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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…

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…

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…

Meet our graduates: Lynn Houmdi (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)

22 May, 2023Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Twenty years after her first degree, Lynn completed an award-winning MSc and now drives forward…

Meet our graduates: Laurie Motherwell

11 May, 2023

An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Laurie studied with us between 2010 and 2015,…

And... action! Film students launch new magazine

26 April, 2023Film and Intermediality Life at LLC Postgraduate

Film students Niamh and Yvonne take us behind the scenes of their new student-led magazine, The…

In memoriam: Paul Dundas

17 April, 2023

Julian Ward reflects on the passing of our friend and colleague Paul Dundas, Sanskrit expert and…

Thriving in Scotland’s culture - Professor of Gaelic honoured for contribution to Public Life

11 April, 2023

Wilson McLeod talks about his Saltire Society honour, one of six Fletcher of Saltoun Awards given…