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

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 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Excavating the Galloway Hoard Glasgow Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
13 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Witchcraft Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
15 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Approaching Henrietta Liston: the travel diaries of a diplomat's wife Near Linlithgow West Lothian History and Amenity Society
16 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Bonnie Prince Charlie Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
17 Apr 2020 - 13:30 What if Prince Charles had won at Culloden? Inverness The 1745 Association
30 Apr 2020 - 18:00 James Sutherland (c.1639-1719): Botanist, Antiquary & Numismatist Edinburgh Other: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
15 May 2020 - 10:15 Scottish Maps Forum Day Seminar Perth National Library of Scotland
20 May 2020 - 19:30 West Lothian then and now: a journey through the archives of Historic Environment Scotland Linlithgow West Lothian History and Amenity Society
21 May 2020 - 19:30 Woodlands and Warfare in Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
27 Jun 2020 - 10:30 Walk & Talk - Linlithgow Linlithgow SLHF
16 Oct 2020 - 19:30 Programme Aberfeldy Breadalbane Heritage Society ( SCO 49382)