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The '''School of Advanced Study''' ('''SAS'''), a postgraduate-only institution of the [[University of London]], is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and is based in [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House]], in [[Bloomsbury]], [[central London]], close to the [[British Museum]], [[British Library]] and several of the colleges of the University of London. The School brings together nine [[research institutes]], many of which have long histories, to provide a wide range of specialist research services, facilities and resources. It offers taught master's and research degrees in humanities and social science subjects (MA, MRes, LLM, MPhil, and PhD).

==History==
The School was established on 1 August 1994. Its nine institutes range in age; the oldest, the [[Institute of Historical Research]], was founded in 1921; the youngest, the [[Institute of Philosophy, University of London|Institute of Philosophy]], was founded in 2005.

==Location==
The School is in Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London, in Bloomsbury, central London.

==Organisation and structure==
[[File:School of Advanced Study at History Day 2016.jpg|thumb|The School of Advanced Study at the Senate House History Day, 2016]]
The Member Institutes of the School are:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sas.ac.uk/| title = School of Advanced Study}}</ref>

*[[Institute of Advanced Legal Studies]]
*[[Institute of Classical Studies]]
*[[Institute of Commonwealth Studies]]
*[[Institute of English Studies]]
*[[Institute of Modern Languages Research]] (including the [[Institute of Latin American Studies|Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies]])
*[[Institute of Historical Research]]
*[[Institute of Philosophy, University of London|Institute of Philosophy]]
*[[Warburg Institute]]

The Institutes of the School provide a range of specialist research services in their subject areas of expertise. In furtherance of their national and international role, the Institutes of the School undertake high-quality research; maintain and develop library collections and services; develop digital resources; publish journals and book series; host visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows; organise a range of academic events including workshops, conferences, seminars and lectures; provide specialist research training and postgraduate taught, research, and doctoral programmes.

=== Publishing ===
The [[University of London Press]] (also known as UoL Press) is based in the School of Advanced Study. Founded in 1910, it was relaunched in 2019 as a fully [[open-access|open access]] publisher specializing in "distinctive scholarship at the forefront of the [[Humanities]]".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://london.ac.uk/press| title = University of London Press {{!}} University of London}}</ref>

== Deans ==
Notable deans of the school include:

* [[Roderick Floud]] – 2007 to 2009<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-09-23|title=Roger Kain appointed Dean and Chief Executive of the School of Advanced Study|url=https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/roger-kain-appointed-dean-and-chief-executive-school-advanced-study|access-date=2022-01-27|website=School of Advanced Study|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Roger Kain]] – 2010 to 2017<ref name=":0" />
* [[Rick Rylance]] – 2017 to 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 2017|title=Institute of English Studies director Rick Rylance appointed as the next Dean of the School of Advanced Study|url=https://london.ac.uk/news-opinion/institute-english-studies-director-rick-rylance-appointed-next-dean-school-advanced|access-date=2022-01-27|website=University of London|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jo Fox]] – since December 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=Historian Professor Jo Fox appointed as the next dean of University of London's School of Advanced Study|url=https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/historian-professor-jo-fox-appointed-next-dean-university-london%E2%80%99s-school-advanced|access-date=2022-01-27|website=School of Advanced Study|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.london.ac.uk/ University of London website]

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