As this year’s Black History Month in the US draws to an end, we at the Arcadia Edinburgh Center have been reflecting on what we’ve done over the years, and what we can do, to help support and promote Black History and to encourage our students in taking… More
We were delighted to welcome James Robertson to the Arcadia Center once again to discuss his latest novel, the News of the Dead, with our students. This novel is truly epic in the sense that it covers 1300 years of Scotland's past, all centred on… More
This January Burns' Suppers will be held by Scots around the world to celebrate the 263rd birthday of our national bard Robert Burns. America has the 4th of July, Ireland has St Patrick’s Day, but for Scotland it is Burns' Night which best encapsulates… More
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… More