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 Organisationsort descending
22 May 2025 - 10:30 Linlithgow Walk and Talk Linlithgow SLHF
4 May 2025 - 14:30 Guided walks Crail Anstruther
25 May 2025 - 14:30 Guided walks Crail Anstruther
1 Jun 2025 - 14:30 Guided walks Crail Anstruther
29 May 2025 - 10:00 North UK Mills Group May Event Online
1 May 2025 - 19:00 The Japanese Garden that Ella Grew Markinch
29 May 2025 - 18:00 Exhibition Launch of Hooked: 500 Years of Addiction Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
13 Sep 2025 - 10:00 Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Northern Isles Roadshow Kirkwall Other: Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA)
12 May 2025 - 19:30 AGM followed by The Real Anne Boleyn Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
15 Sep 2025 - 19:30 The Porteous Riots Edinburgh and ONLINE Scottish Genealogy Society
20 Oct 2025 - 19:30 10 Scotland Street - An Opinionated History of One House Over Two Centuries Edinburgh and ONLINE Scottish Genealogy Society
17 Nov 2025 - 19:30 Bigamy, Adultery and Murder Edinburgh and ONLINE Scottish Genealogy Society
14 May 2025 - 15:30 Public tour: 250th anniversary of General Register House Edinburgh National Records of Scotland
12 Jun 2025 - 11:00 Public tour: 250th anniversary of General Register House Edinburgh National Records of Scotland
13 May 2025 - 18:00 Her father's daughter? How Mary, Queen of Scots governed Online National Records of Scotland
20 May 2025 - 13:00 Digging Up East Renfrewshire's Past: Thirty Five Years of Local Archaeology Giffnock East Renfrewshire Heritage Service
14 May 2025 - 18:00 The Origins of Dundee's War Memorial Dundee Abertay Historical Society