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

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
5 Dec 2025 - 18:00 Book Launch: A Beacon of Curiosity Dundee Abertay Historical Society
10 Dec 2025 - 18:30 The Souterrains of Angus: an enigma within a mystery Dundee Abertay Historical Society
10 Dec 2025 - 19:30 ‘John MacTaggart: Out of Borgue and into the World’ Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
11 Dec 2025 - 19:30 1722 The Waggonway Project, reconstructing Scotland's 1st Railaway Gullane Gullane and Dirleton History Society
7 Jan 2026 - 19:30 The Curious life of a Lord Lieutenant Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
8 Jan 2026 - 19:15 The Missing Lynx Project, Exploring the return of the lynx also on line Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
14 Jan 2026 - 19:30 The History of Haddington Gullane Gullane and Dirleton History Society
17 Jan 2026 - 18:30 John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair - Battle of Falkirk 280th Anniversary Edinburgh
19 Jan 2026 - 19:30 Talk: Miss Cranston and the Willow Tearoom - Oliver Braid Dalmuir Clydebank Local History Society
22 Jan 2026 - 19:15 Textiles of the Galloway Hoard also on line Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
30 Jan 2026 - 19:30 Recreating colour on the margins of empire: a monument to Minerva Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
2 Feb 2026 - 19:30 Talk : "Red Trams Go West" with Bryan Tennant of the GVVT Dalmuir Clydebank Local History Society
5 Feb 2026 - 19:30 The Grants of Kilgraston: their connection with East Lothian Dirleton Gullane and Dirleton History Society
9 Feb 2026 - 19:30 The People's Dispensary Online Scottish Genealogy Society
11 Feb 2026 - 18:30 Gaelic in Dundee Dundee Abertay Historical Society
11 Feb 2026 - 19:30 The History of Duntreath Castle and Estate Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
12 Feb 2026 - 19:15 The Railway Revolution also on line Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
13 Feb 2026 - 19:30 The hidden history of fiddling in Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
26 Feb 2026 - 19:15 We wined them and dined them, they ate o' oor meat' also on line Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
27 Feb 2026 - 19:30 Dumfries Soup Kitchens Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
2 Mar 2026 - 19:30 Talk: "The Covenanters" by Warwick Louth Dalmuir Clydebank Local History Society
4 Mar 2026 - 19:30 The Early Burgh of Stirling Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
9 Mar 2026 - 19:30 Scots Emigrants to East New Jersey in the 1680s Online Scottish Genealogy Society
11 Mar 2026 - 18:30 Rediscovering ‘The Church by the water’: Monastic Archaeology Field School excavations in 2024 and 2025 Dundee Abertay Historical Society
11 Mar 2026 - 19:30 "East Lothian at war: the human story" Gullane Gullane and Dirleton History Society
12 Mar 2026 - 19:15 Scotland in 100 buildings also on line Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
13 Mar 2026 - 19:30 Habitat management and wildlife at Castle Loch, Lochmaben Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
16 Mar 2026 - 19:30 "85 years on: the Blitz remembered" - Dalmuir Clydebank Local History Society
27 Mar 2026 - 19:30 From knocks to clocks: keeping Dumfries and Galloway on time through the years Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
1 Apr 2026 - 19:30 Clan Gregor Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
8 Apr 2026 - 18:30 Brickhunting in Scotland Dundee Abertay Historical Society
13 May 2026 - 18:30 The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective Dundee Abertay Historical Society
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
12 Oct 2026 - 19:30 The Royal Caledonian School in London for Scottish Orphans Online Scottish Genealogy Society
9 Nov 2026 - 19:30 The War Graves of Seafield Cemetery, Edinburgh Online Scottish Genealogy Society