School of Advanced Study reaffirms commitment to digital research

Melissa Terras here, Director of UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. We're delighted that Professor Hughes is joining us nearby in London - and would just like to point out that Professor Hughes has been an affiliate team member of UCL Centre for Digital Humanities for quite some time, as evidenced on our people page: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/people. We're also welcoming Professor Winters to give a seminar at UCLDH in a few weeks time: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/events/UCLDHseminar/janewinters. We work very closely with the IHR and SAS, and have been doing so for a long time. Don't also forget the London Arts and Humanities Partnership for doctoral student grants, which is a joint consortium between UCL, KCL, and SAS - and has a strong Digital Humanities element. http://www.lahp.ac.uk/. See how we all play together nicely!

I am thrilled that SAS have appointed Lorna Hughes and Jane Winters as Professors. They are both top notch academics with a passion and collaborative spirit to raise the profile of digital scholarship in London to a whole new level of excellence. There is huge opportunity for further deeper collaboration as already evidenced by the range of existing research collaborations between SAS, KCL and UCL. Personally, I am part of AHRC funded research in collaboration with UCL (Academic Book of the Future) and with SAS (Ministry of Information) and one of our excellent PhD students gained a doctoral grant from the London Arts and Humanities Partnership. I have gained so much as an academic working with SAS and UCL in collaboration and I welcome more chances for us to do this. I can think of no better catalysts for SAS digital research perspectives than Lorna and Jane.