Weekly Digest 4 March 2016

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Exhibitions and events Larkhall 5 and 6 March: Free archaeological event at Larkhall Inverness 5 March: Knitting Workshop- Learn how to turn a heel 18th style Shetland 5 March – 17 April: Marc Wilson – The Last Stand Public lectures and seminars, 5 March – 11 March St Andrews Tuesday 8 March: Institute for Scottish Historical Research – Kelsey Jackson Williams, Working with Antiquaries: How to use Antiquarian Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century Glasgow Monday 7 March: University of Strathclyde – Wendy Ugolini, Oral History and the Historian: Reflections on fieldwork with the Italian Scots Tuesday 8 March: University of Glasgow – Nyree Finlay, Anticipatory Ancestry: why relational pasts matter Edinburgh Monday 7 March: University of Edinburgh – Felicity Loughlin, “An ancient tradition common to all nations”: Pagan Religions and Christianity in the Works of Andrew Ramsay (1686‐1743) Thursday 10 March: University of Edinburgh – Ralph Maclean, John Stevenson, Charles Mackie, and the early Edinburgh Contribtuion to Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in Scotland  Friday 11 March: University of Edinburgh – Joshua Dickson, Traditional Music, Higher Education and an Argument for Post-Revivalism  Stirling Sunday 6 March: Bannockburn Visitor Centre – Edward Cowan, Battle of the Books Dundee Wednesday 9 March: Derek Hall, ‘In rood health’ – Excavations at Perth Whitefriars 2014-15

Calls for Papers Scottish History Network Workshop: The State of the Field New Perspectives on the ‘auld alliance’: Scotland, France and their neighbours in the early modern era Oral history in dialogue: The Scottish Oral History Centre Postgraduate Conference Second World Congress of Scottish Literatures: Dialogues and Diasporas Scottish Catholic Architecture and Material Culture Historical Perspectives: Hidden Histories and Untold Stories News and miscellany 13 March: Friendly volunteers needed by National Museums Scotland Job opportunity with ScARF: Part time Museums Officer fixed term until March 2018 Job opportunity with University of Essex: Lecturer in History (Public Engagement) Job opportunity with Historic Environment Scotland: CEO NLS Maps swipe viewer now available Various archaeology events are coming up in March The ScARF Student Network is offering bursaries for students to attend various conferences in 2016. Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland: Society of Antiquaries Scotland Fellows invited to contribute