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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 4 - 10 December 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, December 4 2017 Hidden History of Nursery Rhymes Part 2: Old King Cole from the Roman Occupation to Georgian Times Catherine Mills Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society Hear about the sinister and dark origins of our traditional nursery rhymes Tuesday, December 5 2017, 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm Eighteenth Century Scotland Allan Macinnes, Murray Pittock, Chris Whatley Venue: Kelvin Hall, Glasgow This free public programme of talks, interviews and panel discussions (organised by Dr Catriona Macdonald, Scottish History and Dr Stephen Mullen, History, University of Glasgow) hosted in the Kelvin Hall in academic term 2017-18 (in partnership with The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, The Hunterian, UofG Library, Archives and Special Collections) explores the remarkable transformation of Scottish history over the course of the last fifty years; the current challenges faced by the discipline; and leading practitioners’ hopes for the future. The range of speakers in the programme lends this initiative authority and remarkable range: there’s something here for all lovers of Scottish history, and an opportunity to get to know a little better the writers behind the books that have shaped how we understand our past. Indeed, all events will be recorded and hosted online by the University library, establishing a fantastic resource for scholars in the future. Tuesday, December 5 2017, 7.30 pm Made from Textiles; A story of Rouken Glen and Thornliebank
Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB A film by Tom and Josette Marchant Wednesday, December 6 2017, 10 am - 11 am Standing Stones of Stenness Walk
Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Wednesday, December 6 2017, 7.30 pm Christmas past and social evening
Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery Central Scotland Family History Society Thursday, December 7 2017, 5.30 pm ‘The Scots in 17th century Anglo-Swedish Commerce’ Dr Adam Grimshaw (University of St Andrews) Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research See here for more details. Thursday, December 7 2017, 7 pm A Travelling Woman’s Memories of the Kingdom Jess Smith Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch Free to members and £2 for non members Thursday, December 7 2017, 7.30 pm East Lothian in the early 1950s: Shops and shopping – The Store James Herring Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society Gullane’s Co-op shop was original named Tranent Co-operative. James Herring explains why. Thursday, December 7 2017, 7.30 pm Wine, Nibbles and Quiz etc. Christmas Meeting Venue: Portland Church hall, South Beach, Troon Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, December 7 2017, 7:30 pm Members Evening – A fun night for all
Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Family History Society Friday, December 8 2017, 7.30 pm Perthshire Piping, Past and Present Prof Gary West Venue: Hilton Church, Inverness Friday, December 8 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Perthshire Piping, Past and Present Prof Gary West Venue: Hilton Church, Inverness Saturday, December 9 2017, 10 am - 4 pm Telling Tales: An Introduction to Graveyard Research and Interpretation
Venue: St Ninian’s Graveyard, Stonehouse Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership Ever wonder where to find out more information on about a graveyard? Join us on the journey from finding out more, to presenting your findings in an engaging way.
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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 28 November - 3 December 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, November 27 2017, 7.30 pm Scottish conservation projects at the Botanics Dr Heather McHaffie Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall Monday, November 27 2017, 7.30 pm Lindores Abbey and Distillery Helen McKenzie Smith Venue: Age Concern Building, Provost Wynd, Cupar Tuesday, November 28 2017, 1 pm Conceptualising Whiteness in the Black Imagination Rianna Walcott, Kings College, London Venue: G16, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Diaspora Studies graduate workshop. For more information see http://edin.ac/1MSzwtw Tuesday, November 28 2017, 7.30 pm The Great Hawick Election Riot of 1837 Norrie Mcleish Venue: Lecture Hall, Hawick High School Everybody Welcome. Voluntary Collection. Wednesday, November 29 2017, 10 am - 11 am Standing Stones of Stenness Walk
Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Wednesday, November 29 2017, 7 pm - 9 pm Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson 1817-2017
Venue: St Vincent Street Church, 265 St Vincent Street, Glasgow A celebratory talk on the life and legacy of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson. Free. Thursday, November 30 2017, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm ‘“In warre sharpe and fierce”: James II and Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1448-1464’ Dr Alastair MacDonald (University of Aberdeen) Venue: Room 1.434 (Teaching Room 7), Doorway 3, Old Medical School University of Edinburgh Scottish history research seminar. See here for more details. Friday, December 1 2017, 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm 200 Years of the Inverness Courier
Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the Inverness Courier, which was founded in December 1817. The Highland Archive Centre will mark the event with a tak by local author and historian Jim Miller on the development of the Courier and its place in Highland history. The talk will be accompanied by a display of original archive material relating to the Inverness Courier and its long-term owners, the Barron family. For more information please phone 01463 256444 or email archives@highlifehighland.com Saturday, December 2 2017, 10 am - 12 pm Beginners in English Genealogy Ken Nisbet Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL Beginners in English Genealogy: We have found that many of our members have some English ancestry which, with the records not as readily available as the Scottish system, can be difficult to navigate. Ken Nisbet will give a workshop on where to begin. Saturday, December 2 2017, 2pm Teaching Heraldry to an Edwardian child Very Rev. Allan Maclean of Dochgarroch Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh The Heraldry Society of Scotland
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 20 - 27 November 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, November 20 2017, 1 pm - 1.30 pm Reformation Dramas Donald Smith and Sandy Andrew Carr Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival From Robin Hood to Mystery Plays and The Satire of the Three Estates. Part of the FREEDOM AND FAITH 1517-2017 series. In the 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 controversial arguments to the church door, Protestantism has had a huge influence on Scotland. This series looks at some of the turning points and conflicts, and then checks our contemporary pulse. Led by storyteller and author, Donald Smith, with Theatre Designer and Museum Interpreter, Sandy Andrew Carr, whose theatre models are on display in John Knox House. Monday, November 20 2017, 2 pm - 3 pm All Mary's Men
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival To lose one husband might be careless or unfortunate but to lose three and almost net a fourth seems extravagant. Who were Mary's men, and what went wrong? Part of the FREEDOM AND FAITH 1517-2017 series. Monday, November 20 2017, 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm Coffee, Tea and a PhD : Mark Huggins : A Thousand Years Of Easter
Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival A chance to join some of our brightest young researchers as they bring the freshest research to us. Why not grab a coffee and some delicious cake to hear Mark Huggins. Monday, November 20 2017, 6 pm - 7 pm Tartan Rebels Caroline Young Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Tartan. The favourite of fashionistas as diverse as Queen Victoria, Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier. A badge of rebellion for Jacobites in '45 and Punk Rockers in '76. Scotland gave this iconic fabric to the world - but what is the truth behind the plaid? Caroline Young, co-author of 'Tartan + Tweed' explores the chequered history of tartan from its origins in the Scottish Highlands to its reinvention in contemporary fashion design, music, art and film. Monday, November 20 2017, 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm The Course of History Struan Stevenson Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival Many decisions which have had enormous historical consequences have been made over the dinner table, and have been accompanied (and perhaps influenced) by copious amounts of food and wine. Monday, November 20 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Scottish Italians - Immigrant Families in the 20th Century
Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Monday, November 20 2017, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm St Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal Diane Watters Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival It has been called both Scotland's best and worst twentieth century building. In 1992, it was listed category A. One of its architects suggested the idea of 'everything being stripped away except the concrete itself - a purely romantic conception of the buildingas beautiful ruin'.And now in 2016, St Peter's is renewed as a cultural space through the work of the arts organisation NVA. Monday, November 20 2017, 8 pm - 9 pm Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas : Scotland and Empire Dr Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow) Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival Doctor Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow) argues that from an economic perspective, the British Empire was actually a 'good thing' for many Scots and Scotland overall. The nation became great post-1707 due to the Union, access to the British Empire and the historical connections with New world slavery. Doctor Stephen Mullen lays out an Atlantic world economic argument: connections with the transatlantic slave trade, connections with cotton, sugar and tobacco trades, Scottish involvement in the Caribbean. Tuesday, November 21 2017, 1 pm - 1.30 pm Kings, Demons and Witches Donald Smith and Sandy Andrew Carr Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SR, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Why did witchcraft in Scotland become a focus for fear and persecution? Tuesday, November 21 2017, 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm Coffee, tea and a PhD : Iida Saarinen : Making Priests in the 19th century Iida Saarinen Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Iida's PhD research has taken her to explore the lives of priests-to-be, or seminarians, in the nineteenth century. She argues that Scottish Catholic priests, like their counterparts elsewhere, were 'made' rather than simply trained. Tuesday, November 21 2017, 1.30 pm - 3 pm Guided Tour of Dean Village
