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

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-...

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...

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...

A reminder that I'll be presenting some findings from my PhD research on 27 November as part of the @insuhi.bsky.social seminar series! Click the link below to book onto the event. www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

'The Legacy of Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddler 1930 -1994' by @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD student Jane Blair MacMorran out now. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/28/u...

Responding to requests for more on @thinkuhi.bsky.social Hazel Gunn's dissertation. 'The Gaelic Bagpiping Tradition: Did it Stay Truer to its Roots in Nova Scotia than in Scotland.' Summary in latest blog. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/29/t...

The genetic history of the Orkney Islands tells a fascinating story filled with contrasts. In his latest blog post @thinkuhi.bsky.social Dr Andrew Jennings discusses the results of recent genetic studies in #Orkney www.vikingislands.co.uk/p/a-genetic-...

📣 Call for Papers 📣 See below for further details on the conference Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland organised by @insuhi.bsky.social! DL for Expressions of Interest & short biographies is 17 December, see original post for further details ⬇️

Last Wednesday, Professor Ralph O'Connor, Professor of Literature and Culture of Britain, Ireland & Iceland, University of Aberdeen, delivered a fascinating talk on ‘Tecosca ríg,’ or ‘Instructions for Kings’ - part of UHI INS, Culture Perth and Kinross seminars at Perth Museum.

Following the discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland, Dr Andrew Jennings, @thinkuhi.bsky.social Associate Professor in Island Studies, discusses the need to build resilience #islands in the face of rapid climate change. @adammarkham.bsky.social #climatechange open.substack.com/pub/resilien...

Trailer alert....... @thinkuhi.bsky.social Dr Andrew Lind, Programme Leader for Early Modern European Studies (MLitt) is on the History Extra Podcast 'Uprising: The Civil Wars' Tuesday 28th October 2025. tinyurl.com/2wv64mh9

Hazel Gunn @thinkuhi.bsky.social BA Hons Culture & Heritage Student is in @theorkneynews.bsky.social .There will be more from Hazel soon as she summarises her dissertation findings for our blog. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/23/t...

PhD Candidate Evelyn Anderson discusses her research on The Impact of Islandness on Health Services: Shetland from 1908-1948 in this latest Islands Matter seminar recording... @thinkuhi.bsky.social youtu.be/5XEVb8-Ioeg?...

On Wednesday, 15th October 2025, the @thinkuhi.bsky.social Viking and Early Medieval Studies (VEMS) St Magnus Symposium was held at UHIPerth & online. The event was a huge success institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/u...

Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth @thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...

Quick reminder: Public Seminar.....Tecosca ríg - Instructions for Kings by Professor Ralph O'Connor 👉7.00pm Wednesday 22 October 2025 👉Perth Museum 👉 £8.25 / £5.50 www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

Change of date: Hidden in Plain Sight: Recovering Female Leadership in the Viking Age Public Seminar by @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Shanna Bryman. Due to industrial action the above free seminar will change from 30/10/25 to 11/12/25. tinyurl.com/2uwvp5wu

Just an Imperial stag, 14 points on its antlers, owning the road this afternoon. Info on the stag and the video courtesy of @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD student @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social Kath Page .

Institute for Northern Studies Student Awarded Prestigious Academic Prize. @thinkuhi.bsky.social BA Hons in Culture and Heritage student Hazel Gunn, has been awarded the Highland Society of London’s Dissertation Prize. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/16/u...

Public Seminar @thinkuhi.bsky.social series in partnership with Perth Museum Scotland 🔸November 26th 2025 🔸7.00pm - 8.00pm 🔸Admission fee: £7.50/£5 🔸Venue: Perth Museum Book online tinyurl.com/ywz2j5uw

Welcoming Karen Milek Durham University to @thinkuhi.bsky.social VEMS International St Magnus Symposium. #Viking Settlement.

Excellent discussion @thinkuhi.bsky.social VEMS St Magnus Symposium. Next lecture now started.

Second lecture now started @thinkuhi.bsky.social VEMS St Magnus Symposium. Stephen Harrison University of Glasgow.

Great turnout @thinkuhi.bsky.social VEMS St Magnus Symposium. First lecture...

The trees are turning golden brown signalling that Autumn is now with us....the ideal time to plan for next summer! Our popular residential summer course is back for 15-19 June 2026. #VEMS #history #scotland #culture www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

On Wednesday 8 October, UHI Drs. Oisín Plumb and Andrew Lind (both of INS) hosted the third and final workshop for the Mapping Identities RSE-funded project at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. tinyurl.com/3dwujyh2 @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social

The visit by Malmö University is in the news @theorkneynews.bsky.social theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/10/s...

