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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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Explore Scotland through the Fall 2021 Events!

We are so excited to welcome you to Scotland this Fall semester! We have been hard at work planning some of the best events and experiences that we think will be a great introduction to your new home in the Scotland!  Read on below for what we have in…

Laura Williamson

Visiting Scotland from afar

If you are not able to study with us in person, there are still many ways you can visit Scotland virtually with the below tours and experiences.  ICONIC PLACES: Surgeons' Hall Museum  National Museum of Scotland  Scotland Maritime Museum  Scottish…

Laura Williamson

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Pride Month! Lecture from the archives. . .

This is a fascinating lecture from our speaker archives that we hosted in the Edinburgh Center in Fall 2012 two years before a Scottish independence referendum was run in 2014.  Scotland eventually voted 'no' on Scottish independence at the 2014 referendum…

Dr. Hamish Thompson

Around Edinburgh

Tia Tours of Edinburgh part 2

I heard that Tia Tours of the Seven Hills was a New York Times bestseller ;) so I thought I would follow up with another blog post on some relatively flat areas to explore around Edinburgh. If hills are not your thing, not to worry. There is so much more…

Laura Williamson

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