Scottish American History Forum
Topic: How the Scots Discovered the Environment
Presenter: Dr. Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Associate Professor of British History, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and the College, University of Chicago
Topic: How the Scots Discovered the Environment
Presenter: Dr. Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Associate Professor of British History, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and the College, University of Chicago
Chicago Scots is excited to host two of the world’s leading experts – Phil Long OBE FRSE, CEO of National Trust for Scotland and Tony Jones CBE, Former Director of the Glasgow School of Art President-emeritus of the Art Institute of Chicago– for an informative discussion on the National Trust of Scotland’s efforts to preserve the works of Mackintosh, Scotland’s visionary architect, designer & artist who revolutionized the Glasgow Style.
Topic: Odyssey of the Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots) from the Scottish Borders, to Ulster, and America
Speaker: Donald C. McLeod, FSAScot, FCCP, Historian and former Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Duke University North Carolina, and State University, Buffalo, New York. Resident of Southern Pines, NC
Join Chicago Scots and the Scottish Universities Alumni of Chicago for a preview of the award-winning whisky brands to be featured at the 2025 Highland Games in June. Brand Ambassador Kevin Obis will lead a guided tasting of these exceptional whiskies
Scottish American History Forum ‘in person’ only at the Highland Games at DuPage County Fairgrounds.
For the first time in 30 years of programming, Chicago Scots will host the monthly Scottish American History Forum as part of the Cultural Stage being planned at the 39th Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Our guest lecturer from Scotland sponsored by the National Trust for Scotland will be announced next month.
Topic: Scots in New Zealand: History, Current Affairs and Clan Life
Speaker: Graham Foggin, President, Clan Anderson Society of New Zealand, Whangarei 0112, New Zealand
Save the date to join us for the Game the Scots invented as only the Scots can host it!
The 180th Annual Saint Andrew’s Day Gala, the Feast of the Haggis, returns to the Palmer House Hilton. Join us for Chicago’s longest running black tie event in the city!