Venue: The House on Dean Bridge, Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh EH3 7TZ Previously Scotland's History Festival A stroll around the historic milling village, which once fed the City of Edinburgh, where many old buildings still survive. The tour will also describe the changing nature of the Village through the centuries and tell the tales of some of the personalities who once lived here. Tuesday, November 21 2017, 2 pm - 3 pm Wars of Religion Donald Smith and Sandy Andrew Carr Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SR, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Despite his personal motto, 'Blessed are the Peacemakers', James VI and I set the scene for a century of bloody conflict. Why was 17th century Scotland so tragically divided and what is the legacy? Tuesday, November 21 2017, 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm Charles Mackie Pat Clark Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival In her wonderful biography 'People, Places And Piazzas: The Life And Art Of Charles Mackie', Pat Clark wrote of Mackie, "His epitaph would reside in the obituaries, memorial exhibition and plaudits in the years immediately following his death. Then he would be largely forgotten, subsumed within a Scottish pantheon dominated by the Glasgow Boys and the Colourists.” Tuesday, November 21 2017, 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm Ways of Seeing : representations of disabled people in visual culture Sasha Callaghan Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Sasha Callaghan of Disability History Scotland explores how the world of visual culture has represented the disabled from the art of William Hogarth to the films of James Bond. What does it mean to be human? How is the body used and represented in visual culture and what is being signaled by artists and film-makers when disabled people are routinely used as ciphers for malign misdeeds and pariah status? Tuesday, November 21 2017, 6.30 pm 'Child Murder by a Nurse Girl’ - The True Story of Agnes Norman in the Press
Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival On Monday the 17th of April, 1871, a court in London convened to hear an inquest to the death of 14-month-old Jessie Jane Beer while in the care of Agnes Norman, a 15-year-old servant girl. As more details were uncovered by the sensationalist press, it appeared that Agnes had a suspicious track record of being around when tragedy struck. In other families she’d worked for, three children, three dogs, one cat, a dozen exotic birds, a parrot, and a number of goldfish had died. Hardly more than a child herself, the case shocked the nation and was widely reported. But who was the real Agnes? Tuesday, November 21 2017, 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm The Myth of British Tuition of the CIA
Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival According to the official historiography of the CIA, American foreign intelligence did not exist before the 1940s. It portrayed that as a terrible crime, but held that a ‘miracle’ came to the rescue in World War II in the shape of tuition from Ian Fleming and other agents of the legendary British intelligence services. Tuesday, November 21 2017, 7 pm - 8 pm Alfred The Great Max Adams Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival At Easter 878AD Alfred, king of the West Saxons, could claim lordship over no more than a few square miles of Somerset marsh. Tuesday, November 21 2017, 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm Ye Jacobites By Name Sarah Fraser and Murray Pittock Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival The word Jacobite has come down to us as short-hand for a romantic, doomed cause. But who were the real Jacobites? What did they stand for? Why does the story of the Bonnie Prince still hold the entire world enthralled, much to the delight of the Visit Scotland? Murray Pittock and Sarah Fraser are your guides to the reality behind the romantic image of the people who stood beside Charles Edward Stuart. Wednesday, November 22 2017, 1 pm - 1.30 pm Unionists and Jacobites Donald Smith and Sandy Andrew Carr Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival Explore the Old Town haunts of heroes, spies, sangsters and rebels. Wednesday, November 22 2017, 10 am - 11 am Standing Stones of Stenness Walk
Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Wednesday, November 22 2017, 2 pm - 3 pm Protestant Union, Jacobite Cause
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival Why did the 1707 Union of Parliaments not settle Scotland's conflicts? What drove the Jacobite Risings? Wednesday, November 22 2017, 3 pm - 4 pm Growing up in Scotland: A century of childhood Rachel Bell Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Childhood has changed tremendously in the last hundred years. Today most children in Scotland are protected, cosseted and well fed: just over a hundred years ago many of them still worked in factories. Partly based on BBC Scotland's recent series, producer Rachel Bell uses archive film, interview clips and original research to tell the story of some of the big changes in children's lives, and debate whether things have really all improved for the better. Wednesday, November 22 2017, 7 pm The Lords of The Isles
