Event Archive

2010

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  23 - 25 July 2010

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland in memory of Tom and Anne Reid.

• North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) 2010

  14 - 18 July 2010

  Concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, sessions, busking trails, and an international conference.

May

• Ways of Mind-Walking: Reading, Writing, Painting

  25 May 2010, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Toulmin Prize 2010

  15 May 2010

  Kenneth Paul Stephen, winner of the Toulmin Prize (2010) with My Life Through Colin. The story will be published in Leopard Magazine June/July issue (2010).

March

• Piping Traditions in the Southern Outer Hebrides: An Illustrated Talk

  30 March 2010, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

February

• North East Humour

  23 February 2010, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

January

• Corn Dollies and Straw Work in Scotland: from Cornfield to Catwalk

  26 January 2010, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

2009

November

• Innovation by Design: The Development of the Aberdeen Clipper

  24 November 2009, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

October

• A Different Viewpoint - Archaeology from the Air

  27 October 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

September

• Voices from the Scottish Diaspora

  29 September 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  24 - 26 July 2009

  The Festival is a unique celebration, bringing together outstanding traditional singers from Scotland, England, and Ireland.

• Your North East Conference

  20 July 2009

  A one-day conference of illustrated talks on North-East Scotland's heritage for both visitors and residents.

May

• Roots and Custody of North-East Bothy Ballads

  26 May 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Toulmin Prize 2009

  16 May 2009

  The winner of the 2009 Toulmin Prize is Eleanor Fordyce with her winning story Sae Mony Summers. The story will be published in the June (2009) issue of Leopard Magazine.

• Taking Shetland Out of the Box

  07 - 10 May 2009

  Taking Shetland out of the Box: Island Cultures and Shetland Identity is the first of the biennial Taking Islands of the Box conference series, which seeks to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue among academics and practitioners working with island issues.

April

• NE Scotland and Russia

  28 April 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

March

• Journeys through local landscapes: Exploring the Bennachie Colony

  31 March 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

February

• Aspects of the Gaelic Song Tradition of Cape Breton Island and Eastern Nova Scotia

  24 February 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

January

• Burns and the Bardie Clan

  27 January 2009, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

2008

November

• They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships: Aspects of Identity in the Scottish Fisherman

  25 November 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Sacred Singing and Musical Spirituality

  15 November 2008

  British Forum for Ethnomusicology one-day conference

October

• The Elphinstone Institute: A Collection of Rare and Previously Unpublished North-East Fiddle Repertoire

  21 October 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

September

• Editing Hamewith for a Contemporary Audience

  30 September 2008, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  25 - 27 July 2008

  The Festival is a unique celebration, bringing together outstanding traditional singers from Scotland, England, and Ireland.

June

• A Celebration of Ballads and Songs from the USA and Scotland

  24 June 2008, 20:00 - 23:00

  Traditional singing from both sides of the Atlantic.

• Boaties Craft Residency

  16 June - 22 August 2008

  A residency program for traditional model-making apprenticeships.

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

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  20 - 22 July 2007

  The Festival is a unique celebration, bringing together outstanding traditional singers from Scotland, England, and Ireland.

June

• Boaties Craft Residency

  29 June - 24 August 2007

  A residency program for traditional model-making apprenticeships.

March

• A Boorach an' a Barrie Nicht

  30 March 2007

  Celebrating the Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers

• The Third UK Graduate Conference in Folklore and Ethnology

  23 - 25 March 2007

  A conference for graduate students in Folklore and Ethnology

2006

July

• North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) 2006

  26 - 30 July 2006

  Celebrating the excellence of traditional fiddlers, fiddle music and dance from countries around the North Atlantic

May

• The Poetry of North East Scotland: Beyond Sentiment

  23 May 2006, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

April

• What is North-East Fiddle Style?

  18 April 2006, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture

March

• New Songs in the Bothy: From George Bruce Thomson to Ian Middleton

  21 March 2006, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

February

• Traditional Music and Tourism in Scotland

  21 February 2006, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

January

• The Vernacular Roots of Aberdeenshire Architecture

  24 January 2006, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

2005

December

• Fakelore or Folklore? Alexander Carmichael, 'Carmina Gadelica' and the Question of Authenticity.

  06 December 2005, 19:30 - 21:30

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

November

• The Centenary of Ian McPherson: A Neglected Scottish Writer

  22 November 2005, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  22 - 24 July 2005

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland in memory of Tam Reid, 1929-2003

April

• Traditional Storytelling Weekend

  23 - 24 April 2005

  The weekend is a unique celebration, bringing together outstanding storytellers from Scotland and England.

March

• A Boorach an' a Barrie Nicht

  11 March 2005

  A Celebration of the Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers (funded by the Heritage Lottery)

2004

October

• Tam Reid Memorial Concert

  30 October 2004

  The Tam Reid Memorial Concert with guests and friends

• Gaither Roon the Glimmer

  16 October 2004

  A Festival of Travellers

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  23 - 25 July 2004

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland in memory of Tam Reid, 1929-2003.

May

• Traditional Storytelling Weekend

  01 - 02 May 2004

  A unique celebration, bringing together outstanding storytellers from Scotland and England.

April

• British Forum for Ethnomusicology

  15 - 18 April 2004

  The annual conference for the BFE.

2003

June

• The 37th Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  26 June - 06 July 2003

  Scotland at the Smithsonian

2002

June

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  28 - 30 June 2002

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of North-East Scotland, Orkney, England, and Ireland in the unique setting of Cullerlie Farm Park, Tom and Anne Reid's farm in rural Aberdeenshire.

April

• Traditional Storytelling Weekend

  20 - 21 April 2002

  A festival to celebrate the wonderful storytelling traditions of the North East of Scotland, the Highlands, Ireland, and England to be held in Deeside.

2001

July

• North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) 2001

  25 - 29 July 2001

  Celebrating the excellence of traditional fiddlers, fiddle music and dance from countries around the North Atlantic.

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  06 - 08 July 2001

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of North-East Scotland, Orkney, England, and Ireland in the unique setting of Tom and Anne Reid's farm in rural Aberdeenshire.

2000

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  06 - 08 July 2000

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of North-East Scotland, Orkney, England, and Ireland in the unique setting of Tom and Anne Reid's farm in rural Aberdeenshire.

May

• The Popular and Traditional Song of North-East Scotland

  06 May 2000

  All-day conference

April

• Tea and Scones with Christine and Lorna: Making Traditional Music Work in Aberdeenshire

  04 April 2000, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

March

• James Scott Skinner's Legacy to the Scottish Fiddle Tradition

  21 March 2000, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• By the Pendicles for Lorn: Usage, Use, and Misuse in Scottish Place Names

  07 March 2000, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

February

• The Making of Modern Myths: The Titanic and Celtic Christianity

  22 February 2000, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture

• Farm Life in the North-East

  08 February 2000, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture

• Fiddle Day

  05 February 2000

  Workshops

January

• Pipers without Kilts: The Smallpipes Revival in Scotland

  18 January 2000, 19:00 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

1999

November

• Opening Day at 24 High Street

  17 November 1999

  Opening of the Elphinstone Institute in its new premises

August

• 29th Conference of the International Ballad Commission

  09 - 15 August 1999

  International Conference

1998

September

• Northern Bows, Northern Bridges

  17 - 20 September 1998

  International Fiddle Festival

April

• The Role of Collections in the Scottish Intellectual Tradition

  16 - 17 April 1998

  Conference

1997

September

• After Columba, After Calvin

  05 - 07 September 1997

  A conference on issues of community and identity in the religious traditions of the North-East.