Good morning history lovers! Here is your weekly selection of the exciting events, opportunities, news, and publications in Scottish History. There’s plenty on offer this summer for all ages to enjoy!
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| Public Lectures, Events and Seminars Highland 28 June, Collections Store Tour, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. 1-2 July, ‘Wooly Weekend – from lamb to loom!’, Highland Folk Museum. 6 July, Heritage in Action, Highland Folk Museum. Edinburgh 3 June – 2 July: ‘Exhibition: The Declaration of Arbroath,’ National Museum of Scotland. 24 June, LGBT+ History Month Film Screening, National Library of Scotland. 24 June, ‘Shifting Vistas: 250 Years of Scottish landscapes’, City Art Centre. 29 June, The Northern Scholars Lectures, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Fife 1 July, Early Coins of Scotland, Carnegie Library & Galleries. 7 July, The Growth and Development of Crail During the Middle Ages, Crail Kirk Hall. Glasgow 24 + 28 June, Building and Store Tours, Kelvin Hall. 25 June, Glasgow Black History Walking Tours. 27 June, LGBT+ History Tours, the Burrell Collection. 28 June, Burrell Bites, the Burrell Collection. Stirling 25 June, ‘Tales of Tartan’, Bannockburn House. 25 June, Bannockburn Battlefield Walking Tour, The Battle of Bannockburn Centre. Virtual 27 June, Roundtable on Henry J. Miller, A Action of Petitioners: Petitions and Petitioning in the United Kingdom, 1780-1918, The Institute of Historical Research. 29 June, Archive Volunteering For All, The Scottish Archives. |
| Conferences and Workshops |
| Workshop: Archive Afternoons, Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives, Wick (Every Wednesday).CFP: British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference, deadline 30 June.CFP: Material and Visual Culture Seminar Series, deadline 31st July.CFP: Scottish Archaeology Month 2023, Archaeology Scotland, 31 July.CFP: ‘The Sources of Scottish History’, 2024 Scottish History Society Conference, deadline 31 August.CFP: 6th International St Magnus Conference 2024, deadline 1 September.CFP: Scottish Church History Society Autumn Conference, deadline 10 Oct. CFP: ‘Government and Governance in Scotland from Revolution to Union’, Scottish Privy Council Project, deadline 26 Oct. |
| News, Opportunities and Miscellany |
| Essay Prize: Tunnock Prize, deadline 1 September. Essay Prize: Scottish Church History Society Prize, deadline 15 December. Essay Prize: The Leah Leneman Essay Prize, Women’s History Scotland, deadline 18 December, |
| Jobs and Volunteering Internship: Public History Intern, University of the Highlands and Islands, 26 June. Job: Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh Colonialism, 4 July. Job: Collections Inventory Assistant, Historic Environment Scotland, 4 July. Job: Steward (Corgarff and Kildrummy Castle), Historic Environment Scotland, 5 July. Job: Evening Steward (Urquhart Castle), Historic Environment Scotland, 5 July. Job: Steward (Huntly and Balvenie Castle), Historic Environment Scotland, 5 July. Job: Responsible Tourism Trainee, Historic Environment Scotland, 11 July. Job: Historic Built Environment Inspector Trainee, Historic Environment Scotland, 11 July. Job: Architectural Assistant Trainee, Historic Environment Scotland, 11 July. Job: Youth Participation and Engagement Officer, Historic Environment Scotland, 12 July. PhD: Strathmartine Trust Scottish History Scholarships at the University of Dundee, 30 June. PhD: The past, present and future of a community-owned estate: building resilient ‘future heritage’ in West Harris, University of the Highlands and Islands, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and West Harris Trust, deadline TBC. Volunteer: Administrative Assistant, Live Borders Museums, Galleries and Archives Service, Scottish Borders. Volunteer: Archivist/Admin Support, Tay Valley Family History Society, Dundee. Volunteer: Ness of Brodgar Meet & Greet Volunteers, UHI Archaeology Institute. Volunteer: Exhibition Assistant, Talbot Rice Gallery. Volunteer: Edinburgh Living History, City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries. Volunteer: Historic Collection, Brodie Castle, National Trust for Scotland. Volunteer: Education Volunteers, Gordon Highlanders Museum. |
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