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Poor Things: Bella Baxter or Bella Caledonia?

If you enjoyed the movie Poor Things, read the novel!  Perhaps surprising is so many reviews of this brilliant film ignore the underlying political subtext. Alasdair Gray, the author of the book the film was adapted from was not uninterested in the politics…
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Dr. Hamish Thompson
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St Andrew's Day, 30 November!

With holiday festivities around the corner, there will be lots of celebrations over the next month or so.  In Scotland, however, we have an additional day of celebration: November 30th, St. Andrew's Day.St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, known…

Emily Goetsch

Academic News

Meet our Edinburgh Center Intern, Emily DiBacco

This term we have 3 fantastic students undertaking our INPR310: Work in Thought and Action course, which is run out of Arcadia's Edinburgh Center.  In this course, students have the opportunity to gain professional skills and experience in an international…

Emily Goetsch

Around Edinburgh

Spring 2018 Events

Scotland looks forward to welcoming you this coming semester! We’re very excited to announce the events that will be taking place this spring and we hope they’ll enhance your experience of Scotland while you’re in-country! Registration opens Thursday…

Emma Simpson

Events & Activities

Highland Weekend

Students who come to Scotland for their study abroad come to a country whose history, landscape and scale all play a parts in that choice. Being a small country, it is not far for students to get out of their university towns and visit the Highlands,…

Dr. Alex Collins

Director's Corner

Robert Louis Stevenson Day

November 13th is Robert Louis Stevenson Day, commemorating the world-renowned author's birthday in 1850. Amongst his famous works such as Treasure Island and The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - a fantastic tale of moral duality and split personality…

Dr. Hamish Thompson

Events & Activities

What's new in November: Events around Scotland

It's very hard to believe that we're around the mid-way mark in the semester - where did the time go?It's been a busy start to the term with a number of successful Arcadia trips, which included visits to the Scottish Borders, Firbush Outdoor Centre, Skye…

Emily Goetsch

Faculty Corner

Haunted happenings: October in Scotland

Scotland's history of full of ghost stories, tales of horror and spooky occurrences.  While you can investigate these dark and ghoulish aspects of the country all year long, they lend a particularly special dimension to the month of October and Halloween…

Emily Goetsch

Events & Activities

Day Trip to the Scottish Borders!

This past Saturday, students from Aberdeen, Stirling, St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow all made their way to the Edinburgh Center, from which we launched our adventure to the Scottish Borders.  Spirits were high and our lovely guide and Glasgow-rep Thea…

Emily Goetsch

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