News | Posted December 3, 2020
Following our AGM and Anniversary Meeting on Saint Andrew’s Day 2020, we are happy to announce the newly elected President and the newly elected Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. We are very pleased to have Ian and Kenneth join our team, and look forward to working with them on several exciting new projects due to get underway soon. …
News | Posted September 14, 2020
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our online application form. To ensure that we receive your new Fellowship application before the deadline, please download and complete the editable pdf Fellowship Application Form and send it via email to info@socantscot.org Your application will be treated in confidence and, if accepted, offered for election by the Fellowship at the Society Anniversary Meeting in late November (usually 30 …
News | Posted June 29, 2020
We hope that you are keeping safe and well. As the time to renew Society subscriptions approaches, we want to let you know that we are very aware of the financial strain our Fellows may be experiencing as a result of the unprecedented and continued upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, Society Trustees have agreed that any Fellow suffering …
News | Posted June 26, 2020
The Scottish Network for Nineteenth-Century European Cultures – SNNEC – has warned of the damaging effects of closing down Modern Languages departments in UK universities. SNNEC recently explored Scottish and European connections and exchanges with ‘nations-in-the-making’ during the nineteenth century, reflecting on what knowledge then offers us now, through a series of academic workshops and a major public event. Their …
News | Posted June 15, 2020
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and is committed to securing racial justice in the Scottish heritage sector and beyond. But we have work to do. For almost 240 years, our mission has been “to actively support the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past”. We believe that no one holds a …
News | Posted July 1, 2019
This is a message for all those Fellows currently paying their subscription by Direct Debit. You will have received a letter last week notifying you that this would be collected on or just after 1st July. However, we have just recently moved to a new financial and database package and unfortunately for technical reasons we find that we will be …
News | Posted December 11, 2018
At the Society lecture meeting on the evening of 10th December we held a minutes silence for our Honorary Fellow and past President, Roger Mercer, who very sadly passed away suddenly on Monday the 3rd December 2018. Our thoughts are with his family; he will be sorely missed. A private funeral will be held with a memorial service to be …
News | Posted October 2, 2018
We are very pleased to announce that the recording of the 2018 Rhind Lectures is now free to view on our website. Please head over to our Resources section, tick “video” and search for Rhind for a full list. The Rhind Lectures this year were presented twice including in Rhind’s hometown of Wick in Caithness, Scotland, for the first time! We …
News | Posted December 15, 2017
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of two new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, available now at the Archaeology Data Service. SAIR was established in 2000 to publish freely accessible, fully peer-reviewed archaeological information. The most recent papers treat two historic excavations, at Achanduin Castle, Aryll (1970-5) and Cramond Roman Fort and Annexe, Edinburgh (1976-90). To read the abstracts …
News | Posted March 30, 2017
Scotland’s six World Heritage Sites will be celebrated with six coordinated events for the first time on World Heritage Day Picts will race Romans at the Antonine Wall, knitters will descend on New Lanark and musicians will do battle in Edinburgh. Scotland’s six UNESCO World Heritage Sites will feature in six different events on World Heritage Day (18 April) as …
