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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…

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…