Venue: Bannockburn, FK7 0LJ The Lords of the Isles c1300 - 1500c Encounter the medieval Western Isles and the men who ruled over them. This fascinating new talk is delivered by one of Scotland's leading historians. Discover how this maritime medieval world was politically and culturally different from the rest of Scotland. Be quick, this event will sell out. For tickets please call: 01786 812664 or email: bannockburn2014@nts.org.uk Wednesday, November 22 2017, 7.30 pm Sculpting the Past: Exploring the art and history of George Sutherland and Sons, sculptors, Galashiels Alison Martin Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Wednesday, November 22 2017, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm Edinburgh in the Shadows
Venue: The Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry St, Edinburgh EH1 1LG Previously Scotland's History Festival What the tourist guides never reveal - stories, tales and poems of drugs, murder, witchcraft, executions and hatchet jobs that reveal the truth behind Edinburgh’s lesser-known miscreants, unfortunates and flawed geniuses. Including Doctor Death, the medical hatchet man with a penchant for poisons and punctures; Jessie King – baby butcher or drunken dupe; George Meikle Kemp, the subject of Scotland’s original and most controversial cold case; and the re-enactment of a 1616 witchcraft trial where the audience decides the veracity of allegations such as a satanic pact and fateful curses, and the truth or guilt of the accused. Wednesday, November 22 2017, 7.30pm Land Legacies: the enduring impact of the First World War on Highland land issues Dr Iain Robertson Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness Highland Family History Society Non-members will be charged £2 Wednesday, November 22 2017, 8 pm - 9 pm Tom Devine in conversation with Kevin McKenna
Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival In a no-holds barred conversation, Kevin McKenna probes Scotland's knighted historian to find out what he thinks of Scotland, her institutions and her education system. There may be some shredded reputations and a few shaken establishment pillars. Come and join two men with big brains and big opinions over a glass of something refreshing as Devine faces McKenna. Thursday, November 23 2017, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm ‘Toleration and State Formation in Scotland, 1702-1712’ Ben Rogers (University of Edinburgh) Venue: Room 1.434 (Teaching Room 7), Doorway 3, Old Medical School University of Edinburgh Scottish history research seminar. See here for more details. Thursday, November 23 2017, 5.30 pm ‘Disability, charity and the boundaries of Reformed discipline in early-modern Scotland’ Dr Chris Langley (Newman University, Birmingham) Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research See here for more details. Thursday, November 23 2017, 7.30 pm People and Water at the Heart of Neolithic Orkney Caroline Wickham-Jones, University of Aberdeen Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Saturday, November 25 2017, 10:30am-12:00pm Alford Genealogy Group
Venue: Alford Community Campus Library, Alford Academy, Greystone Road, Alford, AB33 8TY
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 6 - 12 November 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Tuesday, November 14 2017, 1 pm The Establishment of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain and its Influence on the Ukrainian Diaspora in Scotland Peter Kormylo, University of Glasgow Venue: G16, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Diaspora Studies graduate workshop. For more information see http://edin.ac/1MSzwtw Tuesday, November 14 2017, 10:15 - 11:45 U3A Family History Group Open Session Venue: Turriff Library, Grange Villa, The Square, Turriff, AB43 5AE Tuesday, November 14 2017, 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm Modern Scotland Callum Brown, Richard Finlay, W. Hamish Fraser Venue: Kelvin Hall, Glasgow This free public programme of talks, interviews and panel discussions (organised by Dr Catriona Macdonald, Scottish History and Dr Stephen Mullen, History, University of Glasgow) hosted in the Kelvin Hall in academic term 2017-18 (in partnership with The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, The Hunterian, UofG Library, Archives and Special Collections) explores the remarkable transformation of Scottish history over the course of the last fifty years; the current challenges faced by the discipline; and leading practitioners’ hopes for the future. The range of speakers in the programme lends this initiative authority and remarkable range: there’s something here for all lovers of Scottish history, and an opportunity to get to know a little better the writers behind the books that have shaped how we understand our past. Indeed, all events will be recorded and hosted online by the University library, establishing a fantastic resource for scholars in the future. Tuesday, November 14 2017, 7.30 pm The Northern Picts Project Dr Gordon Noble Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon Ellon and District Heritage Society Entrance £3 Tuesday, November 14 2017, 7.30 pm Court of the Lord Lyon Lord Lyon - Joseph Morrow Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS Tea/coffee and biscuits included. Members entry free - Non members very welcome entry £2 for refreshments. Phone Dave Reid on 01333 350557 for any queries re talks. Tuesday, November 14 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Women in Glasgow in WW1 Fiona Hayes (Glasgow Museums) Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, November 15 2017, 10 am - 11 am Standing Stones of Stenness Walk
Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Wednesday, November 15 2017, 7 pm Marks, Meanings & Messages: an Archaeology of Hidden Voices Alex Hale, RCAHMS Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Free to members, £5 for guests. Disabled access and hearing loop Wednesday, November 15 2017, 7.30 pm The Remarkable Life of Mary Lee Milne: Her adventures with the Scottish Women’s Hospital during the Great War Shona Sinclair Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall Joint meeting with Selkirk Antiquarian Society Wednesday, November 15 2017, 7.30 pm The Lost Mansions of the Clyde and Renfrewshire Dan Sweeney Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham Members free, non-members £3 at the door Wednesday, November 15 2017, 7.30 pm Scotland and the Spanish Civil War Fraser Raeburn Venue: Chalmers Hall, Linlithgow Bridge West Lothian History and Amenity Society Thursday, November 16 2017, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm ‘Remembering Revolution: The Covenants after 1660’ Dr Neil McIntyre (University of Glasgow) Venue: Room 1.434 (Teaching Room 7), Doorway 3, Old Medical School University of Edinburgh Scottish history research seminar. See here for more details. Thursday, November 16 2017, 7.30 pm
TBA Venue: Portland Church hall, South Beach, Troon Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, November 16 2017, 7.30 pm Dunfermline/Trondheim Connection Gifford Lind Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome. Thursday, November 16 2017, 7.30 pm The Wilkhouse Excavations of May 2019 Warren Baillie and Donald Adamson - Archaeologists, GUARD Archaeology Ltd Venue: Brora Community Centre Thursday, November 16 2017, 7:30 pm The Covenanters in Renfrewshire Dane Love Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Family History Society Friday, November 17 2017, 7.30 pm John Carswell’s Adventure: 450 years of Gaelic in print Mark Wringe Venue: Hilton Church, Inverness Friday, November 17 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm The Flyting
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival A welcome return for this lively showcase for the Scots language. William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy, the two great makars at the court of James IV, squared up to each other for a verbal battering, around 1508. The verse is sublime, the insults are grotesque and the swearing is genuine. This couldn't be more Scottish if it tried. You, the audience, get to judge the winner of this poetic pyrotechnic who goes home victorious? Dunbar? Kennedy? Ultimately, it's the Scots language itself! Friday, November 17 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm John Carswell's Adventure: 450 years of Gaelic in Print Mark Wringe Venue: Hilton Church, Inverness Saturday, November 18 2017, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm In the footsteps of CK Scott Moncrieff Jean Findlay Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings that describe a man expert at living a paradoxical life: fervent Catholic convert and homosexual, gregarious party-goer and deeply lonely, interwar spy in Mussolini’s Italy and public man of letters – a man for whom honour was the most abiding principle. He was a decorated war hero, and his letters home are an unusually light take on day-to-day life on the front. Described as ‘offensively brave’, he was severely injured in 1917 and, convalescing in London, became a lynchpin of literary society – friends with Robert Graves and Noel Coward, enemies with Siegfried Sassoon and in love with Wilfred Owen. Saturday, November 18 2017, 2 pm - 3 pm Greedy Queen Annie Gray Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Voracious and adventurous in her tastes, Queen Victoria was head of state during a revolution in how we ate - from the highest tables to the most humble. Bursting with original research, The Greedy Queen considers Britain's most iconic monarch from a new perspective, telling the story of British food along the way. Saturday, November 18 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm Canadian Records Neil Menzies Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society Saturday, November 18 2017, 2.30 pm - 4 pm In The Footsteps of the Enlightenment
Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Join writer and walking enthusiast Stephen Millar, author of Edinburgh’s Hidden Walks, on a wee wonder around Edinburgh’s Old Town and discover the sites of the Scottish Enlightenment. Saturday, November 18 2017, 2.30pm-4.30pm Dominican Blackfriars Alison Cameron Venue: Unitarian Church Centre, 43A Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1RN Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society Saturday, November 18 2017, 3.30 pm - 4.30 p The Prince Who Would Be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart Sarah Fraser Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales was once the hope of Britain. Eldest son to James VI of Scotland, James I of England, Henry was the epitome of heroic Renaissance princely virtue, his life set against a period about as rich and momentous as any. A lively, intelligent prince destined for greatness, but dead at only 18. Saturday, November 18 2017, 5 pm - 6 pm Culloden Trevor Royle Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Culloden. The last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and forces loyal to the Hanoverian cause. