Category: research
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Institute for Northern Studies Team to Edit New Volume Exploring the Rich Ties between French and Scottish Literature
We’re delighted to share the news that Professor Donna Heddle, Director of the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies (INS), and Dr Paul Malgrati, Lecturer at INS, are signing a contract with the prestigious publisher Brill for an edited volume titled France and Scotland in Literature:…
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New Project and Call For Papers. Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland
The University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies, together with our collaborative partners from the National Library of Scotland and Landscape Research Group, are delighted to announce the launch of Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland. This project, funded through the generous support of an RSE Research…
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INS Lecturers in Prague to Finalise HerInDep Conference
The Heritage in Depopulated European Areas (HerInDep) project examines how the decline in population in peripheral regions of Europe is leading to the loss of cultural heritage, as well as the abandonment and degradation of buildings and landscapes. It also investigates the impact this decline has on the people living…
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Institute for Northern Studies Summer Course 2025
The Birth of Scotland: Celtic & Viking Legacies in the Forging of a New Kingdom Following 2024’s successful summer course, the Institute for Northern Studies Viking and Early Medieval Studies (VEMS) is delighted to announce our summer course for 2025: The Birth of Scotland. The course is residential and will…
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The Extraordinary Kame of Isbister Dig Featured on Digging for Britain
The archaeological dig at the Kame of Isbister in Shetland is among the most difficult sites to access in the UK. It will be featured in the BBC TV series “Digging for Britain” on Thursday, January 9, 2024, and will be available on BBC iPlayer starting January 7, 2024. The…
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VEMS: Viking and Early Medieval Studies at INS Launch Event
Building on the ongoing research by staff and students at the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies (VEMS) will be launched with an event at the Brahan Lecture Theatre, UHI Perth. The series of seminars will take place on Monday, December…
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A Pirates Life – The John Gow Heritage Trail
In the past few years, the UHI Institute for Northern Studies has developed a portfolio of commercial clients who have benefitted from the world-leading research conducted at our Perth, Orkney, and Shetland campuses. One of the deeply rooted Orcadian businesses that has reached out to us is J. Gow Distillery.…
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Research on the Poet Robert Burns is set to be Published in Paperback.
Institute for Northern Studies lecturer Paul Malgrati’s research on the poet Robert Burns and his influence on Scottish cultural politics will be published in paperback in December 2024. Previously successful in hardback, this book explores Robert Burns’s political legacy in modern Scotland and how successive political parties have used his…
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