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
16 Apr 2025 - 12:15 John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair - Culloden Day Edinburgh
28 Mar 2025 - 19:30 The Roman Invasion of Scotland - Old Controversies and New Perspectives Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
22 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Aberdeenshire & Moray Roadshow Banchory Other: Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA)
29 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Dundee & Fife Roadshow Crail Other: Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA)
25 Mar 2025 - 17:30 The Ninth Annual John Durkan Memorial Lecture: Mary Queen of Scots & The World of International Diplomacy Glasgow Other: Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow
29 May 2025 - 18:00 Exhibition Launch of Hooked: 500 Years of Addiction Edinburgh Other: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
27 Mar 2025 - 19:30 With Shackleton to South Georgia, Elephant island and the Antarctic Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
24 Apr 2025 - 19:00 Members Night & AGM Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
29 Mar 2025 - 18:00 The Magic of Edinburgh Edinburgh Corstorphine Trust
14 Apr 2025 - 19:30 Scotland beneath the surface Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 May 2025 - 19:30 AGM followed by The Real Anne Boleyn Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
3 Apr 2025 - 18:30 Annual General Meeting followed by a talk on Recruit Training with the Fire Service at Gullane Dirleton Gullane and Dirleton History Society
27 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Killochan Castle and Kirkmichael House on line and in person Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
2 Apr 2025 - 19:30 The Early Burgh of Stirling Stirling Loch Ard Local History Group
20 May 2025 - 13:00 Digging Up East Renfrewshire's Past: Thirty Five Years of Local Archaeology Giffnock East Renfrewshire Heritage Service
22 Mar 2025 - 13:00 AGT150 Exhibition Balfron Balfron Heritage Group
27 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Essentials of Collection Care for Community Archive Heritage Groups Inverness Scottish Council On Archives
22 Mar 2025 - 19:30 In the Mood - The Greatest Scottish Big Band Event Ever Gartmore Gartmore Heritage Society
23 Mar 2025 - 18:00 Gartmore 300 - WWII Film Day Gartmore Gartmore Heritage Society
9 Apr 2025 - 18:30 Wolves at the Door? Angus in the ‘little ice age’, c.1400-1850 Dundee Abertay Historical Society
14 May 2025 - 18:00 The Origins of Dundee's War Memorial Dundee Abertay Historical Society