Research Centres

The School has several research centres, bringing together colleagues with a wide range of specialisms to facilitate and promote research across disciplines.

Find out more about our research centres on their dedicated websites below.

A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies

Edinburgh’s A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies: Ancient, Byzantine, Modern (AGLCGS) offers world-class research and teaching on the Greek world in all its aspects from the archaic period to the present.

Logo of the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies

Centre for Late Antique, Islamic & Byzantine Studies

The Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) is a cross-disciplinary hub for the researching and teaching of the Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine worlds.

Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies

The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS) is home to one of the largest communities of medieval and renaissance specialists in the world.

Stained glass of St Sidonius in Clermont cathedral

Edinburgh Centre for Global History

The Edinburgh Centre for Global History (ECGH) facilitates and promotes research into global connections and comparisons from antiquity to the present day.

History & Games Lab

The History and Games Lab (H&GL) explores how the past is, and can be, represented in games, and fosters creative collaboration of research, heritage and game design.

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