The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate-only institution of the

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, 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

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, close to the

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and several of the colleges of the University of London. The School brings together nine

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, 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).

History

The School was established on 1 August 1994. Its nine institutes range in age; the oldest, the

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, was founded in 1921; the youngest, the Institute of Philosophy, was founded in 2005.

Location

The School is in Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London, in Bloomsbury, central London.

Organisation and structure

School of Advanced Study at History Day 2016

The Member Institutes of the School are: *

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, founded in 1949, is the sole postgraduate academic institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study of the Commonwealth. It is also home to the longest-running interdisciplinary and practice-oriente ...

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(including the

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) *

* Institute of Philosophy *

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The Institutes of the School provide a range of specialist research services in their subject areas of expertise. In furtherance of their national and international role, the Institutes of the School undertake high-quality research; maintain and develop library collections and services; develop digital resources; publish journals and book series; host visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows; organise a range of academic events including workshops, conferences, seminars and lectures; provide specialist research training and postgraduate taught, research, and doctoral programmes.

Publishing

The

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(also known as UoL Press) is based in the School of Advanced Study. Founded in 1910, it was relaunched in 2019 as a fully

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publisher specializing in "distinctive scholarship at the forefront of the

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Deans

Notable deans of the school include: *

Roderick Floud Sir Roderick Castle Floud FBA (born 1 April 1942) is a British economic historian and a leader in the field of anthropometric history. He has been provost of the London Guildhall University, vice-chancellor and president of the London Metropol ...

– 2007 to 2009 *

Roger Kain Roger James Peter Kain, (born 12 November 1944) is a British geographer and academic, who specialises in the history of maps. From 2010 to 2017 he was the Dean and Chief Executive of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London ...

– 2010 to 2017 *

Rick Rylance Rick Rylance (born 1954) is a British literary scholar and academic who specialises in 19th-century and 20th-century literature. He was the chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council from 2009 to 2015. From 2016 to 2017, he was ...

– 2017 to 2020 *

Jo Fox Joanne Clare Fox (born 1978) is a British historian specialising in the history of film and History of propaganda, propaganda in twentieth-century Europe. Director of the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, Uni ...

– since December 2020

References

External links

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University of London website
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