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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…

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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…

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Writing across borders

21 August, 2023Research Translation Studies

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Exploring the legacies of Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific writing

19 June, 2023English and Scottish Literature Research

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

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Meet our Graduates: Cristina Sandu (Comparative Literature)

19 June, 2023English and Scottish Literature European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Having graduated in 2015, Cristina is now a prize-winning writer and translator.

Meet our graduates: Francisca Da Silveira

31 May, 2023

Working full time as a playwright, Francisca Da Silveira has held two year-long fellowships and had…

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