News and Events
Numerous events are offered throughout the year to enhance the shared academic life of students and faculty. Journals and publications from within the School provide students with invaluable resources.
Postgraduate Virtual Open Days
The LLC Virtual Open Days are live, online interactive sessiosn where you will meet the Programme Director in a chat room. You do not need to come to the university campus, as these events are hosted online. We encourage you to join in and have your questions answered:
MSc and PhD Film Studies - Thursday 23rd February 10.00 - 11.00 and Wednesday 21st March 11.00 - 12.00
MSc and PhD Translation Studies - Wednesday 21st March 12.30 - 1.30
Postgraduate Study in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures: An Introduction - Wednesday 21st March 2.30 - 3.30
MSc in Creative Writing by Online Learning - Wednesday 21st March 4.00 - 5.00
MSc Film in the Public Space - Thursday 26th April 10.00 - 11.00
MSc and PhD in Chinese Studies - Thursday 26th April 2.00 - 3.00 and Wednesday 23rd May 2.00 - 3.00
MSc Comparative and General Literature - Wednesday 23rd May 10.00 - 11.00
Please note these are UK times.
You can also attend sessions run by the central university services to ask questions about fees, careers, admissions, accommodation, visas etc. Just follow the link below.
Research Skills and Methods
Research Skills and Methods, an intensive course, compulsory for all MSc by Research and taught MSc programmes (with the exception of Arab World Studies, Creative Writing, Highland Studies. Literary Translation as Creative Practice and Translation Studies) will be delivered throughout week 1.
Film studies
If you are doing an MSc or PhD in Film studies and want to know more about Film studies events.
FORUM
Forum is the online arts journal based in the University of Edinburgh. It is a peer-reviewed journal and takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the realm of arts and culture.
The journal aims to provide a platform for the exchange of intellectual ideas, encouraging a valuable postgraduate participation in contemporary critical debate.
The project will also give students at the University of Edinburgh the opportunity to develop a variety of skills such as editing, web-publishing, event organisation and project management. All students in the Graduate School are encouraged to get involved.
Media, Culture & Practice
If you are doing an MSc or PhD in Media, Culture & Practice or Transdisciplinary Documentary Film and want to know more about our news and events.
Universities International Summer School
Founded by Professor David Daiches in 1947, the Scottish Universities' International Summer School (SUISS) runs courses in British literature, history and culture for undergraduates, postgraduates and teachers from all over the world.
The School presents a course of study of twentieth-century literature, which seeks to understand British, Scottish and Irish culture against the background of the enormous social and political change of the twentieth century, as well as a Creative Writing course, run in co-operation with Edinburgh's International Book Festival.
In the past we have welcomed applications from students from 25 different countries.
This article was published on Feb 16, 2012