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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 8d

The Scottish Society for Northern Studies day conference is now open for registration with a great line up of speakers #scotland #scandinavia #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...

SSNS 2025 Day Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

We are happy to announce our next in-person conference at 10:45 BST on 22nd November in Arbroath. The conference will be followed by an optional visit to the St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum. There...

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Rachel Maloney @raem30.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to share a Call for Papers for our Postgraduate and ECR Research Showcase next June! Please share widely, submit abstracts and watch this space for more information for attendees!

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em horne @em-ehx.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 9d

Members of the local community are in "utter despair" following the placement of Kenmore Church, a previous SCT #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, on the market by the Church of Scotland. They claim lack of consultation and confusion, given continuing work on the transformation of nearby Taymouth Castle

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 13d

Free book download of collected papers on Knowledge Commons ‘No Horns on their Helmets? essays on the Insular Viking Age’ #medievalsky #history #vikingsky #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/xc6k...

No Horns on their Helmets? Essays on the Insular Viking Age

Collected papers, including 1 An imaginary viking-raid on Skye in 795? 2 Annals, armies, and artistry: 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', 865–96 3 'Hiberno-Norwegians' and 'Anglo-Danes': anachronistic ethni...

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 17d

Only two months to go until this vsnr.org/2025/09/01/w... See you there?

Winter Meeting: 21 November 2025 - Viking Society for Northern Research

The next meeting of the Viking Society will be held on Friday, 21 November. The guest of honour, Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham, will speak on 'Orkney Vikings in Saga, Poetry a...

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Tom Fairfax @tcfairfax.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Clare!!

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Tom Fairfax @tcfairfax.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you!! 🥳

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations to @tcfairfax.bsky.social on his successful viva, passed with minor corrections today.

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James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 20d

I've deleted my academia.edu. The new ToCs were totally unacceptable.

Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 20d

Also migrating to hcommons. I followed terms and conditions options to delete and prevent use of private data from academia.edu & received email saying to effect this I must delete my account. They profit from our research with no payment to provider and strip us of privacy & rights, now it is toxic

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Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting looking new release, pulling together the work of decades, although the framing of the "forgotten medieval kingdom" is perhaps a bit odd... #medievalsky

New Society Books Reveals Forgotten Medieval Kingdom and Nameless Royal Castle on Islay

'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay' reveals the results of a major archaeological project at Finlaggan, on Islay off the west coast of Scotland, the site of a medieval kingdom’s centre of power and ...

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting international #runic event in Kirkwall, Monday 20 October 2025. Free, open to all, and with refreshments! #runes #runology #Orkney

Poster for 'Rune Relay', an event with an international group of runologists, 7.30 pm on 20 October in St Magnus Centre Kirkwall. For info contact lorainejc@earthlink.net

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 21d

You'll soon be able to read all about fostering arrangements in the saga and their significance in @tcfairfax.bsky.social's forthcoming PhD thesis. 5/5

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 21d

Þorfinnr (later the Mighty), youngest son of Earl Sigurðr of Orkney, was sent off aged five for fostering by his mother's father, king of the Scots, while Sigurðr went off to Ireland, where he died at the battle of Clontarf, carrying his own raven banner (Saga of the Earls of Orkney ch. 12). 🧵 1/5

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 21d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: fóstr (sb. n.): 76 cits, e.g. fostering/upbringing (of other people’s children) // opfostring/opdragelse (af andres børn) ‘(I) eigi er kynligt, at Skarpheðinn sé gildr, því at þat er mælt, at fjórðungi bregði til fóstrs’ (Nj in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o23141 #OldNorse

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 22d

In the news @thinkuhi.bsky.social MLitt Viking Studies student, Stephen Barnaby, discusses his research on the Norse in Caithness #viking #History #intangibleheritage

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Scorries and sagas – Caithness’s proud Nordic past in the spotlight

Stephen Barnaby, a UHI Institute for Northern Studies student who moved to Thurso as a youngster, shares his research about Norse culture in Caithness

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 22d

Should you happen to be in Kirkwall on Saturday the 25th of October, do come and say hello in the Orcadian Bookshop!

Poster advertising a book signing by Judith Jesch of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney, taking place in the Orcadian Bookshop in Kirkwall on Saturday 25 October 2025, 12-2 pm

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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 23d

This was fun! We're so pleased with how they turned out!

Colour photo of the three booklets produced by the Ragna's Islands Project, including Viking Fair Isle, Viking Papay, and Viking North Ronaldsay. Each island has stock should you wish to get hold of a copy!

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 23d

Really pleased to see these gorgeous fruits of the @ragnasislands.bsky.social project along with core team members @shroomgirl.bsky.social and @matthew-blake.bsky.social

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Ragna's Islands @ragnasislands.bsky.social · 23d

The Ragna's Islands Project has come to an end... but it lives on!... in these beautiful booklets (one for Fair Isle, one for North Ronaldsay, & one for Papay)... which judithjesch.bsky.social unboxed today! #Orkney #PlaceNames #OrkneyingaSaga

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 28d

The best slow TV ever. www.nrk.no/kultur/flytt...

Flyttar Osebergskipet for første gong på 100 år

Noregs mest kjende vikingskip skal no løftast frå det gamle til det nye vikingmuseet. Flyttninga er venta å koste over en halv milliard kroner.

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Tom Fairfax @tcfairfax.bsky.social · 29d

I'm excited to announce that I'll be sharing some findings of my PhD research at an online talk for UHI's Institute for Northern Studies on November 27, titled 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga'. Click the link below to register!

UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 29d

We're thrilled to announce our fantastic series of free @thinkuhi.bsky.social online and in-person seminars, conferences, and symposia for 2025-26! Discover the full line-up on our website and secure your place today!

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

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Neil McGuigan @neilmcguigan.bsky.social · Sep 8

A recent talk I gave to the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Earl Harald of Orkney and "12th-century Scoto-Orcadian relations" has been put on YouTube. Includes a new theory about the origins of Harald's branch of the Scottish royal dynasty:
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SSNS Seminar - Scoto Orcadian Relations in the Twelfth century, Dr Neil McGuigan

YouTube video by Scottish Society for Northern Studies

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Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social · Sep 4

My article 'Beyond Clontarf: links between Dublin and the earldom of Orkney' is out in the latest Medieval Dublin volume @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social covering political examples up to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland with a wee bit of trade and archaeology at the end

Front cover of Medieval Dublin XX edited by Seán Duffy

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · Aug 27

"Management say Lancaster University’s finances are sound overall. So why is there pressure for compulsory redundancy decisions so quickly?"

Read more here:

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New accusations from lecturers’ union in Lancaster University job cuts row

A union representing Lancaster University lecturers has made new accusations about management decisions and finances, and again called for more information about plans for 450 job losses, ahead of a p...

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