As part of our support of Year of Stories #YS2022, we have four conference events happening throughout the year. Each conference has a theme, and the speakers will give presentations based on that theme. Here's the line-up:
19 March - Emigration/Immigration
Speakers & Topics:
Dr Marjory Harper - Voices of the Diaspora
Dr Keir Strickland - Excavating the Highland Clearances
Jessica Evershed - The Highland & Island Emigration Scheme Database
Christine Woodcock - Scots in Atlantic Canada
18 June - Crime and Punishment
Speakers & Topics
Donna Moore - The Lock Trilogy: historical crime fiction novellas
Chris Paton - The Mount Stewart Murder
Robert Howie - The Story of Jekyll & Hide (Deacon Brodie)
Roddy Greig - Fife FHS Kalendar of Convicts
10 Sept - Industry/Occupations
Speakers & Topics
Stephen Clancy - Paisley Weavers
Justin Parkes - Scottish Steelworks and the Coal-fired Ironworks Industry
Irene O'Brien - My Ancestors Was... Researching Ancestor Occupations
Neil Fraser - Historic Scotland's Industry Collections
10 December - Uniquely Scottish
Speaker and Topics
Paula Duncan - Kilt Making as a Heritage Craft
Nick Fiddes of DC Dalgleish - All About Tartan
Carol Jackson - Ellis Gin
Chef Gary MacLean - Scotland's Larder
You can register for one, all four or mix and match to suit your interests. Each conference is £10 ($17cad)
Just an FYI that if you book for all four events, you will be invited to a FREE event on October 15th to help you put your stories together so that they can be shared with others and across the generations.
Registration is OPEN
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