DGNHAS: Meetings, publications and more

News and Announcements

  • Details of the Young Researcher Competition for 2025 are now available. Follow this link for further information and for access to the Terms and Conditions and the Registration Form. The winning student will see his/her paper published on the Society's website and will receive £250.
  • The winner of the Society’s Young Researcher Competition for 2024 is Joshua Wells from Castle Douglas High School. You can read all about the winning entry here.
  • Members of the Society enjoyed a delightful day out in September with an outing to Penkill Castle in South Ayrshire. You can read all about it here.
  • A Guide for Researchers has been added to the Transactions menu. This should help researchers to search and gain access to material in the Transactions.

Meetings

The Society meets fortnightly at 7.30pm on Friday evenings between October and March (with a break over the Christmas/New Year period) for a series of illustrated lectures of historical, archaeological and natural history interest. Many of the lectures have a strong local theme and one is delivered by a Society member. All meetings, unless otherwise indicated, are held The Bridge, Glasgow Road, Dumfries DG2 9AW and refreshments are available afterwards. The meetings are also available live via Zoom and a recording can be viewed on the Members Only area of this website a few days later. The Society has a reciprocal arrangement with Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society which enables members of both Societies to attend each other’s meetings via Zoom. Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society hold their meetings fortnightly on Thursday evenings over the winter period.

Publications

The Society's Transactions are published annually and members receive these as a benefit of membership. They also have online access to all the published volumes, the latest five issues being denied to non-members.

The Society also publishes or sponsors occasional works related to its activities.

And more

Other activities include the occasional archaelogical dig and occasional outings to places of iterest. Members should keep an eye on the latest news and event sections below for information about these.
 

Next meeting

Lecture Programme 2025-2026

AGM and Presidential Address

Dr David Dutton

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Professor Matthew Daniel Eddy, Durham University and Judith Hewitt, Museums Curator, Dumfries and Galloway Council

Dr Jan Hogarth, Education and Community Engagement Officer, Dumfries and Galloway Council,

Dr David Bartholomew

John Pickin

Donald Henderson, Dalbeattie Museum

Dr Louisa Campbell, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow

Dr Jo Miller and Dr Stuart Eydmann

Jim Mackison

Rhonda Graham, Habitat Officer, Castle Loch, Lochmaben

Mark Crangle, Cumbria Clock Company

Latest news

Featured biography

James Starke

James Starke

James Starke

James Starke was a judge in Ceylon, who on his retirement purchased the residential estate of Troqueer Holm at Dumfries. His wife, who bore the rather singular maiden...

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Did you know that?

A former president of DGNHAS, Professor Balfour-Browne, was an international expert on water beetles. Indeed, one of the foremost societies for the study of water beetles in the UK and internationally is called the Balfour-Browne Club.