Events

SLHF Conferences attract a variety of interested parties and are held in locations around Scotland. The AGM and a conference are held in the autumn and we also aim to hold a spring activity, such as workshop, fair or conference.

Recent Conference Subjects

Local History in the 5-14 Curriculum | Scottish Interiors | Scots Abroad | Sources for Scottish Local History | Maps for Local History | Scottish Childhoods | The Scottish Landed Estate | Scottish Burghs | The Statistical Accounts of Scotland | Scotland and Slavery | Perspectives on the Past | Scotland's Horticultural Heritage | A Zest for Information!: Sir John Sinclair's contribution to Scottish Local History | Travellers, Turnpikes & Tar: 1000 years of Scotland's Roads | For Reliefe of the Pure & Impotent: welfare in Scotland before the welfare state | Salt, Sun & Shivering: Scots at the Seaside 1750-2000 | Trades & Crafts in Scotland, medieval to modern | Crime & Punishment | Down to the Sea in Ships | Safe as Houses - Scotland's defensive buildings through time | Fairs, Fetes & Festivals | After the War Is Over - The Legacy of WW1 | Seeing the Wood for the Trees | Taking Part: Aspects of Scottish Sports and Pastimes

Volunteers to help with Forum activities, and suggestions for topics and venues for future events are always welcome.

Upcoming Events

Use the search boxes below to search titles by keyword or search by town/city: or you can sort by clicking on Location or Member Organisation. You can also view by month on the Calendar.

Start Date Title Location Member Organisation
29 Mar 2023 - 18:30 The Lost Choir, royal tombs and Liturgy of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife Online Other: History Scotland
30 Mar 2023 - 19:30 The kindly sphagnum moss - moss collecting during WW1 DUMFRIES Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
3 Apr 2023 - 19:00 Bonnie Prince Charlie at War Stirling Other: The Battle of Bannockburn
4 Apr 2023 - 18:45 The Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospital Edinburgh Morningside Heritage Association
5 Apr 2023 - 19:30 Witchcraft in the Stirling area Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
6 Apr 2023 - 18:30 Unicorns and Rhinos: Animal Medicine Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
13 Apr 2023 - 19:30 Gullane and Dirleton History Society Annual General Meeting Dirleton Gullane and Dirleton History Society
14 Apr 2023 - 13:00 Kahneman, Tversky and Prince Charlie. Cognitive Biases that caused Culloden Inverness The 1745 Association
17 Apr 2023 - 19:30 "Defeat into Victory" The Burma Campaign Kinross Kinross-shire Historical Society
19 Apr 2023 - 18:30 How to stage a 17th-century riot Online Other
20 Apr 2023 - 19:30 Annual General Meeting and ‘Every contact leaves a trace, part 2’ - Louise Nixon Kirkintilloch Kirkintilloch and District Society of Antiquaries
24 Apr 2023 - 19:30 Plaque, Pestilences & Pox by Richard Oram Perth West Stormont Historical Society
27 Apr 2023 (All day) SLHF 2023 Annual Conference: Engineering, Science and Technology PERTH SLHF
2 May 2023 (All day) Thirlestane Castle Volunteers Wanted Lauder
9 May 2023 - 18:30 Musical Life in 18th-century Edinburgh Online Other
9 May 2023 - 18:30 Musical life in 18th-century Edinburgh Online Other
15 May 2023 - 19:30 All Change! A time-travelling photo journey of Kinross-shire Kinross Kinross-shire Historical Society
24 May 2023 - 18:00 A History of Menstruation Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
30 Aug 2023 (All day) Dundee Walk & Talk: Discover Point & Verdant Works Dundee SLHF
7 Oct 2023 - 10:00 Banffshire Fowk Cullen Banffshire Field Club