Update to Spring 2020 Arcadia Programs

Dr. Hamish Thompson March 17, 2020

The Spring 2020 Arcadia programs in Scotland have been suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Students should look for emails from Arcadia for specific information and general updates can be found on Arcadia's Coronavirus updates blog and FAQs. More

Edinburgh Vice!

Dr. Hamish Thompson March 25, 2019

Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin “We are all racist, Inspector. . . even me. It is how we deal with that ugly fact that is important.” For our book club this semester we picked Fleshmarket Close, a novel by Ian Rankin, that deals with the intersection… More

Barbed Wire

Dr. Hamish Thompson November 9, 2018

The 11th November 2018 marks 100 years of the Armistice of World War I.  This was a world war of industrial means and massive casualties. These deaths are marked all around Scotland on war memorials that remind us of the millions that died in this war… More

The Soul of a Nation

Dr. Hamish Thompson August 24, 2018

“Nations and peoples are largely the stories they feed themselves. If they tell themselves stories that are lies, they will suffer the future consequences of those lies. If they tell themselves stories that face their own truths, they will free their… More

Newer Posts Older Posts