OAS talk on the archaeology of Christianity in medieval Orkney
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon will give an Orkney Archaeology Society talk about her research into medieval Orcadian Christianity on May 28, 2026.
Category: Viking/Norse
Publication and funding success for PhD student
Sophie Durbin, a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student, has published an article in a special edition of Different Visions, which puts forward a novel approach to Orkney’s Norse and Neolithic archaeology through the lens of post-modern performance.
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.
New journal paper on cult of Saint Magnus in Caithness available now
The cult of Orkney’s patron saint – St Magnus – in Caithness is the subject of a new paper by Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and Dr James Moore in a special issue of the Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies.
Archaeology Institute welcomes new visiting professor
In December, the UHI Archaeology Institute welcomed Dr Colleen Batey to its ranks of visiting academics.
Delve into the secrets of the runes with short course starting January
Our online short course, starting in January 2026, focuses on runes – a writing system that developed in western Europe in the first millennium AD.
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.
Runologists gather in Orkney for annual meeting
The 36th Field Runologists Workshop, which took place in Orkney this week, has been hailed a great success!
‘Rune Relay’ in Kirkwall with visiting experts
As part of the Field Runologists’ Meeting, a group of international experts in runic inscriptions are hosting a “Rune Relay” in Orkney next week.
Back in Rousay for three-week excavation at Skaill
Our second dig of the season gets under way today with archaeologists, students and volunteers from the UHI Archaeology Institute back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay.
ORCA join Time Team in Shetland to investigate possible Viking boat burial
Time Team experts Dr John Gater, Matt Williams and Jackie McKinley have joined forces with the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), Shetland Islands Council and Viking Specialist, Dr Colleen Batey to investigate a possible Viking era boat burial, first identified by Shetland’s county archaeologist, Dr Val Turner, in 2023.
New book chapter sees lecturer’s PhD research published for first time
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon is one of the contributors to a new book to be launched next month.
A meeting of minds at ‘Ragna’s Islands’ workshop in Kirkwall
The UHI Archaeology Institute’s Professor Ingrid Mainland, Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller were invited to participate in a Ragna’s Islands project workshop held in Kirkwall earlier this week.
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.
Video: ‘A Saint in Stone’ – recording of OAS talk now available online
The recording of Jenny Murray’s Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk, A Saint in Stone, is now available online.
Archaeology Institute PhD student’s research dates St Magnus reliquary
Research by Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray suggests the wooden box said to have contained the remains of St Magnus is contemporary with the martyrdom of the 12th century earl.
Exciting news promised at PhD student’s Kirkwall talk on St Magnus
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray is giving an Orkney Archaeology Society talk on St Magnus in Kirkwall on February 20.
Sarah Jane heading to Bergen for medieval conference and lecture
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon is in Norway this week after being invited to attend a workshop hosted by the University of Bergen research group Medieval History – religion and everyday life.