History talks and events 23-29 October 2017

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 23 - 29 October 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.

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Tuesday, October 24 2017, 1 pm - 1.10 pm

Diversity at the Northern limit of the Roman Empire

Dr Louisa Campbell, University of Glasgow

Venue: Hunterian Museum Gilbert Scott building University of Glasgow G12 8QQ

Black History Month

www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian /visit/insighttalks/

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Tuesday, October 24 2017, 12.30pm - 2.00pm

Heads up at Provand’s Lordship: Old Glasgow and the slave trade

Dr Anthony Lewis

Venue: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street Glasgow G4 0RH

Black History Month

This talk by Scottish History Curator Dr. Anthony Lewis will look at stone sculptures, decorative art work and paintings at Provand’s Lordship signifying Glasgow’s historic connections of the transatlantic trade with tobacco, sugar and slavery from the late 1600s onwards. Free Event www.glasgowmuseums.com

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Wednesday, October 25 2017, 10 am - 11 am

Standing Stones of Stenness Walk

Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge

Historic Environment Scotland

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.

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Wednesday, October 25 2017, 11.15am - 12pm 12.15pm - 1pm 2pm - 2.45pm 3pm - 3.45pm

Bolts and Bodkins

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

Join castle archer, Rusty Bodkins for an explanation of how the Scots used the medieval longbow and crossbow. Learn about different types of arrowheads and how arrow wounds were treated. Get dressed for battle and join the garrison! Included in the normal admission price

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Wednesday, October 25 2017, 6.30 pm - 8 pm

Trading Places

Stuart Allan, Peter Blom, Tanja Bueltmann, Lidia Krzynowek, Esther Mijers, Iain Watson, David Worthington

Venue: National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland

Migration is perceived as a uniquely modern phenomenon, but Scotland has a long experience of inward and outward migration, including a history of commercial enterprise in other countries. Join our panel as they discuss Scotland’s commercial diaspora past and present.
This panel discussion will bring together speakers with expertise in the heritage of former Scottish commercial communities in Poland, the Netherlands and East Asia. Drawing comparisons across place and time, they will consider questions about networks, identity and memory in a transient environment with a particular focus on whether an understanding of past commercial migration can be of value in building relationships among communities coming to Scotland today.
Full details can be found here.

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Wednesday, October 25 2017, 7.30pm

200 years of Black Isle Farmers

Alasdair Cameron

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society

Non-members will be charged £2

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Wednesday, October 25 2017, 9 pm

Texts and Thomson

Scott Abercrombie

Venue: Mitchell Library North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Alexander Thomson Society

The Alexander Thomson Society are pleased to present a rare books event in association with The Mitchell Library. Glasgow architect and director of the Society, Scott Abercrombie, will deliver a talk giving a historical context to the importance of these books in relation to Thomson’s work and other contemporary Glaswegian architects. He will discuss built examples where the influence of these texts can be found in the architecture of Glasgow or where the ideas that they present have influenced the Thomson’s design philosophy. Following this introduction a number of rare editions of these books will be made available for your perusal by The Mitchell Library. Due to the sensitivity of some of these texts the we have had to limit the number of tickets for this event, so book early to avoid disappointment. Free.

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Thursday, October 26 2017

Current Research on Scottish and International Maritime History

Venue: Mitchell Library North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN

University of Glasgow

A one-day conference

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Thursday, October 26 2017, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

‘(Super)natural Animals in Early Modern Scotland’

Dr Lizanne Henderson (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.

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Thursday, October 26 2017, 7.30 pm

St. Ninian and the Sea: New Work on Early Christian Whithorn

Dr. Adrian Maldonado, University of Glasgow

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

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Friday, October 27 2017, 7.30 pm

The Appin Murder

Prof Allan MacInnes

Venue: Eden Court, Bishops Rd, Inverness IV3 5SA

Gaelic Society of Inverness

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Saturday, October 28 2017, 10:30am-12:00pm

Alford Genealogy Group

Venue: Alford Community Campus Library, Alford Academy, Greystone Road, Alford, AB33 8TY

Aberdeenshire Libraries

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Saturday, October 28 2017, 2pm

Heraldry in Jamaica

Duncan Sutherland

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland

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Sunday, October 29 2017, 1 pm - 3 pm

CRER Walking Tour

Venue: Starting point at Glasgow Cathedral Just off Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0QZ

Black History Month

Join us on an historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examine the connections with slavery, tobacco and the abolition movement. See the reality of Glasgow’s role in the enslavement of human beings.The tour will be led by Adebusola Debora Ramsay and Marenka Thompson-Odlum.

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Sunday, October 29 2017, 1 pm - 4 pm

Kinneil House Tours

Venue: Kinneil House

Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland has joined forces with The Friends of Kinneil charity to run a series of free open days in 2017. Once home to the Dukes of Hamilton, you'll get the chance to see inside this impressive mansion, which dates back to the 15th century and boasts some of the best renaissance wall paintings in Scotland.

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