Free online seminar – fermentation and heritage food practices
An online seminar this afternoon, Friday, September 25, looks at Living cultures: cultivating the knowledges and ecologies of our fermented foods.
Category: Research
Invited to Norway to present research at the 20th Viking Congress
Professor Ingrid Mainland, Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller were three of the 12 Scottish delegates invited to attend the recent Viking Congress.
Congratulations Jenny – another PhD student passes viva examination
Jenny Murray has passed her PhD viva examination with corrections.
Report from the field – notes on a PhD research trip to Orkney
PhD student Sophie Durbin looks back on her summer research trip to Orkney.
Archaeology Festival: Neolithic deer, energy walk and The Cairns
Three institute events – a talk on red deer, The Cairns and exploring the history of wind power in Orkney.
Archaeology Festival: Orkney’s submerged landscapes
Associate Professor Scott Timpany is leading a walk to the Bay of Ireland, Stenness, on Thursday afternoon, September 10, as part of the Orkney Archaeology Festival.
Sarah Jane joins Tom for a blether about ‘Saints, sandstone and selkie songs’
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon features in Tom Muir’s latest podcast, where they talk about the stories, songs, beliefs and archaeological remains that help us understand how Orkney became the place it is today.
Archaeology Festival: Emerging research at the institute
Some of our PhD students will give presentations on their ongoing research at an event at UHI Orkney on Thursday, September 10, as part of the second OAS Orkney Archaeology Festival.
Focus on traditional Orkney food on opening day of 2026 science festival
The 2026 Orkney International Science Festival gets under way tomorrow, with an event in UHI Orkney looking at traditional food in the county.
Ness plant remains project benefits from national RICHeS funding programme
A project to assess carbonised plant remains from the Ness of Brodgar is one of 43 to receive funding through the first Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Access Fund.
Final week to apply for North Sea Heritage project’s funded PhDs
Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.
Funding secured for North Sea heritage doctoral research consortium
The UHI Archaeology Institute is proud to be a core partner in a significant new investment from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), as part of a Focal Award in Art History, Visual Arts and Creative Practice to establish North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT).
Kirbuster Farm event marks launch of new ‘Sooans’ project
A new project looking at sowens – a heritage food made from oats and a dietary staple in bygone years – has launched, with a special event at Kirbuster Farm, Orkney, at the weekend.
Art and architecture at the Ness – talk on Thursday by Antonia Thomas
The decorated stones from the Ness of Brodgar excavation are the subject of an Orkney Archaeology Society talk by Associate Professor Antonia Thomas on June 18.
New paper explores family origin legends in Orkney
Dr Ragnhild Ljosland’s new paper examining family origin legends from Orkney is now available online.
Share your Fittie energy stories at events on June 19 and 20
Join the TRANSECTS project team and artist Kirsty Russell to explore community energy stories for Fittie and Aberdeen Harbour at storylines workshops on June 19/20.
‘Roads to the North’ – conference explored Roman influence on northern Scotland
Associate Professor Scott Timpany looks back at last month’s “Roads to the North” conference in Stirling.
Looking back at 2026’s international medieval congress in the USA
A guest post by Sophie Durbin, UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student, on her recent ICMS conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Coastal communities at risk of effects of repeating cycles of inequality in marine energy transition
A new report is warning that current governance arrangements may leave coastal communities bearing the cost of energy transition while seeing limited long-term benefits.
Magnus revealed – rare treat for PhD student during Tromsø visit
One of our PhD students, Jenny Murray, recently visited Tromsø in Norway to record a medieval altarpiece that has a statuette of St Magnus within its cabinet, for her thesis.