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16 March 2015
Starts: 19:30
Two Communities Changed by the War
Talk by Kirkmichael Trust and Cromarty Courthouse Museum
Cromarty West Church Hall
Talks preceeded by AGM
Organised by Cromarty History Society. Attendance is free for members of the Society. Non-members pay £3 and will be made very welcome. Children under 16 are admitted free of charge. You can join the Society at any of our meetings - membership costs £8 (£12 for a Family membership)
Further information:
www.spanglefish.com/cromartyhistorysociety
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16 March 2015
Starts: 17:15
World War I, the Scottish Highlands and Emigration: Symbolism and Substance
Talk by Professor Marjory Harper, Chair in History at the University of Aberdeen and guest lecturer at University of the Highlands and Islands
Executive Office, Ness Walk, Inverness
Organised by University of the Highlands and Islands. For further details see their website: http://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/media/events/world-war-i-the-scottish-highlands-and-emigration-symbolism-and-substance
Free. The event may be booked vie Event Brite (ww.eventbrite.co.uk)
During 2014 there were many commemorations of the outbreak and subsequent events of the First World War, including exhibitions in the National Museum of Scotland, Inverness Art Gallery and Museum, and numerous local libraries and history centres across the country. This paper draws on and expands the theme of symbolism and substance embodied in some of those exhibitions, with particular reference to the relationship between the Great War, the Highlands and emigration. It considers issues such as demographic legacies, the land question, the impact of the Iolaire disaster, soldier settlement schemes on both sides of the Atlantic and the anti-emigration rhetoric of the 1920s and 1930s.
Professor Marjory Harper will be presenting her guest lecture as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands Public Lecture Series on March 16th from 5.15pm and will be available for audience questions.
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