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English, the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion. Saturday, November 18 2017, 7 pm - 8 pm War. What is it good for? Aaron Edwards Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival War has been a perennial feature of human history since ancient times, yet it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. It has done much to shape our world, from overthrowing leaders, establishing international governance, and inspiring social change, to destroying cities, dividing nations and breeding animosity. Saturday, November 18 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Runaway Slaves In Britain Simon Newman and Mara Menzies Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Previously Scotland's History Festival Relatively little is known about the enslaved people who lived and died in 18th century Britain. Runaway slaves inadvertently generated records of themselves, when slave-owners placed advertisements in newspapers, describing people who are otherwise all but completely absent from historical records. Saturday, November 18 2017, 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm Scotland : A Century of Nationalism Tommy Sheppard Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival For many, the very real possibility of a sovereign Scotland brought the Independence movement with its hopes, dreams and aspirations into sharp focus for the first time. But what about the history of this ambition? The story of Scottish nationalism is far deeper than the galvanising two year independence campaign of 2012 -2014. Join Tommy Sheppard MP as he explores this rich and sometimes controversial history with Professor Richard Finlay (University of Strathclyde). Sunday, November 19 2017, 1.30 pm - 3 pm GUIDED TOUR OF DEAN CEMETERY
Venue: Dean Cemetery, 63 Dean Path, Edinburgh EH4 3AT, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Opened in 1846, this is one of the Capital’s early Victorian designed garden cemeteries. It quickly became one of the premier burial grounds of the City, so that many eminent persons chose Dean for their final resting-places. It’s still immaculately maintained by the Dean Cemetery Trust, thus the many fine monuments may be viewed clearly as intended. The tour will introduce you to many of the personalities interred within, including Dr Elsie Inglis and some of the family and friends of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sunday, November 19 2017, 1.45 pm - 2.45 pm Pirates! Dr Eric Graham Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Do you have what it takes to join the crew of a Black Flag pirate? How would you fare on the decks of a cruising 30 gunner looking for prey off the Gold Coast? Can you handle the cut and thrust of the boarding party? Would you have been a Blade of Fortune or a Forced Man? And did they all say 'arrr Jim, lad' (hint: they didn't.) Sunday, November 19 2017, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm A Very Short Introduction To : Hieroglyphs Penelope Wilson Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX Previously Scotland's History Festival Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today. Sunday, November 19 2017, 3 pm - 4 pm Castle Hunter David Weinczok Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival David Weinczok hunts castles, and for that Scotland is undoubtedly the place to be. You won't find him at many gold-laden palaces; he's more the ‘windswept ruin atop a seaside crag’ sort of guy. Some of his favourites, however, exist in the realm of fiction and to that end he is now looking at the castles of the big, silver, and video game screens and asking, 'but could it actually keep the bad guys out?' Sunday, November 19 2017, 3 pm - 4 pm Pixelated Pagans: Four Decades of Vikings in Video Game History Christian Cooijmans Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Christian Cooijmans of the School of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh looks at the Vikings. Sunday, November 19 2017, 4 pm - 5 pm A Very Short Introduction To The Napoleonic Wars Mike Rapport Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change - particularly in Spain, Germany, and Italy - and are frequently viewed in these places as the starting point of their modern histories. Sunday, November 19 2017, 5 pm - 6 pm Ghosts, Skeletons and Koopa Troopas: A Brief History of Baddies in Computer Games Dr Chris Jefferson Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX, UK Previously Scotland's History Festival Anyone will tell you that since the beginning of entertainment history, the baddies have always had the best lines, the smartest gear and the coolest weapons. The computer games industry is no different. Learn the history of the pixelated villains with Dr Chris Jefferson of St Andrews University, and possibly even some tricks to defeat them! Sunday, November 19 2017, 7 pm - 9 pm HAPpening: History in Art Projects Launch
Venue: The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ Previously Scotland's History Festival Previously… is launching History in Art Projects, a new scheme to encourage the exploration of history through the arts! Our aim is to support artists of all sorts by bringing them into contact with historians looking for new ways to share their research with the world. Through seed funding and matchmaking, we want to help new projects to come to life. |
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