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
10 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Connecting Communities: A Shared Responsibility for Digital Sustainability Glasgow Scottish Council On Archives
10 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Early Railways of Dalkeith Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 Mar 2025 - 18:30 The Triumph of Textiles: Industrial Dundee c.1700-1918 Dundee Abertay Historical Society
12 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Kirkcudbright Shops through Time Kirkcudbright Online Kirkcudbright History Society
13 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Hidden Prehistoric Ayrshire Alloway on line and in person Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
13 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Galloway and South Ayrshire Unesco Bioshpere Alloway Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
14 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Online seminar: A Search for Campbell Connections on Coll Online
14 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Filling the Gaps - Settlement Patterns in the Early Centuries AD - LIDAR Dumfries Other: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
17 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Our World War 2 Heroes & AGM Blanefield Strathblane Heritage Society
19 Mar 2025 - 14:00 Welcome to The Eco-Museum of Scottish Mining Landscapes Kirkcaldy Fife Cultural Trust
19 Mar 2025 - 19:30 The Impact of the Romans on East Lothian Gullane Gullane and Dirleton History Society
20 Mar 2025 - 19:30 Harmeny Education Trust Edinburgh Other: Edinburgh Members' Centre of the National Trust for Scotland
21 Mar 2025 - 10:30 Gartmore 300 - Mass Evacuation to celebrate the 85th anniversary of 'Operation Pied Piper' in 1939 Gartmore Gartmore Heritage Society
22 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Aberdeenshire & Moray Roadshow Banchory Other: Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA)
22 Mar 2025 - 13:00 AGT150 Exhibition Balfron Balfron Heritage Group
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
27 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Essentials of Collection Care for Community Archive Heritage Groups Inverness Scottish Council On Archives
27 Mar 2025 - 19:30 With Shackleton to South Georgia, Elephant island and the Antarctic Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
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
29 Mar 2025 - 10:00 Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Dundee & Fife Roadshow Crail Other: Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA)
29 Mar 2025 - 18:00 The Magic of Edinburgh Edinburgh Corstorphine Trust
2 Apr 2025 - 19:30 The Early Burgh of Stirling Stirling Loch Ard Local History Group
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
9 Apr 2025 - 18:30 Wolves at the Door? Angus in the ‘little ice age’, c.1400-1850 Dundee Abertay Historical Society
14 Apr 2025 - 19:30 Scotland beneath the surface Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
16 Apr 2025 - 12:15 John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair - Culloden Day Edinburgh
24 Apr 2025 - 19:00 Members Night & AGM Glasgow Drymen & District Local History Society
12 May 2025 - 19:30 AGM followed by The Real Anne Boleyn Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
14 May 2025 - 18:00 The Origins of Dundee's War Memorial Dundee Abertay Historical Society
22 May 2025 - 10:30 Linlithgow Walk and Talk Linlithgow SLHF