Travelling south on the A9 a few months ago, it was as if we were higher than the clouds. It was a sea fog moving onto the coast and at first sight looked as if the sea was steaming.... just a great place to work and study.

Just a quick reminder of the @thinkuhi.bsky.social public seminar Perth Museum Scotland 7.00pm - 8.00pm 22/10/25. Tecosca ríg - Instructions for Kings by Professor Ralph O'Connor. Book online through our webpage. www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

Explorathon 2025 was quite a success. Thanks to all who took part. @thinkuhi.bsky.social

This week, we welcome staff and students from Malmö University to #Orkney. The focus of the visit will be on utilising cultural heritage and history to enhance the tourism industry in both Sweden and Orkney. @thinkuhi.bsky.social institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/07/u...

Don't miss the fascinating upcoming online seminar on 23rd October at 12 noon UK time. @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Evelyn Anderson will explore the provision of healthcare in Shetland before the establishment of the NHS. tinyurl.com/37sxpt3k

Autumn has been autumning the last few days in #Sutherland #Scotland today #Aurora

The 7th @thinkuhi.bsky.social International St Magnus Conference: 'Borne on a Carrying Stream' 15-17/04/26 UHI Perth. If you are considering submitting an abstract you only have a few hours left as we will be closing the call for papers at midnight tonight 30th September 2025. tinyurl.com/yc4c2ufa

PhD @thinkuhi.bsky.social candidate Shanna Bryman discusses her research on BBC Radio Shetland . Shanna is interviewed from 24.18 minutes into the broadcast of 25/09/25. Shanna's thesis provides a new approach, evaluating women in leadership roles in #Viking society www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for our week-long residential @thinkuhi.bsky.social Summer Course 2026. Held at UHI Perth, the theme is 'Stories Written in Stone: The People who Built Scotland'. Register: institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/09/25/i...

What does the future hold for the communities scattered across the Northern and Arctic islands? @thinkuhi.bsky.social Associate Professor Andrew Jennings follows up on the successful symposium held last week. #sustainability #islands #culture #geopolitics open.substack.com/pub/resilien...

Two further UHI Public Seminars organised in partnership with Perth Museum Scotland: ➕Tecosca ríg - Instructions for Kings Professor Ralph O'Connor. 7pm 22/10/25 ➕ Treasure Trove in Perthshire Dr Janel Fontaine 7pm 26/11/25 www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

The full video of the symposium, The Future of Northern & Arctic Islands: 2050 and Beyond, is now available on our YouTube Channel. Geopolitics, building sustainable communities, the role of language, culture and heritage and recommendations for a successful island future. youtu.be/9yQs-Jm88hw?...

On a rather stormy crossing to the Island of Eigg for the @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program , Dr Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod were escorted by some rather unexpected friends.

The @thinkuhi.bsky.social inaugural interdisciplinary symposium, "The Future of Northern and Arctic Islands: 2050 and Beyond," was a resounding success. The event attracted 78 delegates & featured international speakers from the Northern Hemisphere. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/09/23/i...

This pilot project is part of the ongoing @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program, which links research and scholarship with businesses, public agencies, and communities.

Professor Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod from the UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies, headed to the Scottish island of Eigg on September 18, 2025, to organise two days of work with The Isle of Eigg Guiding Company. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/09/23/u...

Last week's @thinkuhi.bsky.social Public Seminar Series Lecture, "Robert Louis Stevenson at 175" by Jimm Simon, is now uploaded to our YouTube Channel for you to watch at your leisure. youtu.be/sSyQVUt53zo?...

Quick reminder @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI free online symposium: The Future of Northern & Arctic Islands 2050 and Beyond. 19/09/25 1.00pm - 5.00pm UK Time. Looking at the registrations it looks like a good turnout is on the cards. Register tinyurl.com/2kpkrbt4

James Simon from @insuhi.bsky.social will explore how Stevenson’s reputation shifted, from “children’s author” to one of Scotland’s most enduring literary figures. A brilliant chance to see RLS in a new light. Register here 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr... #Explorathon25

Quick reminder...Free Public Online Seminar 18th September 2025 2.00pm. Robert Louis Stevenson at 175 by @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate James Simon. Book online.... #literature tinyurl.com/az5vm9k7