Event Archive

2008

May

• The Old Ship Zion: Using the Trawler Radio Band to Transmit Gospel Songs among North-East Scottish Fishermen

  27 May 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• The Toulmin Prize 2008

  09 May 2008

  Bill Robertson, winner of the Toulmin Prize (2008) for short storywriting, with Beth's Birthday Sheen. The winning story also appeared in the June/July issue (2008) of Leopard Magazine.

April

• Robert the Bruce as Mythic Hero

  29 April 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

March

• Mrs Anna Brown of Falkland: Ballads and Biography

  25 March 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture

February

• Scots, Language of Kings

  26 February 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

January

• Archaeological approaches to landscapes of conflict in 17th and 18th century Scotland

  29 January 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

2007

November

• Piping

  27 November 2007, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

October

• The Rise and Fall of the Tee Name System in North-East Fishing Communities

  30 October 2007, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Button Boxes and Moothies: A Free Reed Convention

  26 - 28 October 2007

  A unique celebration of small 'free-reed' instruments, including mouth organs, concertinas, melodeons, diatonic button accordions, and Jews harps, the convention will be just the place to enjoy the appealing music of these delightful instruments from some of the very best talents around, both local to Scotland and from further afield....

September

• Between the Sacred and the Secular: Exploring the Soirée in North-East Scottish Coastal Communities

  25 September 2007, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series