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: [email protected] 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
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