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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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Islands Matter Webinar ‘Women in Manx Politics: Small island democracy?’
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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‘The Ministry and Magic in Early Modern Orkney’ with Prof Peter Marshall, University of Warwick
This paper explores practices and attitudes around access to supernatural power in early modern Orkney, from the later sixteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. It seeks to ask what parish ministers thought of the persistence of magical beliefs within their congregations, and also what people in those congregations…
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“Islandian sovereignty” with Gerard Prinsen an Islands Matter Seminar
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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The Island of Faray Orkney’s lesser known North Isle
The island of Faray – abandoned in 1947 – is something of an enigma, having been almost forgotten in the course of less than 100 years. Debates rage over the pronunciation, the impending works on a new slipway or the proposed OIC windfarm. Finally, Faray is back in people’s minds. …
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Ireland, Orkney and Shetland, and kingship in the reign of James V’: Dr Alison Cathcart
As part of the Institute for Northern Studies Autumn – Winter Seminar Series Dr Alison Cathcart of the University of Stirling presents ‘They ‘offered to give what they do not even hope to gain’: Ireland, Orkney and Shetland, and kingship in the reign of James V.’ Recorded on 25 November…
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