The Scottish Universities'
International Summer School

Directors' News

Still Places Available

There are still places available on all SUISS 2012 courses. If you want to attend this year's summer school you should contact the administrator ASAP!

Konstantina and Karin

New SUISS Director!

We are pleased to welcome Dr Karin Sellberg as the new Co-Director of SUISS taking over from Dr Julia Boll who has (sadly) moved on to new adventures! We send her our best wishes and look forward to this year's Summer School!

Konstantina and Karin

Traveling to the UK in 2012

Please bear in mind that due to the Summer Olympic Games taking place in London this year (27 July - 12 August), the process for visa applications might be prolongued. During this time, we also recommend avoiding traveling via London, if at all possible.

Scholarships for SUISS 2012

We are happy to announce the winners of the following scholarships:

Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship
Swarnim Khare - Scottish and Contemporary Literature
Rupleena Bose - Creative Writing

David Daiches Scholarship
Sinjita Basu (India) - Modernism
Eva Martic (Croatia) - Contemporary Literature
Mariana Sargsyan (Armenia) - Modernism
Erion Shehu (Albania) - Scottish Literature
Anmar Saleh (Syria) - Scottish Literature
Vasiliki Tzanakari (Greece) - Scottish Literature

John McGrath Scholarship for Theatre Studies
Murat Kadirogly (Turkey) - Contemporary Literature
Olesia Kamyshnykova (Ukraine) - Contemporary Literature
Jovanaq Pavicevic (Serbia) - Contemporary Literature
Maria Ristana (Greece) - Contemporary Literature
Maciej Wiecorek (Poland) - Contemporary Literature
Ingrid Wilson (USA) - Creative Writing

The Greek Scholarship
Aimilia Papadopoulou - Contemporary Literature

SUISS Anniversary Scholarship
Modernism:
Martina Kauffmann, Brazil
Soumi Sarkar, India

Scottish Literature:
Will Grunding, Canada
Nadezhda Zaitseva, Russia

Contemporary Literature:
Efthymia Karava, Greece
Evgenila Zimina, Russia

Edwin Morgan Translation Fellowship
TBA

Saltire Scholarship for Scottish Literature
Emma Jelinkova, Czech Republic
Heba Sharobeem, Egypt
Miriam Schroder, Germany

Scottish Czech Slovak Scholarship
Barbora Jirosova, Czech Republic

Check for more updates as the School approaches, and we look forward to seeing you at SUISS 2012.

All the best,
Konstantina and Karin
suissdir@staffmail.ed.ac.uk