Event Archive

2009

May

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• The Elphinstone Institute: A Collection of Rare and Previously Unpublished North-East Fiddle Repertoire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