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The University of Edinburgh School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. The School was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were brought together. The School ...
The Regius Chair of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh was established in 1762 (as the Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres). It is arguably the first professorship of English Literature established anywhere in the world. Its first holder was Professor Hugh Blair.
Established professorships at the University of Edinburgh. The title of the professorship is followed by the date of foundation. Dates in italics indicate the year of foundation of lectureships on which chairs were based. As of November 2024, the list appears incomplete. Chair of Divinity (1620)
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH, University of Edinburgh) was founded in 1969 [1] at the University of Edinburgh, for visiting fellows to engage in study and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club at the cairn on Ciste Dhubh, 1964. Student sport at Edinburgh consists of clubs covering the more traditional rugby, football, rowing and judo, to the more unconventional korfball, gliding and mountaineering. In 2021, the university had over 65 sports clubs run by Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU ...
David Bloor (/ b l ʊər /; born 1942) is a British sociologist.He is a professor in, and a former director of, the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh.He is a key figure in the Edinburgh school and played a major role in the development of the field of science and technology studies. [1]
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Within the English University system MLitt degrees are not offered in all institutions, nor in all disciplines. An M.Litt. may be awarded as an alternative to the Master of Philosophy research degree and is usually placed higher in the hierarchy; starting with degrees such as the postgraduate Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MSc), then Master of Philosophy, and finally Master of Letters.