Category: Scotland
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In the Footsteps of Orkney’s Most Notorious Pirate
The UHI Institute for Northern Studies in partnership with the J. Gow Distillery is pleased to announce the launch of the John Gow Heritage Trail, a significant new heritage trail in Orkney. The trail tells the story of John Gow, Orkney’s most renowned eighteenth-century pirate, and the locations associated with…
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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 awarded her doctorate. Adele is a researcher from Orkney who conducted a study on the implementation of Scotland’s first National…
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Call for Papers. Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference
Conference Call for Papers: UHI Perth, 9-10 February 2026 In 2025, UHI Institute for Northern Studies, together with ourcollaborative partners from the National Library of Scotland andLandscape Research Group, launched Mapping Identities: VisualDepictions of Scotland. This project, funded through the generous support of an RSE Research Collaboration Grant, brings together…
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies Student Awarded Prestigious Academic Prize
The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is pleased to announce that Hazel Gunn, a student pursuing a BA Hons in Culture and Heritage, has been awarded the Highland Society of London’s Dissertation Prize. This honour is bestowed upon the student whose work, in the opinion of the judges, significantly contributes…
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Institute for Northern Studies Summer Course 2026 Now Open for Registration
Stories Written in Stone: The People who Built Scotland Date: 15-19 June 2026 Venue: UHI Perth, Scotland, UK Following on from the success of the 2025 INS Summer Course, we are delighted to announce that the Summer Course 2026 is now open for registration. The theme of the week-long series…
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UHI Viking and Early Medieval Studies Pilot Programme Begins on the Island of Eigg
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 The Isle of Eigg Guiding Company. This pilot project is part of…
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Heritage in Depopulated Europe Conference Live Streaming
Dr Andrew Lind, Dr Andrew Jennings, Professor Mairéad Nic Craith and Professor Ullrich Kockel of the UHI Institute for Northern Studies together with PhD Candidate Sarah Squire, will be attending the Heritage in Depopulated European Areas (HerInDep) Conference held in Prague between 27th August and 29th August 2025. The project…
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Explorathon 2025 is coming your way
Get ready for an exciting adventure this September as Explorathon 2025 is coming our way! The University of the Highlands and Islands is one of the five universities delivering the annual festival – along with the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Strathclyde and Glasgow – that celebrates the diversity of research…
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Second Mapping Identities Workshop Hailed a Success
On Friday 6 June, UHI Orkney welcomed participants in the second Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland workshop on Geography and Cosmology. Like the first workshop, the event was a big success, with academics from across Europe presenting on their research. The papers and resulting discussion provided a bounty of…
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REMRA Conference was a Resounding Success
Between 11-13 June 2025, University of the Highlands and Islands Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance (REMRA) hosted its first online conference! Joined by over 80 participants, featuring speakers from across Europe, the conference was a huge success. Structured around REMRA’s key research areas – the North Atlantic and Baltic…
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