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Scottish American History Forum

Online

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

Free

Luncheon Discussion: How Scotland is Preserving Charles Rennie Mackintosh Best Designs

University Club of Chicago 76 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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. 

$75

Scottish American History Forum

Online

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

Free

Members’ Whisky Tasting

Duke of Perth 2827 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States

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

Free

Scottish American History Forum

DuPage County Fairgrounds 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, United States

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.

Scottish American History Forum

Online

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

Free