Undergraduate

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