Still time to join us tonight for this fascinating event with Marc!
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⭐Online Event⭐
Join us on 13 April 2026 from 19:30 (UK) to hear Marc Mierowsky discuss his new book 'A Spy Amongst Us: Daniel Defoe's Secret Service and the Plot to End Scottish Independence (Yale University Press)'
scottishhistorysociety.com/marc-mierows...
The wonderful Alexandra Plane was the recipient of the Alasdair Ross Prize 2024. She has produced a blog post about how the funds helped support her archival research into 16th century royal book traders. Read all about it here: scottishhistorysociety.com?p=1323
🚨Venue Info🚨
Our Conference, AGM and Presidential Lecture is in a different spot this year folks! Still in University of Edinburgh, but this year we are in OLD COLLEGE. Get directions here:
www.ed.ac.uk/maps/maps
Our Presidential Lecture by the wonderful James Robertson will be recorded this year & available to members of the SHS after the event on 28th March. Non-members get access for £6 with conference registration. Please share with international friends!
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What a fantastic day of Scottish History awaits! Join us on 28th March for our conference, AGM and presidential lecture. Free to members, £6 non-members
Register here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...
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🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
There's extra time to send in proposals for our annual conference. New deadline 28 February 2026. Full details on submission on our website ⬇️
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
🚨Call for Papers🚨
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
🚨Call for Papers🚨
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
East Jersey Bound: From Scotland to America in the 1680s
SHS and @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social are thrilled to announce a free, online event with Derrick Johnstone on Wednesday 11 Feb from 17:30 (UK)
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
scottishhistorysociety.com/east-jersey-...
***Postponed Event***
Sadly we have had to postpone our lecture with Dr Claire McNulty tomorrow (7th January).
Please keep an eye out for details of the rescheduled event.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Winter Lecture Series RESCHEDULED!
Please note that our third event with Dr Claire McNulty has been rescheduled to Wednesday 7 January 2026. We hope you can still join us online from 17:30 (UK) to hear more about 'Edinburgh's Unruly Women'!
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🚨Rosebery Prize 2025🚨
Applications are new open! £350 will be awarded for a sample transcription with historical introduction & editorial methodology, in recognition of excellent primary source research undertaken by postgrads.
Apply by 22 December 2025: scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-r...
There's still time to sign up for the second event in our Winter Lecture Series: 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll' with Dr Jade Scott
Tomorrow 17:30 (UK), free and online
Register: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the second event in our Winter Lecture Series
Our Secretary @huntingrebels.bsky.social will delve into 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll'
Find out more at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com/records-from...
Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)'
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...