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CONFERENCES

Three hundred years after the Union –
The State of Scottish History

One day conference - University of Dundee
Sat 27 January

The Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, inaugurated on 1 May 1707, remains a hugely controversial topic, with Scots divided over its causes and the consequences for Scotland. Numerous events and several important publications are planned to mark its three hundredth anniversary. What better time to review the state of Scottish history? We are announcing a significant event to be held at the University of Dundee, aimed at students, professionals and teachers, and those with a general interest in Scotland’s past.

This will be a landmark conference on the place of history in Scottish life and teaching. The speakers are the most eminent in their fields. These include the Historiographer Royal Professor Christopher Smout, the well-known historian Professor Tom Devine, and the author of the authoritative new book The Scots and the Union Professor Chris Whatley. Also included in the line-up of speakers are: broadcaster Dr. Fiona Watson; the leading publisher in Scottish history, Hugh Andrew (of Birlinn); a distinguished member of the History school-teaching profession, Professor Peter Hillis; and one of the pioneers of distance learning in Scottish History, Dr Ian Donnachie of the Open University. Each will discuss how Scottish History has changed as it has moved centre stage during discussions on the state of the Scottish nation in the last few decades.

The conference coincides with the launch of the complete ten-volume series of books The Making of Scotland co-produced by the University of Dundee and the Open University and to be published by Dundee University Press. These volumes support two courses on the history of Scotland taught by distance learning to Open University and other students from Scotland and around the world. The first of these is Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present which has been taught since 1998. The second course, Medieval and Early Modern Scotland 1100-1707, comes on stream in February 2007. Copies of the course volumes – which can be read and enjoyed by independent readers, and used by teachers and lecturers in their own schools, colleges and universities - will be on display at the conference.

With the tercentenary of the Union about to be marked in May 2007, you are warmly invited to what will surely be a stimulating and unique occasion.

The conference fee of £25.00 includes lunch, coffee and tea. Early booking is recommended.

Mrs Elizabeth Bryant, Scottish History , Distance Learning
School of Humanities,University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4HN

Email: scottish-history@dundee.ac.uk

ADVANCE NOTICE
Knowledge, Techniques and Cultures in 18th-Century Scotland

Annual Conference of the 18th-Century Scottish Studies Society

Montpellier, France 10–12 July 2007

Meeting with the Twelfth International Enlightenment Congress
www.congreslumieres2007.org

Enquiries: Prof. Richard B. Sher

GLASGOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Sesquicentennial Programme 2006/2007

Lectures are free, open to all, illustrated and will take place in Lecture Theatre 2, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated:
Web site: www.glasarchsoc.org.uk

25th January 2007
Empire and River Part I: The Impact of Rome
Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums of Scotland.

15th February 2007
Medieval Glasgow:
The Archaeology of the Episcopal City and its Hinterland.
Professor Stephen Driscoll, University of Glasgow.

15th March 2007
Empire and River Part II:
Commercial and Industrial Glasgow
Dr Chris Dalglish, University of Glasgow.

19th April 2007
Archaeology, Culture and Society in Scotland
Neal Ascherson, Institute of Archaeology, London.

LOCAL SOCIETIES

Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society
Queen Street Church Hall, Aberdeen. 2.30pm.

20 Jan: Beginners’ Meeting
17 Feb: Moray: The People and the Land. Bruce Bishop.

Glasgow Group
Renfield St. Stephen’s Church Centre. 2.00pm.

24 Feb: Samplers: First Efforts of an Infant Child. Rebecca Quinton (Textiles Curator, Scotland Street School Museum).

Moray-Banff Group
Activities Room, Elgin Library. 2.00pm.


20 Jan: The Parishes of Rafford and Dallas. Bruce Bishop.
24 Feb: Understanding Old Documents. John Barrett.
Time and venue TBA.

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Carnegie Library, Ayr (Garden Street entrance) 7.45pm

11 Jan: The River Ayr Way. Dane Love.

25 Jan: Treasure Trove in Scotland. Jenny Shiels - Treasure Trove Secretariat.

8 Feb: Rowallan Castle : From Mure Stronghold to Renaissance Palace. Peter Yeoman, Historic Scotland

22 Feb: Live with the National Trust for Scotland. Douglas Bremner.

Dollar History Society
Academy Dining Hall. 7.30pm

9 Jan: The Medieval Environment. Dr Richard Oram.

13 Feb: Cambuskenneth. Mr K.E. Gray.

13 March: The Haldane Family. Mr Martin Haldane of Gleneagles, Perthshire

Drymen & District Local History Society
Drymen Village Hall at 7.45 pm on Thursday evenings.

This year a number of events, which will be of interest to our members, are being organised in the area prior to the start of the main programme.

25 Jan: Members' Night: short talks by members of the Society.

22 Feb: From the Clyde to Philadelphia: the emigration experiences of Robert Napier, 1879-1887. Andrew Muirhead.

22 March: The Glasgow Necropolis. Nigel Willis and Richard Weddle .

Edingburgh Archaeology Field Society
7.30pm at 23a Fettes Row

16 Jan:The fort-lined ancient Great Wall of Gorgon in northern Iran - a joint project of the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation and the University of Edinburgh. Dr Eberhard Sauer, Lecturer In Classical Archaeology.

14 Feb: A Soil Scientist's Guide to Archaeological Sites.Dr Stephen Carter, Headland Archaeology

13 March: The Appin Murder 1752 . Andrew Broom -Retired Deputy Keeper of National Archives of Scotland

Fife FHS
Buckhaven Theatre, Lawrence Street, Buckhaven. 7.30pm

Feb 1: 100 Years of Underwear. Isobel Clelland

Mar 13: Sheila Pitcairn

Apr 10: Mining Evidences in the Parish of Wemyss. Dave Reid

Peebles Archaeological Society

7.30 pm. Peebles Community Centre, Walkershaugh, Peebles, except for 13 March when the meeting will start at 7.45 pm in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles.

18 Jan: The Work of the Nautical Archaeology Society (Scotland).Philip Robertson

15 Feb: Prehistoric Pots to Modern Mansions – Archaeology in the NTS West Region. Derek Alexander, National Trust for Scotland

13 March: Life and Death in Bronze Age Tweeddale’. Tam Ward, Biggar Museum Trust Joint Meeting with the Tweeddale Society

Tay Valley Family History Society
University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee at 7.15 p.m.

17 Jan: The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee. Innes Duffus

21 Feb: Combing the Collections: Photography in St Andrews University Library. Dr. Norman Reid. Head of Special Collections and Keeper of Manuscripts and Muniments at the University of St Andrews.

21 March: The Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther. Linda Fitzpatrick