40 George Square

40 George Square is a tower block in Edinburgh, Scotland forming part of the University of Edinburgh. Until September 2020 the tower was named David Hume Tower (often abbreviated as DHT). The building contains lecture theatres, teaching spaces, offices, a café and a shop.

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University of Edinburgh School of Economics

The School of Economics is a department within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The university's first lessons in economics were delivered by Dugald Stewart in 1800, while William Ballantyne Hodgson was appointed as the first actual economics professor in 1871. The subject's development progressed slowly until the subject became a major, then department and finally a separate school. Having initially been titled the Department of Economics under the auspices of the University of Edinburgh's Faculty of Social Sciences, the school was moved to a department of the University of Edinburgh Business School, then known as the University of Edinburgh Management School, in 2002. In 2009, the school was renamed as the School of Economics, operating independently under the College of Humanities and Social Science's umbrella.

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Centre for the History of the Book

The Centre for the History of the Book (CHB) was established in 1995 at The University of Edinburgh as an international and interdisciplinary centre for advanced research into all aspects of the material culture of the text - its production, circulation, and reception from manuscript to the electronic text. Founded in 1995 by Bill Bell and Jonquil Bevan. Bell, who was director for almost two decades, was succeeded by Tom Mole.

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Edinburgh's Runestone

The Swedish Runestone, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century Swedish Viking Age runestone which was located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, below Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, within a fenced enclosure adjacent to Ramsay Garden. Due to security concerns it was removed from there on 19 December 2017 and in the Autumn of 2020 was re-located at 50 George Square, Edinburgh just outside the University of Edinburgh's Department of Scandinavian Studies. On 22 March 2023 the runestone was officially unveiled, after delays due to restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Originally from Lilla Ramsjö in present-day Morgongåva, Heby Municipality, it was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787 by Sir Alexander Seton of Preston and Ekolsund (né Baron 1738–1814), and was presented to the Princes Street Proprietors by the Society in 1821. It is one of three Swedish runestones in Britain; the other two (U 104 & U 1160) are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in England.

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University of Edinburgh School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is a department within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The unit was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were brought together. The School currently covers seven major subject areas: Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit) Celtic and Scottish Studies (Scottish Gaelic: Ceiltis agus Eòlas na h-Alba) English Literature European Languages and Cultures (French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Russian and Scandinavian Studies) Film studies Islamic studies and Middle Eastern Studies Theatre Studies Translation Studies Founded in 1762 when King George III appointed the Reverend Hugh Blair as the first Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, the English Literature department is the oldest centre for the study of Literature in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world. The college also includes a sizeable Graduate School which includes Masters and PhDs in Film Studies, Theatre Studies, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies and other subjects. The School also supports interdisciplinary research areas such as Word and Music Studies.

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