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 | Scotland Against Slavery: The Local View | Engineering, Science and Technology | Popular Protest

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
8 Jul 2026 - 19:00 "Newes of Witches" - book chat online Other: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland (RAWS)
10 Jul 2026 - 19:30 Talk: The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster Crail Other: Crail Museum and Heritage Centre
7 Aug 2026 - 19:30 Talk: Crailers Behaving Badly Crail Other: Crail Museum and Heritage Centre
22 Aug 2026 - 00:00 Battle of Dunkeld 1689 - tour of site dunkeld Other: Historic Dunkeld
22 Aug 2026 - 00:00 Dunkeld Jacobite Festival Weekend dunkeld Other: The Chapter House Museum Trust
23 Aug 2026 - 00:00 Battle of Dunkeld 1689 - tour of site dunkeld Other: Historic Dunkeld
31 Aug 2026 - 19:30 Henry Gamley: Sculptor of Cupar War Memorial Cupar Cupar Heritage Centre
11 Sep 2026 - 19:30 Talk: Crail's Naval Commonwealth War Graves Crail Other: Crail Museum and Heritage Centre
14 Sep 2026 - 19:30 Scottish B'stards, A History of Illegitimacy in Scotland from the 18th to the 20th Century Online Scottish Genealogy Society
28 Sep 2026 - 19:30 Recent Archaeology on East Lomond Cupar Cupar Heritage Centre
30 Sep 2026 - 12:30 Spotlight: Straitjacket Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2 Oct 2026 - 19:30 Lecture by Andy Nairn - The Reivers: Fact or Fiction? Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
5 Oct 2026 - 19:30 Talk: "A Short History of Singers" : Clydebank Museum's sewing maching collections: history, key machines, and stories. Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
12 Oct 2026 - 19:30 The Royal Caledonian School in London for Scottish Orphans Online Scottish Genealogy Society
16 Oct 2026 - 19:30 Lecture by Tom Rees: Have we forgotten our past? An archaeological research framework for South-West Scotland On-line Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
19 Oct 2026 - 19:30 "Gavin's Mill - the Story so far" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
26 Oct 2026 - 19:30 History Novels Cupar Cupar Heritage Centre
30 Oct 2026 - 19:30 Lecture by George Hemstock - Forestry and Land Scotland: Lochar Mosses Peatland Restoration Presentation Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
2 Nov 2026 - 19:30 "Into the Cauldron: Mary Queen of Scots story continued" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
9 Nov 2026 - 19:30 The War Graves of Seafield Cemetery, Edinburgh Online Scottish Genealogy Society
13 Nov 2026 - 19:30 Lecture by Ian Jackson - The influence of geology and landscape of Northern England on prehistoric and Roman societies Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
16 Nov 2026 - 19:30 "Building the Erskine Bridge" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
27 Nov 2026 - 19:30 Lecture by Alistair Alcock - William Craik of Arbigland (1703-1798) Living through turbulent times Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
30 Nov 2026 - 19:30 Cupar Sugar Beet Factory Cupar Cupar Heritage Centre
14 Dec 2026 - 19:30 Christmas meeting: including talk: " Earl Loudoun's Regiment of Foote" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
18 Jan 2027 - 19:30 "One Hundred Years of a Clydebank Family" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
1 Feb 2027 - 19:30 "Smugglers on the Ayrshire Coast" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
15 Feb 2027 - 19:00 A.G.M. followed by talk: "Putting Women Back in the Story" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
1 Mar 2027 - 19:30 Talk: "The History of the Police Force in Glasgow" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society
15 Mar 2027 - 19:30 Talk: "Duntocher Mills" Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society