UHI Institute for Northern Studies
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We are internationally renowned for our innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research programmes in Culture and Heritage, Orkney and Shetland Studies, Highlands and Islands Literature, Scottish Heritage, Viking Studies and Island Studies.
We are really pleased with the response to our second Public Seminar for this week. Still time to book your free place. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax. Thursday 27th November 2025. 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are really pleased with the response to our second Public Seminar for this week. Still time to book your free place. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax. Thursday 27th November 2025. 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time.
tinyurl.com/s9fc3nyx
tinyurl.com/s9fc3nyx
Just a quick reminder of our Public Seminar tonight, 26th November, 7pm at Perth Museum, Scotland: Treasure Trove in Perthshire by Dr Janel Fontaine. Book online....
tinyurl.com/2zd6cnp8
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November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Just a quick reminder of our Public Seminar tonight, 26th November, 7pm at Perth Museum, Scotland: Treasure Trove in Perthshire by Dr Janel Fontaine. Book online....
tinyurl.com/2zd6cnp8
tinyurl.com/2zd6cnp8
Dr Andrew Jennings @thinkuhi.bsky.social discusses his research into the reality of life as an island creative in his latest Substack post
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Behind the Postcard: The Precarious, Resilient Reality of Island Creatives
We carry in our collective imagination a romantic image of the island artist: the painter before an easel in a weather-beaten cottage on the Atlantic edge; the Orkney weaver working as the light shift...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dr Andrew Jennings @thinkuhi.bsky.social discusses his research into the reality of life as an island creative in his latest Substack post
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Embark on an exciting journey of discovery with the @thinkuhi.bsky.social MLitt in Highland and Island Literature Research Course. Enrol now for January 2026. www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Embark on an exciting journey of discovery with the @thinkuhi.bsky.social MLitt in Highland and Island Literature Research Course. Enrol now for January 2026. www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
Farewell to Stromness...for a few weeks anyway...heading south after brilliant @thinkuhi.bsky.social graduation in Kirkwall Cathedral.
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Farewell to Stromness...for a few weeks anyway...heading south after brilliant @thinkuhi.bsky.social graduation in Kirkwall Cathedral.
Bagpipes in the cathedral.... @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Orkney graduation commences with staff procession...
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bagpipes in the cathedral.... @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Orkney graduation commences with staff procession...
Kirkwall Cathedral...a grand setting for @thinkuhi graduation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Kirkwall Cathedral...a grand setting for @thinkuhi graduation.
Sun rising on Kirkwall Cathedral welcoming our students for graduation. Have a great day everyone @thinkuhi.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Sun rising on Kirkwall Cathedral welcoming our students for graduation. Have a great day everyone @thinkuhi.bsky.social
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There are still a few tickets left for our Day Conference in Arbroath this Saturday!
Speakers include John Borland (@pictishartssociety.bsky.social), Nick Evans (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), and Alexandra Sanmark (@insuhi.bsky.social)!
Full details below!
Speakers include John Borland (@pictishartssociety.bsky.social), Nick Evans (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), and Alexandra Sanmark (@insuhi.bsky.social)!
Full details below!
SSNS 2025 Day Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
SSNS's next Day Conference will take place in Arbroath on 22 Nov.
www.ssns.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There are still a few tickets left for our Day Conference in Arbroath this Saturday!
Speakers include John Borland (@pictishartssociety.bsky.social), Nick Evans (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), and Alexandra Sanmark (@insuhi.bsky.social)!
Full details below!
Speakers include John Borland (@pictishartssociety.bsky.social), Nick Evans (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), and Alexandra Sanmark (@insuhi.bsky.social)!
Full details below!
Heading off to UHI Orkney for graduation. Bit cold, but journey is beautiful.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Heading off to UHI Orkney for graduation. Bit cold, but journey is beautiful.
Light dusting of snow this morning in Sutherland, Scotland. Mind how you go if you are out and about or travelling to graduation at UHI Orkney on Friday.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Light dusting of snow this morning in Sutherland, Scotland. Mind how you go if you are out and about or travelling to graduation at UHI Orkney on Friday.
Start something exciting this January! Join our @thinkuhi.bsky.social Early Modern European Studies MLitt, starting January 2026, and explore how the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have shaped modern Europe.
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Start something exciting this January! Join our @thinkuhi.bsky.social Early Modern European Studies MLitt, starting January 2026, and explore how the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have shaped modern Europe.
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/m...
We've had a very good response to our planned Summer Course 2026, but then Perth Scotland is beautiful in June.
➕Theme: Stories Written in Stone: The People Who Built Scotland
➕ 15 June - 19 June 2026
➕ Hosted at UHI Perth
Book your place.....
tinyurl.com/y86tba9k
➕Theme: Stories Written in Stone: The People Who Built Scotland
➕ 15 June - 19 June 2026
➕ Hosted at UHI Perth
Book your place.....
tinyurl.com/y86tba9k
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We've had a very good response to our planned Summer Course 2026, but then Perth Scotland is beautiful in June.
➕Theme: Stories Written in Stone: The People Who Built Scotland
➕ 15 June - 19 June 2026
➕ Hosted at UHI Perth
Book your place.....
tinyurl.com/y86tba9k
➕Theme: Stories Written in Stone: The People Who Built Scotland
➕ 15 June - 19 June 2026
➕ Hosted at UHI Perth
Book your place.....
tinyurl.com/y86tba9k
We are thrilled to announce the debut of our brand-new clothing collection, designed specifically for students, staff, and alumni! Buy online www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We are thrilled to announce the debut of our brand-new clothing collection, designed specifically for students, staff, and alumni! Buy online www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
Mapping Identities Conference 9/02/26-10/02/26 Call for Papers.
