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 |
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3 Apr 2024 - 19:30 | William Roy's Map and the 45 Rebellion. | Kinlochard | Loch Ard Local History Group |
15 Apr 2024 - 19:30 | Captain John Orr and the History of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy | Edinburgh | Scottish Genealogy Society |
26 Jun 2024 - 18:00 | 150 years of women writing medicine | Edinburgh | |
10 Apr 2024 - 18:30 | From Deep Time to Our Time – The Work of the Cateran Ecomuseum | Dundee | Abertay Historical Society |
8 May 2024 - 18:30 | AGM & Egyptology in Dundee – its origins to the present day | Dundee | Abertay Historical Society |
28 Mar 2024 - 19:30 | Archaeology on the Rhins: recent work on the route of the Rhins Coastal Path | Dumfries | Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society |
28 Mar 2024 - 19:30 | Ben Lomond: history of the mountain and the surrounding area | Drymen | Drymen & District Local History Society |