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Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
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Both books derive from the Poetry and Multiple Sclerosis study undertaken by Georgi Gill at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social.

The anthology and toolkit are both completely open access, so take a look!

Anthology: doi.org/10.2218/ED.9...

Toolkit: doi.org/10.2218/ED.9...
poeMS: an anthology by people living with multiple sclerosis | Edinburgh Diamond | Books
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November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Welcome to poeMS!

poeMS consists of two books: one an anthology of poetry by people living with multiple sclerosis and the other a toolkit for poetry writing by people living with neurological illness.

Anthology: doi.org/10.2218/ED.9...

Toolkit: doi.org/10.2218/ED.9...
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Between Comparative Literature (Deepshikha) and Theology (myself), we welcome wide engagement on questions of marginality and digitality: from academics, activists & practitioners alike. Great to see some interest building already.

Event page is now live!
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November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Looking for a Christmas gift for arts and culture lovers? You can get 25% off our stunning collection of feminist visual art and creative writing, "The Art of Being Dangerous", with code DECEMBER25 on the publisher's website:

lup.be/book/the-art...
The Art of Being Dangerous | Leuven University Press
Browse a preview of the book > Unique and kaleidoscopic collection of feminist visual and literary art The idea that women are dangerous – individually or collectively – runs throughout history and ac...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Meet our 2026 British Council Fellows:

Dr Elsie Albis and Dr Dustin Lalkulhpuia have been appointed to explore how Indigenous communities from the Philippines and India can inform global debates around the arts, environment and peacebuilding.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-ne...
Meet the new British Council Fellows | IASH
Two international scholars have been appointed to year-long fellowships at the University of Edinburgh to explore how Indigenous communities from the Philippines and India can inform global debates around the arts, the environment and peacebuilding.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Excitingly, this programme includes an IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship, inviting applications from people working on one of the following:

1) Cultures of Natural History
2) Collecting Video Game Heritage

More details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #histSTM📜
Webinar: IASH Fellowship applicants for 2026-27, on Monday 15 December at 13:00 GMT. Find out about our programmes, and ask any questions you may have.

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November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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So very grateful to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, Prof Carol Richardson, @kateai.bsky.social & everyone who came to talk about my new book with me yesterday evening 💖 and a wonderful flowery surprise from @starcrossed2018.bsky.social and @liederfollower.bsky.social ! 💐
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Supported by the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Susan Manning Workshop Fund, we can offer travel bursaries for up to two UK-based scholars representing minority perspectives whose abstracts are selected.

We anticipate a journal special issue as well as alternative-format outputs if appropriate.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📢CfP: Digitality, Marginality & Plural Subjectivities

Interdisciplinary conference on evolving & contested digital agency @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, 2–3 Feb 2026.
Does digital life open space for counter-narratives, resistance, solidarity, or epistemic justice? Join us!

🗓️Abstracts due 15 Dec 2025
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I would encourage you to apply: I had a wonderful 4 months @iashedinburgh.bsky.social a few years ago!
Webinar: IASH Fellowship applicants for 2026-27, on Monday 15 December at 13:00 GMT. Find out about our programmes, and ask any questions you may have.

Register free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdfeb...

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November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Webinar: IASH Fellowship applicants for 2026-27, on Monday 15 December at 13:00 GMT. Find out about our programmes, and ask any questions you may have.

Register free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdfeb...

Please sign up even if you can't attend, as a recording will be circulated afterwards.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Nicely done Jack, the Trav and IASH.
Thrilled to be appointed the new writer in residence for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship for 2026. More details to follow soon. www.traverse.co.uk/news/travers...
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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A world class honour to be the playwright-in-residence with IASH and the Trav for 2026. Massive!
Meet our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow!

We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow | IASH
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November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Meet our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow!

We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow | IASH
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November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Meet Auntie at Manipulate Festival in February! First developed as part of Julia Taudevin's IASH Fellowship back in 2020, "Auntie Empire" is a bloody, messy, hilarious and timely lampoon of the myths of nationhood.

8-9 Feb at @summerhallarts.bsky.social

www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/aunti...
Auntie Empire  - Manipulate Arts
Auntie has gathered us all to relive and celebrate our glorious shared past, but unfortunately she also has some tragic, terrible, and most pressing news. And
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November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A great article about GenAI, low-resource languages and decoloniality. Current Fellow Dr Deepshikha Behera is working on this topic: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr%C...

She will be presenting her research on 27 November @hias-hamburg.bsky.social - see hias-hamburg.de/en/events/co... for more info.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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even when things are getting really tough at work, it's stories like this, a culmination of over two years of relationship building and planning, that keep me going. So proud of my team for helping the Sikh community celebrate a shared heritage:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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excited to have a chapter in this new monograph by the University of Edinburgh's IASH (where I spent my sabbatical). I discuss my efforts to implement a moderate form of decoloniality in my Intro to IR course, and the mixed results I've run into.

#academicsky

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Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 2 | IASH
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September 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Excited to get stuck in to this collection edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social 👋 and Jo Shaw. Thanks @edinburghup.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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V grateful to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for recognising my scholarship with this Fellowship & delighted that this article is now out online. Jane Whyte was a remarkable member of a remarkable network of Edinburgh activists, & an undoubted influence on her radical daughter Janet Chance.
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New paper:

Elizabeth Darling (2025). "Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): ‘a notable Churchwoman’ and her abortion activist daughter." Women's History Review. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Elizabeth was a 2021 Senior Anniversary Fellow, working on Heroines of the Canongate.
Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): ‘a notable Churchwoman’ and her abortion activist daughter
This article explores the lives of Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953), a mother and daughter who represent two generations of women's activism in Scotland and England from the late...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Delighted to have started at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social this month as a postdoc fellow! My project is titled “Censoring a Nation: Blasphemy, Obscenity, and Sedition in Pakistan”: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-f...
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New paper:

Raad Khair Allah (2025). "Unveiling Arab Feminism through Multilingualism: Etel Adnan." Journal of World Literature, 1-20. brill.com/view/journal...

Raad is a current Postdoctoral Fellow, working on contemporary Arab diasporas and nationhood in Arab cultural and digital feminism.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Contributed a little piece on antinuclear activist Dagmar Wilson to this edited collection about “dangerous women” through history. Great to see it in the wild!

Women Who Dared is out now with University of Edinburgh Press: lnkd.in/eUnbfX8t

In all good book shops (and some rubbish ones as well)
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM