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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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Profiles
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Stefan Brink
- Orkney College UHI
- Institute for Northern Studies - Professor
Person: Academic Research Active
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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
- Orkney College UHI
- Institute for Northern Studies - Post Doctoral Research Associate
Person: Academic Research Active
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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
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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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Shetland's Norse Identity: 'Da Norn is lang gien, but hit’s left a waageng'
Jennings, A., 1 Apr 2021, Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Economy and Culture. Burnett, K. (ed.). Peter Lang, (Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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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) › peer-review
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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. 2. p. 445-479Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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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Brepols Publishers (Publisher)
Alexandra Sanmark (Editor)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Press / Media
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Here, a mysterious monument at Anundshög is examined: "It's exciting"
11/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Donegal author creating ripples with book on the Foyle catchment
11/06/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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David Leask: A royal visit to Orkney and a row over what remote even means in the broadband age
28/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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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Romantic subjectivity: women’s identity in their nineteenth-century travel writing about Scotland
Author: Beattie-Smith, G., 5 Jun 2017Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor), Fielding, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Lumsden, A. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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