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GeezerVison is showing en.wikipedia.org — School of Advanced Study - Wikipedia This article is about the British institution. For the Russian institution, see School of Advanced Studies.
Not to be confused with SOAS University of London.
The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate-only institution of the University of London, is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and is based in Senate House, in Bloomsbury, central London, close to the British Museum, British Library and several of the colleges of the University of London. The School brings together nine research institutes, many of which have long histories, to provide a wide range of specialist research services, facilities and resources. It offers taught master's and research degrees in humanities and social science subjects (MA, MRes, LLM, MPhil, and PhD). HistoryThe School was established on 1 August 1994. Its eight institutes range in age with the oldest, the Institute of Historical Research, founded in 1921 and the youngest, the Institute of Philosophy, founded in 2005. LocationThe School is in Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London, in Bloomsbury, central London. Organisation and structure The school is managed by a directorate consisting of the dean (Claire Gorrara; also University of London pro vice-chancellor for research and public engagement), vice-dean, heads of the member institutes, the head of the University of London Press and the director of the Digital Humanities Research Hub.[1] In addition to University of London oversight, it is overseen by a Research England advisory group in relation to its national role.[2] Member institutesThe member institutes of the school are:[3]
National roleThe school receives special funding from Research England to support its national role in the humanities.[4] As part of this role, it carries out a number of activities to support and promote humanities research.[5] PublishingThe University of London Press (also known as UoL Press) is based in the School of Advanced Study. Founded in 1910, it was relaunched in 2019 as a fully open-access publisher specialising in "distinctive scholarship at the forefront of the humanities".[6] Digital humanitiesThe strategy funded by Research England for 2024–29 includes the establishment of a Digital Humanities Research Institute.[4] This will build on the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the school, established in 2020, that brings together researchers in digital humanities from across the school's institutes.[7] Consortium of Institutes of Advanced StudyThe School of Advanced Study manages the Consortium of Institutes of Advanced Study, bringing together 23 institutes of advanced study within universities across the UK and Ireland to build capacity in interdisciplinary research spanning the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.[8] These include:[9]
DeansNotable deans of the school include:
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