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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Norway Social Sciences

language Social Sciences

Orkney Arts & Humanities

Scandinavia Social Sciences

community Social Sciences

university Social Sciences

evidence Social Sciences

narrative Social Sciences

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Profiles

Stefan Brink

stefan.brink@uhi.ac.uk

Institute for Northern Studies - Senior Lecturer (Research)

Person: Academic Research Active

Donna Heddle

donna.heddle@uhi.ac.uk

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

Andrew Jennings, MA MSc PhD FrHist

andrew.jennings@uhi.ac.uk

Tourism Research Network
Centre for Rural Creativity
Institute for Northern Studies - Post Doctoral Research Associate

Person: Academic Research Active

Projects 2010 2022

1 Not started
2 Active
3 Finished

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

Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden

Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.

1/03/17 → …

Project: Research

Waterways in the West Mainland of Orkney: a pilot study

Bates, R., Crawford, B. & Sanmark, A.

Project: Research

Research Output 1995 2020

Viking and Norse Heritage Tourism in Scotland

Timoney, S. & Sanmark, A., 16 Jan 2020, 23 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access

File

heritage tourism

museum

artifact

tourism

damage

Assembly Organisation in the Longue Durée: The Scandinavian Thing Institution in its European Context

Sanmark, A., 24 May 2019, Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae. Warsaw: Societas Vistulana, Vol. 23. p. 151-173 22 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Government

Conflict Resolution

Viking Age

Written Sources

Monograph announcement: Viking Law and Order: Places and Rituals of Assembly in the Medieval North

Sanmark, A., 19 Aug 2019, In : Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter. 14, p. 173-175 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Medieval Period

Monographs

Viking

North Atlantic

Scandinavia

Prizes

David Masson scholarship

Donna Heddle (Recipient), 1993

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

David Masson scholarship

Donna Heddle (Recipient), 1994

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

Docent

Alexandra Sanmark (Recipient), 2011

Prize: National/international honour

Reader

Archaeology

Activities 1993 2019

Bolstering Bólstaðir: Norse placenames in Lewis in context

Donna Heddle (Speaker)

31 Oct 2019

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

The fourth St Magnus conference

Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)

16 Apr 2018 → 18 Apr 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

Brepols Publishers (Publisher)

Alexandra Sanmark (Editorial board member)

2017 → …

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity

Press / Media

Why is New Year such a big deal in Scotland?

Donna Heddle

31/12/19

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Research

Lasers to analyse Pictish rune stones in Scotland

Alexandra Sanmark

19/10/19

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Research

Lasers are turned on Pictish stones by Swedish scientists

Alexandra Sanmark

19/10/19

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Research

Impacts

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)