Murder, mayhem and misdemeanour – Jen’s talk on the application of archaeology to the recently deceased
Forensic archaeology is the subject of an Orkney Archaeology Society talk by Dr Jen Miller on March 26, 2026.
Category: Seminar
Exploring Cladh Hallan with Professor Mike Parker Pearson
We’re staying in the Western Isles for Friday’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which will see Professor Mike Parker Pearson explore Life and Death in the Bronze Age: mummies, metalworking and much more at Cladh Hallan.
Seminar: Prof Niall Sharples on Bornais and the Norse settlement of the Hebrides
Professor Niall Sharples is our guest on Friday, Feb 27, for our monthly online research seminar.
Video: Trade in early modern Orkney kicks off 2026 seminar season
The recording of Friday’s seminar, on “Traders and Produce in Early Modern Orkney”.
A taste of things to come – spring’s free seminar programme
Professors Mike Parker Pearson and Niall Sharples – of Stonehenge and Maiden castle fame, respectively – are among the speakers for our new season of free online seminars.
Video: Death, destruction and Viking burials
The recording of our latest online seminar, this one featuring Dr Colleen Batey looking at viking grave goods – in particular damaged weaponry.
Next online seminar puts experimental archaeology in the spotlight
The next of our online seminars, which features Dr Reid Weber, takes place on Friday, September 26, from 4-5pm.
Video: public engagement with the Viking Age
The recording of March’s research seminar featuring associate professor Stefan Nyzell, of Malmö University, and our own Dr Ragnhild Ljosland.
Dip into the treasury of plant folklore and songs at free talk next week
Professor Margaret Bennett will deliver a free talk on the folklore and songs of plants at UHI Orkney next Monday.
Video : ‘Scotland, Jamaica and slavery – a concise history’
The recording of the joint Orkney Heritage Society and UHI Archaeology Institute seminar featuring Kate Phillips, who discusses the unacknowledged black Scottish diaspora in Jamaica, our role in building racism and the unsung Scottish people who gave their lives to ending slavery.
Video – Viking Age fortresses on the North Frisian islands
The recording of April’s research seminar, featuring Dr Martin Segschneider on the Viking Age fortifications in Germany’s North Frisian Islands.
Video: ‘Beyond Hillshade’ – LiDAR visualisation techniques in Orkney
The recording of March’s free research seminar, featuring Crane Begg, from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology, who discussed his project to evaluate different visualisation techniques using LiDAR in Orkney.
Video: history, archaeology and nationalism in Scandinavia
Our free online research seminar this month will look at the use archaeology and history in right-wing political parties in Scandinavia.
Seminar: new thoughts on Iron Age stalled buildings of northern Scotland
The first UHI Archaeology Institute online research seminar of 2023 takes place next week and will see Martin Carruthers and Scott Timpany casting a fresh eye on Iron Age stalled buildings.
Video – the history and archaeology of North Atlantic whales
The recording of November’s monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, From the Cairns to Cata Sand: The history and archaeology of North Atlantic cetaceans, featuring Dr Vicki Szabo, from Western Carolina University, and our very own Dr Jen Harland.
Video : domestic mammal biometry in the North Atlantic region
The recording of October 2022’s monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, featuring Dr Julia Cussans, who outlines her PhD research into size and shape changes in domestic mammal bones in the North Atlantic region.
Video: In the Heart of Beyond – Hebridean Neolithic and Bronze Age population movements
The recording of September 2022’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar featuring Mairi MacLean.
Video: Viking Hiking – Travels in Time and Space
The recording of Dr Ragnhild Ljosland’s seminar, delivered on Thursday, September 15, as part of the UHI interdisciplinary research theme Enchantment and Won