DECOLONISING THE MUSEUM: ARKOTONG LONGKUMER
“When I was growing up in Kohima, Nagaland, in Northeast India, I heard stories about Rani (queen) Gaidinliu, a woman who lived nearby. People said …
Category: Features
SEBASTIAN MOLL READER OF CULTURE
Sebastian Moll’s path has never been conventional. Following studies in Bonn and Lausanne, he first came to Edinburgh for an MTh (2005) on the second …
AMY PLENDER SERVING GRENFELL
Alumna Amy Plender (MA Hons 2015, MTh 2017) is a civil servant who works on the UK Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire. “I …
New School Promotional Films
This year the School is working hard to boost recruitment so, we commissioned two new promotional videos, an undergraduate and postgraduate one. The aim of …
New Courses on Old Languages Syriac and Sanskrit
This year, New College launched new courses on two ancient languages with great significance to religious traditions across the world: Syriac and Sanskrit. Dr Salam …
Esther Mombo becomes Honorary Doctorate
In 1994, the Kenyan theologian Esther Mombo arrived in Edinburgh to begin a PhD at the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the …
Mary of Guise
Visitors to New College will be well familiar with the statue of John Knox that looms large in the quad—a memorial that vividly depicts his …
Changing the Prison Service
Our students go on to many different careers. We spoke to Sophie (MA Hons, Theology) about her path from New College to the prison service. …
New College Festival
Following their critically acclaimed Winter Tales book festival in 2021, Professors Alison Jack and Jolyon Mitchell welcomed a range of outstanding speakers and writers to the Mound in November 2022 for Books and Belief — a two-day event on the creative range of ways in which writers explore a diverse range of beliefs.
Dr Eric Lewis Williams
New College alumnus Dr Eric Lewis Williams graduated with a PhD in Religious Studies in 2015. Following a first academic appointment at Harvard University, where he was Lecturer in African and African American Studies, his career took a surprising turn when he became Curator of Religion at the Smithsonian.
WILL LYONS
RAISE YOUR GLASSES New College students follow many different career paths. We caught up with Will Lyons (MA Religious Studies with History, 1999), award-winning …
RACHEL MUERS
DRIVING TRADITION FORWARD This summer, Rachel Muers will take up the oldest professorial chair at the University of Edinburgh – the Chair of Divinity, established …
THE LORD LYON
WORKING BETWEEN WORLDS As part of our 175 celebrations, New College was granted a Coat of Arms – an initiative suggested by our alumnus the …
WINTER TALES
“Winter Tales was an exciting innovation for the School of Divinity, bringing novelists, poets and storytellers together with readers of all ages. At the …
