‘St Magnus Houp’ – can you help us track down this elusive placename?
‘St Magnus Houp’ – can you help our research team track down this elusive placename? #thinkuhi #research #orkney
Category: LIFTE
Will ye go to Flanders? Radio programme explores Scottish links with the Low Countries
The trading links between Scotland and Flanders is the subject of a documentary on BBC Radio Scotland on Friday morning, April 2.
Tremendous response sees research programme volunteer slots filled in four days
Due to the incredible response from people wanting to be involved in the Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) research project, from noon today (March 5) we are unable to take on any more participants.
Opportunity for volunteers to get involved in Orkney trade project
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is looking for volunteers interested in a new project researching early trade in Orkney.
‘Looking in from the Edge’ project on Radio Shetland
Ahead of this evening’s launch event, Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon of the UHI Archaeology Institute and UK team leader outlines to aims of the Looking in from the Edge international research project on BBC Radio Shetland.
International research project looking at Northern Isles’ place in European trade networks launches next week
A major international research project investigating Orkney and Shetland’s place in the European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries launches next week.
Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) is a three-year programme involving the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, the University of Lincoln and the German Maritime Museum, in Bremerhaven.
Major new international research project to investigate early modern trade routes
A team of archaeologists and historians from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, University of Lincoln and the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven have been awarded a grant of £779,000 from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Council (DFG) to undertake a major international research project into how emerging economies identified and adapted to opportunities for trade in early modern Europe.