Forthcoming talks at the National Records of Scotland

Forthcoming talks at the National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk):

12 February 2020, 5.30 - 6.30pm, New Register House
The Declaration of Arbroath: then and now
Dr Alan Borthwick, Head of Medieval and Early Modern Records, National Records of Scotland

17 February 2020, 1.00 - 2.00pm, New Register House
Doric in the 21st Century. A dying dialect or living language?
Royal Celtic Society
Mr Gordon M Hay

27 February 2020, 5.30 - 6.30pm, New Register House
Learning more about ScotlandsPeople
Iain Ferguson, ScotlandsPeople

2 March 2020, 10.30 - 11.30am, New Register House
Scotland and Caribbean Slavery: Was Tobago really a 'Scotch colony'?
Dr Stephen Mullen, Scottish History, University of Glasgow

10 March 2020, 6.00 - 7.00pm, New Register House
Re-imagining the Declaration of Arbroath
Andrew Redmond Barr, Artist and Writer

13 March 2020, 1.00 - 2.00pm, New Register House
The Armorial of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount: An update on the new edition with some interesting points
Royal Celtic Society
Alex Maxwell Findlater, AIH FHSS

19 March 2020, 5.30 - 6.30pm, New Register House
'For glory, riches and honours: the rocky road to the Declaration of Arbroath'
Fiona Watson, Writer and Historian

20 May 2020, 5.30 - 6.30pm, New Register House
The social networks of the Declaration of Arbroath'
Dr Matthew Hammond, Research Associate, King's College London

For further details on each talk, and information on obtaining tickets, please visit https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits

Chris

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