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, October 24 2016, 7.30 pm
Scottish Fire / New Year Celebrations
Alastair Walker
Venue: Murthly Village Hall
West Stormont Historical Society
Preceded by AGM
Tuesday, October 25 2016, 7.30 pm
Dundonald Castle
Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX
Wednesday, October 26 2016, 4 pm
Not Like the Others: the excavation of an 18th century Inuit sod house
Patrick Jolicoeur, University of Glasgow
Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building
University of Glasgow
Wednesday, October 26 2016, 5 pm
Traditionalising Empire: Imperial Commodities in Gaelic Popular Culture
Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI
Venue: Ross House, Dornoch
University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History
This seminar examines how imperial commodities found a place within the domestic popular culture of the people of the Highlands from the seventeenth century onwards, at first as exotic, fashionable curiosities, then increasingly as household necessities. See the Centre for History website for details and to book a place/VC connection.
Wednesday, October 26 2016, 7.30 pm
Scott as a Literary Reviewer
David McClay
Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels
Wednesday, October 26 2016, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Highland Life in the 18th Century
Venue: Am Fasgadh Collection, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore
Following a highly successful seminar in 2015, which celebrated the museum’s 80th year, we are delighted to invite you to our next seminar, which explores Highland life in the Eighteenth Century. The seminar will be held in the Am Fasgadh collections’ facility, in amongst the museum’s collection, which has recently been acknowledged as a Recognised Collection of National Significance. Our prominent panel of speakers will cover topics exploring aspects of life in the 1700s including Sports and Pastimes, Livestock Improvement and Changes in Vernacular Furniture. A fascinating insight into how our ancestors lived and worked. Early bird tickets £22.50. Students £17.50. Adults £27.50. Click here to order tickets online. Lunch included, as well as a curatorial tour of the collection. Contact: Rachel Chisholm 01540 673551 rachel.chisholm@highlifehighland.com
Thursday, October 27 2016
The Loans Smugglers – An Update
Francis Wilkins
Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Thursday, October 27 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm
Find Your Ain Folk Drop in Service
Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs
North Ayrshire Family History Society
Thursday, October 27 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm
Usurpations [and] infringements”: The Earldom of Mar in the 15th Century
Ms Katy Jack (University of Stirling)
Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews
Institute of Scottish Historical Research
Thursday, October 27 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm
Newhailes: Exploring the 1797 Inventory
Ian Gow, chief curator emeritus, NTS
Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY
£8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online
Thursday, October 27 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
Hidden Treasures of Glasgow in Pictures
David Walker
Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston
Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
Thursday, October 27 2016, 7.45 pm
Drymen & District's Early Postal Service
John Mitchell
Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP
Drymen & District Local History Society
Saturday, October 29 2016, 11 am - 2 pm
Brochtoberfest
Venue: St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall
Everything you ever wanted to know about brochs but were too afraid to ask. Discussion to be led by Martin Carruthers, site director, The Cairns; Kenneth McElroy and Iain Maclean, Caithness Broch Project; Amanda Brend and James Moore, ORCA
Saturday, October 29 2016, 2 pm
Guided Tour of Chapelton of Elsick
Dominic Fairlie
Venue: Chapelton of Elsick, near Newtonhill
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
Pioneered by the Duke of Fife, this new but traditional-styled town is nearing completion. Developer Dominic Fairlie will explain its ethos (£12.00 including tea). To book your place please contact the AHSS National Office: nationaloffice@ahss.org.uk | 0131 557 0019
Saturday, October 29 2016, 2 pm
Raising Community Flags in Scotland
Philip Tibbets
Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
The Heraldry Society of Scotland
Sunday, October 30 2016
The Great Disruption of 1843 and the Wider Religious Implications
Kenneth Mclean
Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN
Borders Family History Society
Kenneth McLean will talk about the Disruption nationally and in the Borders looking at the make-up of Scottish religious life and the United Secession, Relief and United Presbyterian churches in the middle decades of the 1800s.
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