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The School of Advanced Study (SAS) is at the forefront of advancing the humanities in the UK. We do this by promoting and facilitating research, engagement and impact.
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University of London appoints Professor Claire Gorrara as Dean of the School of Advanced Study
The University of London is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Claire Gorrara as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Public Engagement) and the Dean of the School of Advanced Study (SAS), from 1 September 2025.
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The BAFTA-winning actor reflects on his honorary degree from SAS, the power of Shakespeare, and the importance of the arts and humanities.
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The Digital Humanities Research Hub (DHRH) at SAS supports a variety of digital approaches to the Humanities across the UK and beyond, and promotes the Digital Humanities community both nationally and internationally.
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Embedding accessibility in our publishing
At the University of London Press, our mission is to open up humanities research. This commitment to openness is more than a publishing model – it’s a guiding principle that shapes our approach. Ensuring the widest possible audience for the research we publish has been at the core of our efforts in recent years to […]
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New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched!
We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and available now on the School’s RESHAPED platform – a new training and research community space for researchers in the Humanities. The […]
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Call for proposals: Digital Cultural Heritage book series
New Open Access series announcement Today, at the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference at Senate House, we announced details of a new book series, Digital Cultural Heritage. This series is a forum for exploring the past, present and future of digital cultural heritage, both digitised and born-digital. The series editors are Dr Eirini Goudarouli […]
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University of London Press joins Thoth!
Another step in our mission to ‘open up humanities research’ We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Thoth, a metadata management and distribution platform built specifically for open access book publishers. Our move to join Thoth marks a significant milestone for the Press in our mission to make humanities research more accessible to […]
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