We warmly invite expressions of interest in the form of 250-word abstracts and 100-word short biographies Wednesday 17/12/25
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We warmly invite expressions of interest in the form of 250-word abstracts and 100-word short biographies Wednesday 17/12/25
tinyurl.com/3nnacccd
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Mapping Identities Conference 9/02/26-10/02/26 Call for Papers.
We warmly invite expressions of interest in the form of 250-word abstracts and 100-word short biographies Wednesday 17/12/25
tinyurl.com/3nnacccd
We warmly invite expressions of interest in the form of 250-word abstracts and 100-word short biographies Wednesday 17/12/25
tinyurl.com/3nnacccd
Get your early bird tickets for The Integrated Land Use Conference (ILUC) 2026!➕Join professionals from around the world, staff, and students, for three days of talks, field-based activities, and cross-industry collaboration: bit.ly/4ouCvOg
#ThinkUHI #ILUC2026
#ThinkUHI #ILUC2026
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Get your early bird tickets for The Integrated Land Use Conference (ILUC) 2026!➕Join professionals from around the world, staff, and students, for three days of talks, field-based activities, and cross-industry collaboration: bit.ly/4ouCvOg
#ThinkUHI #ILUC2026
#ThinkUHI #ILUC2026
New book release....Dr Andrew Lind @thinkuhi.bsky.social contributed five entries to the newly released volume: 'The Civil War in 100 Objects' edited by Professor Andrew Hopper.
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The civil wars in 100 objects - The World Turned Upside Down
The civil wars that took place between 1638 and 1651, and their aftermath, were the most destabilising conflicts that the British and Irish peoples have ever endured. During these times everyday peop...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New book release....Dr Andrew Lind @thinkuhi.bsky.social contributed five entries to the newly released volume: 'The Civil War in 100 Objects' edited by Professor Andrew Hopper.
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-...
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-...
Calling all #ThinkUHI students! Want to win £500? Complete the online survey in conjunction with SOS UK, about your time at university or college and skills you develop for getting a job: bit.ly/4popNRN
➕Closes Sunday 16 November
➕10 x £50 runner-up prizes
➕Closes Sunday 16 November
➕10 x £50 runner-up prizes
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Calling all #ThinkUHI students! Want to win £500? Complete the online survey in conjunction with SOS UK, about your time at university or college and skills you develop for getting a job: bit.ly/4popNRN
➕Closes Sunday 16 November
➕10 x £50 runner-up prizes
➕Closes Sunday 16 November
➕10 x £50 runner-up prizes
Great news.....Congratulations to @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Adele Lidderdale, who has completed her viva and is now eligible to be awarded her doctorate. See blog for details on her #research
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies Student Celebrates PhD Triumph
The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is pleased to announce that PhD candidate Adele Lidderdale has successfully completed her viva, requiring only minor corrections, and is now eligible to be aw…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great news.....Congratulations to @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Adele Lidderdale, who has completed her viva and is now eligible to be awarded her doctorate. See blog for details on her #research
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/11/11/u...
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/11/11/u...
Many thanks @theorkneynews.bsky.social for the book review of Visiting Professor @judithjesch.bsky.social The Saga of the Earls of Orkney theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/05/b...
Book Review: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by Judith Jesch
Reviewed by Fiona Grahame. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney edited and translated by Judith Jesch has just been published by Birlinn, and here at The Orkney News we received a copy for review. Many …
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November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Many thanks @theorkneynews.bsky.social for the book review of Visiting Professor @judithjesch.bsky.social The Saga of the Earls of Orkney theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/05/b...
November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series.
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series.
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
Quick reminder @thinkuhi.bsky.social in partnership with Perth Museum UK. Public Seminar 7pm 26/11/2025 titled 'Treasure Trove in Perthshire' by Dr Janel Fontaine. Book online.
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Quick reminder @thinkuhi.bsky.social in partnership with Perth Museum UK. Public Seminar 7pm 26/11/2025 titled 'Treasure Trove in Perthshire' by Dr Janel Fontaine. Book online.
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
Dr Andrew Jennings @thinkuhi.bsky.social blog post discussing Population Continuity, Replacement and Insularity in the Orkney Islands from the Neolithic to the Modern Day is featured in @theorkneynews.bsky.social
theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/31/w...
theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/31/w...
Who are the Orcadians ?
In the 1970’s the historian Dr Ian Grimble presented a series of programmes for the BBC ‘Who are the Scots?’. It traced the emergence of a Scottish nation from its very beginnings…
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November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Dr Andrew Jennings @thinkuhi.bsky.social blog post discussing Population Continuity, Replacement and Insularity in the Orkney Islands from the Neolithic to the Modern Day is featured in @theorkneynews.bsky.social
theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/31/w...
theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/31/w...
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Thanks to @insuhi.bsky.social for this honour - look forward to working with you!
The @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research staff at the institute.
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New Visiting Professor at the UHI Institute for Northern Studies Publishes a New Translation of the Orkneyinga Saga.
The University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research…
institutefornorthernstudies.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thanks to @insuhi.bsky.social for this honour - look forward to working with you!
The @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research staff at the institute.
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...
New Visiting Professor at the UHI Institute for Northern Studies Publishes a New Translation of the Orkneyinga Saga.
The University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research…
institutefornorthernstudies.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research staff at the institute.
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...