The University at Edinburgh's festivals

For the first time the University of Edinburgh is a major sponsor of two of the world's biggest and most spectacular cultural events. This year the University has deepened its existing support of both the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh International Festival. On 30 August experts from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences will stage a series of special events in the areas of journalism and history, nationhood, music and the arts at the Edinburgh International Festival. Composer Nigel Osborne, Reid Professor of Music, and Igor Stiks will be joined in an interactive workshop by Olga Taxidou and broadcaster Professor Jolyon Mitchell to explore the concept of truce in the arts. Nationhood and journalism. Elsewhere, broadcaster Sheena McDonald will discuss the changing face of nationhood today in Scotland with Professor of Constitutional Law Christine Bell, Grierson Professor of Literature Susan Manning and Alvin Jackson, Richard Lodge Professor of History.