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Personal profile
Academic Qualifications
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
PhD in Archaeology from the Univeristy of the Highlands and Islands/Open University
Teaching expertise
I started teaching at the UHI in the latter stages of my doctoral research in 2004. I taught modules for Tourism and Culture Studies before joining Archaeology in 2008. I am a part-time lecturer and I mainly teach medieval and later archaeology and research skills on our Masters programmes.
Research expertise
My research focuses on landscapes of religion and power in the North Atlantic with specific reference to the joint Orkney and Caithness Earldoms. My theses and subsequent research looks into castles and high status buildings, churches, parochial organisation and pilgrimage. Another of my research strands is the history of traditional song with specific reference to the journeys of songs within the Orcadian diaspora. I am currently CoPI on a 3-year AHRC-DFG funded project researching the commercialisation of trade in the Northern Isles in the early modern period.
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YAARP: Yesnaby Art & Archaeology Research Project
Moore, J., Hammond, R. & Gibbon, S. J.
20/07/15 → …
Project: Research
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Landscapes of Change - Skaill farmstead
Lee, D., Mainland, I., Gibbon, S. J. & Harland, J.
1/06/17 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
Research output
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Place-names in Sandwick, Deerness, Orkney: 'The greatest household in Orkney next to the Earls'
Gibbon, S. J., 30 Sep 2022, Whispering Gallery, 156, p. 7-11 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or web blog › Article
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Storyways: Visualising Saintly Impact in a North Atlantic Maritime Landscape
Gibbon, S. J. & Moore, J., 30 Jul 2019, In: Open Archaeology. 5, 1, p. 235-262 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Mapping Magnus: Research, training and community
Lee, D. & Gibbon, S. J., Dec 2018, In: Orkney Archaeology Review. 3, p. 66-78 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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'With a good boat under me': St Magnus and the Ladykirk Stone
Gibbon, S. J., 4 Sep 2018, In: New Orkney Antiquarian Journal. 8, p. 17-23 7 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Survey of Norse Castles in Orkney
Gibbon, S. J., 1 Aug 2017, Castles and Galleys: A reassessment of the historic galley-castles of the Norse-Gaelic seaways. Martin, P. (ed.). Laxay: Islands Book Trust, p. 226-248 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Voices in Chorus: songs and their stories from The Big Orkney Song Project
Gibbon, S. J., 2012, Kirkwall: Northings Publications. 120 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The New Year Song: a biography
Gibbon, S. J., 2011, In: New Orkney Antiquarian Journal. 5, p. 33-35 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
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They are preserved forever: visualising the memorialisation of archipelagic religious communitity identities
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker) & James Moore (Invited speaker)
25 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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'With a good boat under me': connecting with the Cult of St Magnus in the earldoms of Orkney and Caithness
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker)
17 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Medieval Settlement in Orkney
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Creation and dissemination of St Magnus Way
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker)
23 Aug 2022 → 25 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Cullerlie Singing Weekend
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker)
22 Jul 2022 → 24 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Rognvald the Saint Maker
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker) & Jenny Murray (Speaker)
2 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Press / Media
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Volunteer researchers wanted for Orkney trade project
1/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Hanseatic League's historic role explored
Ingrid Mainland & Sarah Jane Gibbon
2/11/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Orkney, Shetland and The Merchants of Bremen and Hamburg
Jane Downes, Ingrid Mainland & Sarah Jane Gibbon
22/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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More of Ancient Kirkwall Revealed by Town Improvements
8/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Discovering the Norse Drinking Hall, Rousay, Orkney
Ingrid Mainland & Sarah Jane Gibbon
6/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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European Shared Cultural Routes With The Vikings
Ingrid Mainland, Donna Heddle & Sarah Jane Gibbon
10/06/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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The Origins and Early Development of the Parochial System in the Orkney Earldom
Author: Gibbon, S. J., 9 Aug 2006Supervisor: Lamb, R. (External person) (Supervisor), Crawford, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Downes, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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