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
6 Dec 2023 - 19:30 The Millers and Their Clocks Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
7 Dec 2023 - 19:30 East Lothian's Golfing History Dirleton Gullane and Dirleton History Society
11 Dec 2023 - 19:30 Battle of Dunbar 1650 Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 Dec 2023 - 19:00 Gartmore and the Rural Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery Gartmore Gartmore Heritage Society
13 Dec 2023 - 18:30 Katharine Atholl, Scotland’s first woman MP Dundee Abertay Historical Society
13 Dec 2023 - 19:30 The Galloway Levellers 1723/24. A Tercentenary Review. Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
14 Dec 2023 - 18:00 Scottish Crannogs Glasgow
14 Dec 2023 - 19:00 Northumbrian institutions reconsidered: three upland communities in medieval Britain Online Other: British Association for Local History
10 Jan 2024 - 19:30 Glen Finglas--A Changing Landscape Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
24 Jan 2024 - 18:30 Robert Burns and the Kirk Online Other: History Scotland
25 Jan 2024 - 19:30 The legacy of Robert Burns Drymen Drymen & District Local History Society
7 Feb 2024 - 19:30 The Drove Roads Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
12 Feb 2024 - 19:30 Gorebridge and Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
22 Feb 2024 - 19:30 History of Duntreath Castle and Estate Drymen Drymen & District Local History Society
6 Mar 2024 - 19:30 Are We Nearly There Yet? Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
28 Mar 2024 - 19:30 Ben Lomond: history of the mountain and the surrounding area Drymen Drymen & District Local History Society
3 Apr 2024 - 19:30 William Roy's Map and the 45 Rebellion. Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group