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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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Community Seminar Series Begins Afresh for 2024
In collaboration with Culture Perth and Kinross, the Institute for Northern Studies has created a programme of public lectures and seminars for 2024-25 that are open to the community in the Perth area. The exciting programme has proved to be very popular. It brings seminars and talks to members of…
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Research Sheds New Light on Viking Sea Communications in 12th Century North West Scotland
A team of archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland’s west coast. The research forms part of the ongoing Norse and the Sea project, which,…
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PhDing, Ballading and January Living in the Faroe Islands: Sjúrðar kvæði deluxe edition
An update from Institute for Northern Studies PhD student Anthony Olsson. At the beginning of my PhD in Faroese poetry and literature, I joked to a friend ‘you’ll find me somewhere windy and expensive in the North Atlantic’. True to form, off I flew to Tórshavn at the beginning of…
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Viking burials in Orkney: Where are they and how to visit them?
Orkney is blessed with a vast array of archaeological sites from various time periods, including numerous examples from the Viking Age. A site-type which often gets a lot of publicity but rarely has visitors are Viking burials. Many of these sites are publicly accessible, providing a nice focus for a…
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Orkney’s Forgotten War: The Royalist Occupation, 1649-1650
In 1976, George Mackay Brown wrote one of his lesser-known short stories, ‘Soldier From The Wars Returning’. The tale follows the journey of an Orcadian soldier who had enlisted in the marquis of Montrose’s Royalist army in 1649. The unnamed soldier awakes in the aftermath of the fateful Battle of…
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‘The Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: Resistance, Challenge, Opportunity’ Professor Mairéad NicCraith, Institute for Northern Studies
As part of the INS Public Seminar Series Professor Mairéad NicCraith will present ‘The Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: Resistance, Challenge, Opportunity’ was on the 11 May 2022. Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is an umbrella term used to describe living or dynamic traditions from stories to…
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‘Shining a Light Over History: Vikarvet Antiquities Association and the Use of History in Bohuslän’ with Dr Thomas Småberg
As part of the INS Public Seminar Series Dr Thomas Småberg presented ‘Shining a Light Over History: Vikarvet Antiquities Association and the Use of History in Bohuslän’ on the 21 April at 7pm. The nineteenth century and early twentieth century was a period of constructed national identities throughout Europe. Nationalism…
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‘Shetland in the Sagas: Invisible or Hidden?’ with Brian Smith, Shetland Archives
As part of the INS Public Seminar Series Brian Smith from Shetland Archives presented ‘Shetland in the Sagas: Invisible or Hidden?’ on the 31 March at 7pm. On St Magnus Day in 1914 Alfred W. Johnston gave a presidential address to the 22nd annual meeting of the Viking Society. ‘Notices…
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Islands Matter Webinar ‘Shetland: A fishy tale’ by Dr John Goodlad
The Islands Matter webinars are the result of a collaboration between Dr Andrew Jennings Institute for Northern Studies UHI, Professor Frank Rennie Lews Castle College UHI and Dr Beth Mouat Shetland UHI. This series of webinars was set up to address the hunger in the Scottish islands to hear from…
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