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
30 Aug 2023 (All day) Dundee Walk & Talk: Discovery Point & Verdant Works Dundee SLHF
31 May 2023 - 18:30 Mary Queen of Scots, James VI and the propaganda of the Marian Civil War Online
9 Jun 2023 - 14:30 Friends of the Argyll Papers seminar - A Mixed-Up Campbell Villain: Mac Iain Riabhaich in the Dewar Manuscripts Online
25 Jun 2023 - 02:00 Tales of Tartan Stirling
6 Jun 2023 - 18:30 Mary Queen of Scots and James VI Online Other: History Scotland
18 Jul 2023 - 18:30 Picts, pilgrims and pathologies Online Other: History Scotland
5 Jun 2023 - 19:00 Bannockburn Lecture Series June 2023 - A life of Robert Bruce (1274-1329) Stirling Other: National Trust for Scotland
23 Jun 2023 - 19:00 A Taste of Victory - Whisky Tasting and Immersive Experience Stirling Other: National Trust for Scotland
25 Jun 2023 - 10:00 Walking Tour of Bannockburn Battlefield Stirling Other: National Trust for Scotland
11 Jul 2023 - 18:30 Kirkcudbright Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
18 Jul 2023 - 18:30 Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
25 Jul 2023 - 18:30 Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
1 Aug 2023 - 18:30 Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
8 Aug 2023 - 18:30 Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
15 Aug 2023 - 18:30 Town Walk Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
19 Jul 2023 - 02:30 Kirkyard Tour Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
26 Jul 2023 - 19:00 Kirkyard Tour Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
2 Aug 2023 - 14:30 Kirkyard Tour Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
9 Aug 2023 - 19:00 Kirkyard Tour Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
16 Aug 2023 - 14:30 Kirkyard Tour Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
7 Oct 2023 - 10:00 Banffshire Fowk Cullen Banffshire Field Club
15 Jun 2023 - 16:30 Kings & Queens Buried in Dunfermline Abbey Dunfermline Fife Cultural Trust
1 Jul 2023 - 14:45 Early Coins of Scotland Dunfermline Fife Cultural Trust
9 Jul 2023 - 14:00 Lost Country Houses of Perthshire Crieff Library of Innerpeffray