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 Locationsort descending Member Organisation
28 Oct 2023 - 10:30 SAF 2023 Conference: Whose past is it anyway? Rethinking 'insiders' and 'outsiders' in Scottish Archaeology Aberdeen
29 Sep 2023 - 19:30 The Forgotten Boatbuilders of the East Neuk Crail Other: Crail Museum & Heritage Centre
7 Oct 2023 - 10:00 Banffshire Fowk Cullen Banffshire Field Club
9 Oct 2023 - 19:30 Heart of Glass Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
13 Nov 2023 - 19:30 18th Century Village Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
11 Dec 2023 - 19:30 Battle of Dunbar 1650 Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 Feb 2024 - 19:30 Gorebridge and Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
25 Oct 2023 - 19:00 The Southfield Farm Diaries Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
15 Nov 2023 - 19:00 The Secret Diary of the First World War Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 Oct 2023 - 19:30 The child of a Scottish lighthouse keeper Dirleton Gullane and Dirleton History Society
6 Oct 2023 - 07:30 Looking after Scotland's Nature Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
20 Oct 2023 - 07:30 Bricks with a Story Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
3 Nov 2023 - 07:30 War and diplomacy on the northern frontier: the impact of Rome on south-west Scotland and beyond Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
17 Nov 2023 - 07:30 The Dumfries to Stranraer Port Road Railway Line Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
1 Dec 2023 - 07:30 Scotland's Ukrainians - their story Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
18 Oct 2023 - 18:30 Sugar, Slaves and High Society - The Grants of Kilgraston Dundee Abertay Historical Society
14 Nov 2023 - 18:30 Brothers in Arms - the French Connection Dundee Abertay Historical Society
16 Oct 2023 - 19:30 The Highland People's Historian: John Dewar from Arrochar and his Informants Edinburgh Scottish Genealogy Society
20 Nov 2023 - 19:30 John Orr and the History of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy Edinburgh Scottish Genealogy Society
21 Oct 2023 - 10:00 Dancing in Georgian Edinburgh Edinburgh
30 Sep 2023 - 11:00 Dancing through the Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh
3 Nov 2023 - 19:00 Edinburgh Dance Assembly 1723 Edinburgh
26 Oct 2023 - 18:00 After Life: A History of Death Exhibition Launch Edinburgh
28 Sep 2023 - 19:30 A Walk Down Edinburgh's High Street Fala Fala, Soutra & District History and Heritage Society
28 Sep 2023 - 19:30 Fairlie's secret war Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
26 Oct 2023 - 19:30 It started with Rob Roy Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
23 Nov 2023 - 19:30 History of Glasgow Police Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
12 Oct 2023 - 18:00 Archaeology and Provan Hall Glasgow
1 Nov 2023 - 18:00 Historic Maps of Easterhouse and Glasgow Glasgow
14 Dec 2023 - 18:00 Scottish Crannogs Glasgow
4 Oct 2023 - 19:30 Scotland's Suffragettes Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
1 Nov 2023 - 19:30 Rural Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
6 Dec 2023 - 19:30 The Millers and Their Clocks Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
10 Jan 2024 - 19:30 Glen Finglas--A Changing Landscape Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
7 Feb 2024 - 19:30 The Drove Roads Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
6 Mar 2024 - 19:30 Are We Nearly There Yet? Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
3 Apr 2024 - 19:30 William Roy's Map and the 45 Rebellion. Kinlochard Loch Ard Local History Group
30 Oct 2023 - 18:00 2023 SLHF AGM - zoom online Online SLHF
3 Oct 2023 - 18:30 The 18th-century Edinburgh Orphan Hospital ONLINE Other: History Scotland
21 Oct 2023 - 13:00 Scottish ancestors study day ONLINE Other: History Scotland
26 Oct 2023 - 18:30 John Bell: our man in St Petersburg ONLINE Other: History Scotland
14 Nov 2023 - 18:30 History and artistry of the Paisley shawl ONLINE Other: History Scotland
28 Nov 2023 - 18:30 Vile spot: the British army in Scotland: 1745-60 ONLINE Other: History Scotland