British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provided to cover the cost of the expenses arising from a defined research project.

Podcast · Paul Leworthy · In this podcast series, Paul Leworthy will be talking to leading academics about memory. As well as presenting some aspect of their research, each episode's guest speaker wil...

Robyn Backen, artist and academic at Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney, considers the relationship between art, space and place. Her practice includes ephemeral and permanent built works th...

Felipe De Brigard, professor of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, principal investigator at the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab, and core faculty of […]

In this EXPeditions video, Professor Nivi Manchanda provides a critical exploration of how imperial discourse and representation shape our understanding of Afghanistan

5 members of the Wildfires Centre recently presented at the Royal Geographic Society IBG Annual Conference in London.

Structured award funding replacem… Benefit: Up to £70,000 for approved replacement an… Who can apply: Established UK-…

This one-day intensive training offers advanced methodological support for postgraduate researchers (PhD and MA) working at institutions in Scotland at the inte

This one-day intensive training offers advanced methodological support for postgraduate researchers (PhD and MA) working at institutions in Scotland at the inte

This one-day intensive training offers advanced methodological support for postgraduate researchers (PhD and MA) working at institutions in Scotland at the inte

YouTube video by Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory

In this online seminar, Philip Hayward will introduce the River Cities Network and the developing field of river studies before discussing his research on ‘ghost rivers’ — waterways that have been cov...

In this online seminar, Seth Dias explores the spatial politics of Aboriginal Redfern in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The late 1960s saw the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern emerge as a nucleus of Ab...

A hybrid workshop on the neglected distinction between space and place — and what’s lost when disciplines like memory studies, cognitive science and environmental psychology gloss over it. This wor…

Laura Stewart’s innovative project explores how Scottish practices of collecting and sharing historical materials after the Reformation shaped identities and what was remembered by future generations

Curious is Scotland's festival of knowledge – free, interdisciplinary events, in Edinburgh. Big ideas from Scotland's leading minds.

A hybrid workshop on the neglected distinction between space and place — and what’s lost when disciplines like memory studies, cognitive science and environmental psychology gloss over it. Da…

In partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society (‘the Academies’) and with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, the APEX award (Academies Partner...

A UNIVERSITY of Aberdeen study has secured an elusive £5m grant to study how social relationships influence people in later life. The grant came from the Leverhulme Centenary Doctoral Scholarship, which awards ten grants across the UK for doctoral education. The University of Aberdeen's study will explore how the social relationships we develop influence health, wellbeing and resilience as life goes on.

Applications are now open for the UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme 2026, also known as the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships

Location: EH12 9LD, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Salary: £27,976 pro-rata, per annum About the Role The Collections Technician Apprentice is a new opportunity to gain hands-on experience within the Collections Team, to support the activities of heritage…

Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland’s first black professor, led the independent Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review (ESCLR)

"Brill’s Handbook Series in Memory Studies" published on 13 Oct 2025 by Brill.

Cognitive Futures in the Arts and the Humanities 2019

The International Conference on Memory 2027, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland between 26 - 30 July 2027.