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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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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Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE): The impact of international commercialization on north-west Europe's peripheral communities 1468-1712: production, commerce and consumption in Orkney and Shetland
Gibbon, S. J., Mainland, I., Harland, J., Gibson, J. D., Lee, D., Sharman, P. & Cussans, J.
1/02/20 → 31/01/23
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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Is The Wirk a Castle? Re-evaluating previous excavations: geophysical survey and excavation 2020-21
Lee, D. & Gibbon, S. J., 10 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Is the Wirk a Norse castle? Re-evaluating previous investigations. The Wirk, Rousay, Orkney: Data Structure Report. Archaeological Evaluation & Geophysical Survey
Gibbon, S. J., Lee, D., Gee, C. & Brend, A., 21 Nov 2022, (Unpublished) 65 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Place-names in Sandwick, Deerness, Orkney: 'The greatest household in Orkney next to the Earls'
Gibbon, S. J., 30 Sept 2022, Whispering Gallery, 156, p. 7-11 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or web blog › Article
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They Are Preserved Forever: Visualising the Memorialisation of Archipelagic Religious and Community Identities
Gibbon, S. J. & Moore, J., 15 Nov 2021, In: Religions. 12, 11, 17 p., 999.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2018, In: New Orkney Antiquarian Journal. 8, p. 17-23 7 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Light of the North: Christianity, Pilgrimage & the Cult of St Magnus
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker)
1 Apr 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Human-landscape interactions at Skaill Farm, Rousay: an integrated study of biological and historical data, a case study from the LIFTE project.
Jen Harland (Speaker), Ingrid Mainland (Speaker), Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker) & Daniel Lee (Speaker)
11 Jan 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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Behind the scenes: researching Deerness place-names in the Orkney Archive
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › 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 Sept 2022Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Medieval Settlement in Orkney
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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University Research Conference
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker) & Ingrid Mainland (Speaker)
13 Jan 2022 → 14 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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47th ST MAGNUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Set For This June
23/03/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Is the Wirk A Castle? Results
Sarah Jane Gibbon & Daniel Lee
15/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Religious Identities In Island Communities
James Moore & Sarah Jane Gibbon
9/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Is the Wirk a Castle?
Daniel Lee & Sarah Jane Gibbon
8/09/20 → 5/07/21
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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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
Sarah Jane Gibbon & Ingrid Mainland
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, Sarah Jane Gibbon & Ingrid Mainland
22/02/20
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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