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The School of Divinity is pleased to announce that Honorary Fellow, Professor Timothy Larsen, has been elected as President of the American Society of Church History.

The School of Divinity is pleased to announce that Edward DeLaquil's essay has been announced as the Theology Meets Philosophy of Science Essay Prize Winner.

Congratulations to all our students who have been awarded prizes by the School of Divinity!

Dr Ximian Xu has been announced as one of six winning essays in the One Hundred Year Study of Artificial Intelligence (AI100) Early Career Essay Competition

We’re pleased to announce that an exhibition on Theravada Buddhism, supported by the Edinburgh Buddhist Studies network, has opened at the National Museum of Scotland.

The Head of School is a pivotal role within Divinity as it leads the strategic development of the School and the academic staff.

We're delighted to announce that Professor Naomi Appleton has been elected to the board of the International Association of Buddhist Studies

The School of Divinity are pleased to announce that five members of staff have been shortlisted for the 2023 CAHSS Recognition Awards.

The School of Divinity are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Upali Sraman as our first ever lecturer in Buddhist Languages.

Andrew Jamieson, who designed the Coat of Arms tapestry that adorns the Rainy Hall wall, has been selected to create the invitations for the upcoming coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

An Appreciation of his Contribution to the Study of Religion/s

In 2021 Professor Alison Jack and Dr Caleb Froehlich started a one year project funded by the Templeton Religion Trust titled 'Investigating Art and the Sacred at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Practice-based Research with Theological Reflection'

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Jeremy Carrette will join us as Head of School on 1st August 2023.

A group of New College scholars have received awards from the Abraham Kuyper Leadership Fund for their work on neo-Calvinist theology.

Dr Anja Klein has been awarded a £100K British Academy (BA) Mid-Career Fellowship

Dr Arkotong Longkumer has received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grant for a project on 'Decolonising the Museum'

Recently, three New College staff members took a trip to visit the Holy Land with Church of Scotland ministry candidates

The School of Divinity welcomes Naomi Reiss back to Edinburgh to start her doctoral studies.

Congratulations to all our students who have been awarded prizes by the School of Divinity!

School of Divinity student, Stephen Dolan has won Student Tutor of the Year in this year's EUSA Teaching Awards

The School of Divinity is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Mark Harris as President of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSAT).

School of Divinity maintains No.1 position in Scotland for the quality and breadth of our research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Results (REF)

Call for a doctoral student for an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award, “Judaica in Scotland, 1817 – Present: Objects of Faith, Migration and Identity”.

A call for papers is announced as part of an upcoming conference on Islam and Evolution

The School of Divinity are delighted to announce that Dr Salam Rassi has been appointed as a new lecturer in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

The Alfred Landecker Foundation is pleased to invite applications from highly qualified postdocs in the humanities and social sciences, for a full-time lecturer program set to begin on 1 October 2022.

The School of Divinity is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Rachel Muers as the new Chair of Divinity.

The Edinburgh Buddhist Studies network (EBS) is delighted to announce the appointment of its first ever schools outreach officer

As part of the New College 175th anniversary events, the School held a panel event – Lost in Translation - that looked at the ways that women are typically ‘lost’ or marginalised by Scriptural translations (both of the Bible and the Quran).

A collection of past news articles from the School of Divinity.