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Archaeology and Social Anthropology MA (Hons) - Undergraduate programmes | The University of Edinburgh
This programme examines the diversity of ancient and modern human social and material culture.
Hume on Race and Slavery | Journal of Scottish Philosophy
The views on race expressed by Hume in a footnote appended to his essay ‘Of National Characters’ seem so egregiously misguided that the suspicion has developed among some commentators that his fund...
Publisher open access agreements | Library | Library
The University of Edinburgh has signed transformative ('Read and Publish') agreements to enable corresponding authors from the University to publish eligible research articles open access for no extra cost.
Matthew Bevis, Wordsworth’s Fun | Romanticism
Bevis says that anyone approaching Wordsworth’s fun has to be ‘willing to be ridiculous, or inappropriately gleeful, to get at just how odd he can be’ (9).
Why are sand deserts not flat?
The spontaneous formation and migration of sand waves is a spectacular natural phenomenon, emerging from nothing but wind and sand. It is perceived as both aesthetically fascinating and ecologically and economically threatening. But how exactly
Scottish in the Margins of New France: Marie Hiroüin de la Conception, a Nun at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Seventeenth-Century Québec | Britain and the World
Marie Hiroüin, a nun at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec, was identified as a Scottish noblewoman in the margin of one of her community’s records. An examination of how she came to be in New France, then a...
The Comedia in English: Translation and Performance. Edited by Susan Paun de García and Donald R. Larson. Pp. xiii + 295. London: Tamesis, 2008. Hb. £50. | Translation and Literature
The six essays of the first section, on ‘Translating and Adapting the Comedia’, will be of interest to anyone concerned with the practice and theory of translation generally. ... audience. These essays will appeal to anyone concerned with staging,
Hannibal Hamlin, The Bible in Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. xvi + 378 pages. | Ben Jonson Journal
There is nothing in the available evidence to prove that Shakespeare belonged to a church community, nor does he mention going to church services himself; nor has anyone gone on record ... Shakespeare knew the Bible well; where he got the information is
January 2017 | Alumni Services | Alumni
A study of Einstein, an analysis of how children acquire language and the story of a lovelorn baker are among the literacy picks on this month's bookshelf.
Central Area bike stores | Transport & Parking | Transport and Parking
The University provides bike stores across the Central Area.