UHI Institute for Northern Studies
@insuhi.bsky.social
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.
Thanks to everyone who supported our Public Seminar lecture last week. The audience enjoyed an engaging and informative talk at Perth Museum #Scotland on Treasure Trove in Perthshire by Dr Janel Fontaine.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thanks to everyone who supported our Public Seminar lecture last week. The audience enjoyed an engaging and informative talk at Perth Museum #Scotland on Treasure Trove in Perthshire by Dr Janel Fontaine.
Congratulations to Dr Shane McLeod @thinkuhi.bsky.social who has been awarded the prestigious Murray Prize for History 2025 by @socantscot.bsky.social for his paper 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland' tinyurl.com/3yu784wz
UHI Institute for Northern Studies Post Doctoral Research Associate Celebrates Prestigious Award
UHI Institute for Northern Studies Post Doctoral Research Associate, Dr Shane McLeod, has been awarded the prestigious Murray Prize for History 2025. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland presents…
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December 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Congratulations to Dr Shane McLeod @thinkuhi.bsky.social who has been awarded the prestigious Murray Prize for History 2025 by @socantscot.bsky.social for his paper 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland' tinyurl.com/3yu784wz
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I had a great time giving this talk yesterday! And it's already available to watch in YouTube! Huge thanks to @insuhi.bsky.social for having me!
Last night's @thinkuhi.bsky.social excellent Public Seminar by Tom Fairfax is now online. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax
YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies
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November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I had a great time giving this talk yesterday! And it's already available to watch in YouTube! Huge thanks to @insuhi.bsky.social for having me!
Last night's @thinkuhi.bsky.social excellent Public Seminar by Tom Fairfax is now online. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax
YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Last night's @thinkuhi.bsky.social excellent Public Seminar by Tom Fairfax is now online. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
Professor Alex Sanmark & PhD candidate Peter Randall presented their research supported by students from Viking and Early Medieval Studies at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference.
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tinyurl.com/5h2ry4wr
INS Researchers Highlight Research at the Exciting SSNS 2025 Conference!
Staff and students from the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies gathered at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference in Arbroath on 22nd November …
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November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Professor Alex Sanmark & PhD candidate Peter Randall presented their research supported by students from Viking and Early Medieval Studies at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference.
tinyurl.com/5h2ry4wr
tinyurl.com/5h2ry4wr
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Happening today! Still time to sign up!
It it helps, I can promise that a picture of a walrus will feature in the presentation.
It it helps, I can promise that a picture of a walrus will feature in the presentation.
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
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November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happening today! Still time to sign up!
It it helps, I can promise that a picture of a walrus will feature in the presentation.
It it helps, I can promise that a picture of a walrus will feature in the presentation.
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
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....
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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...
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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.....
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➕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
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