Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
The Orkney and Shetland Islands, along with Caithness on the Scottish mainland, are identified primarily in terms of their nordic cultural and linguistic heritage. The work of the Institute for Northern Studies is to rediscover, preserve and interpret local culture for future generations.
This interdisciplinary research centre has bases in both Orkney and Shetland.
The Institute has the following four strategic aims
- To promote and publicise research in Nordic Studies, focusing on Orkney and Shetland studies.
- To promote Orkney and Shetland culture and stimulate debate. The Centre will provide educational opportunities at secondary and tertiary level for both local and external students.
- To provide an overarching focus for locative research in Orkney and Shetland, including their relationship to the North Atlantic Rim.
- To work in partnership with Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council, the HIE Network, and local bodies such as Shetland Amenity Trust to create a resource which will enhance and benefit local communities.
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Network
Profiles
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Donna Heddle
- Tourism Research Network
- Institute for Northern Studies - Director of the UHI Institute for Northern Studies
- Orkney College UHI - Director of the UHI Institute for Northern Studies
Person: Academic Research Active
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Andrew Jennings, MA MSc PhD FrHist
- Centre for Rural Creativity
- Institute for Northern Studies - Post Doctoral Research Associate
Person: Academic Research Active
Projects
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Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe
Sanmark, A. & Hall, M.
31/03/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Tuna Revisited. The place-name Tuna, the diffusion of linguistic innovations and the emergence of central places in Northern Europe during the first millennium A.D.
Brink, S. & Vikstrand, P.
1/04/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden
Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
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A Potential Viking Fort in Shetland: The extraordinary Kame of Isbister
Jennings, A., 25 Sep 2020, Viking Encounters Proceedings of the Eighteenth Viking Congress. Pedersen, A. & Sindbaek, S. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 345-354 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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Laws and Assemblies
Brink, S., Jul 2020, Pre-Christian Religions of the North. History and Structures, vol. 2: Contexts and Communication between Worlds. Andrén, A., Lindow, J. & Schjødt, J. P. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, Vol. 20.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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Legal Space in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Scandinavia
Sanmark, A., Oct 2020, "Rechtsräume": Historische und archäologische Annäherungen : Studien zur Europäischen Rechtsgeschichte. Ehlers, C. & Grewe, H. (eds.). Vittorio Klostermann, Vol. 4. p. 281-300 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Prizes
Activities
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Bolstering Bólstaðir: Norse placenames in Lewis in context
Donna Heddle (Speaker)
31 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The fourth St Magnus conference
Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)
16 Apr 2018 → 18 Apr 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Runic forgeries: Linking past and present identities?
Ragnhild Ljosland (Speaker), & Andrea Blendl (Speaker)
16 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press / Media
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If your name is on this list, you’re probably a descendant of the Vikings
2/01/21 → 3/01/21
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Hogmanay 2020: What is it and how is it celebrated?
13/12/20
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Impacts
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Kirkwall Township Heritage Initiative Viking Walk
Ragnhild Ljosland (Participant), Alexandra Sanmark (Participant), Donna Heddle (Participant), Victoria Whitworth (Participant), Crawford Barbara (Participant), Olwyn Owen (Participant), James Barrett (Participant) & Christopher Gee (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts
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Student theses
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Runic writing in Orkney: expression of a Norse identity?
Author: Freund, A., 26 Feb 2020Supervisor: Sanmark, A. (Supervisor) & Brink, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Today's No Ground to Stand Upon: A Study of the Life and Poetry of George Campbell Hay
Author: Artymiuk, A., 29 Aug 2019Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor), Riach, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Baker, T. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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Between Scotland and Norway: connected cultures and intercultural encounters after 1700
Author: Reeploeg, S., 20 Mar 2017Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor) & Brink, S. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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