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
27 May 2026 - 12:30 Spotlight: Periods Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
27 May 2026 - 18:00 Cracks, chips and copies: discovering new lives for the Stone of Destiny Online National Records of Scotland
3 Jun 2026 - 19:00 Book Chat: "Witches - A King's Obsession" by Steven Veerapen online Other: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland
5 Jun 2026 - 19:30 Talk: East Neuk Fisherfolk Homes Crail Other: Crail Museum and Heritage Centre
10 Jun 2026 - 16:30 William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive Edinburgh National Records of Scotland
11 Jun 2026 - 10:00 North UK Mills Group - June Meeting Online Other: North UK Mills Group
11 Jun 2026 - 12:45 Community, Resistance and Resilience: Celebrating 50 Years of The Making of the Crofting Community Dornoch Other: UHI Centre for History
19 Jun 2026 - 00:00 Behind the Restoration: Meet the Conservation Team Saving Bannockburn House Stirling Other: Bannockburn House Trust
22 Jun 2026 - 12:45 Stirling Walls - Walk & Talk Stirling SLHF
26 Jun 2026 - 19:30 Talk: Conservation of a painting of Crail Harbour Crail Other: Crail Museum and Heritage Centre
29 Jun 2026 - 19:30 East Neuk Fishing Disaster of 1875 Cupar Cupar Heritage Centre
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
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
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