Monday 27 June, 10.30-12.30, MS Teams Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-history-society-publication-workshop-tickets-359492119607 The Scottish History Society is delighted to announce the latest in its series of publication workshops, which will be held online via MS Teams. These workshops are designed to introduce postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers and academics to the work the Society does in… Read more
Lecture by Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams
Wednesday 19 January 2022, 18.30-19.30 GMT Location: via Zoom ‘One volume more, my friends! One volume more!’, or, how three dozen Edinburgh book collectors invented Scottish history Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shs-lecture-one-volume-more-my-friends-one-volume-more-tickets-243262804597 ‘Assist me, ye friends of old books and old wine’. Walter Scott’s publisher James Ballantyne had a pleasing… Read more
Lecture by Prof. Dauvit Broun
The Charters of Inchaffray Abbey (SHS vol.56): making Scottish charters accessible then and now as a source for understanding Scotland before the Wars of Independence Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-history-society-lecture-the-charters-of-inchaffray-abbey-tickets-174076596787 Location: via Zoom This talk will discuss Charters, Bulls and Other Documents Relating to the Abbey of Inchaffray, ed. W. A. Lindsay,… Read more
AGM and Presidential Lecture
‘Ahead of Their Time’: A Talk in Celebration of International Women’s Day
March 8, 18:00-19:00 (UK time) In this talk (delivered online via Zoom), Susan Morrison will shine a light on several Scottish women (from the 1700s to 1900s) who, against all odds, achieved great things for the many. A lecture brought to you by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the… Read more
Scottish History Society Annual Presidential Lecture and AGM Saturday 7 March – register now!
The event, on Saturday 7 March, begins at 11am, with the Presidential Lecture at 2pm. It will take place at the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, University of Edinburgh. The President of the Scottish History Society, Dr Catriona M. M. Macdonald, will deliver her second Presidential Lecture:… Read more