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.
Archaeology Institute welcomes new visiting professor
The UHI Archaeology Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as a visiting associate professor.
Graduate’s work selected for Mexican experimental film festival
A film by Art and Archaeology graduate Jamie McNeill has been shown as part of the Neosfest experimental film festival in Mexico.
Postgrad students get hands-on experience in our first human remains short-course
Human remains are the subject of a postgraduate short-course in Orkney this week, with students travelling from across the UK and USA to take part.
Talking Orkney placenames at national conference
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon was talking Orkney placenames recently at the Scottish Place Name Society Autumn Conference.
‘Here’s to the next decade of discovery’ – marking ten years of the UHI Archaeology Institute
The UHI Archaeology Institute marked a major milestone recently with a tenth anniversary celebration at the UHI Orkney campus in Kirkwall.
Sacred forests bring Antonia to Finland
Dr Antonia Thomas is en route for Finland, where she is an invited speaker on a PhD course at the University of Oulu.
Do you have a connection to the renewables industry in Orkney?
Join the TRANSECTS team in Stromness on Saturday, November 29, to talk marine renewables in Orkney.
Link: Time Team dig plans at Ness of Brodgar confirmed for 2026
A small team of diggers will return to the Ness of Brodgar in 2026, following a major programme of geophysical survey across the site.
Link: The riddle of the red deer – the research continues…
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Kath Page outlines her ongoing research into red deer in prehistory and at the Ness of the Brodgar.
Graduation day at UHI Orkney
Today was a big day for UHI Orkney with the annual graduation ceremony taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney.
UHI contingent head to Bilbao for CHAT 2025 conference
Earlier this month, Dr Antonia Thomas was joined by several current and former MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology students in Bilbao, in the Basque Country, to attend the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) conference.
Available now – part-funded MRes investigating intertidal peat in Orkney’s West Mainland
The deadline for applying for a part-funded MRes investigating intertidal peat at the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, is December 3, 2026.
Graduates open exhibition with evening of gallery talks
A group of MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will officially open their exhibition in Stromness with a series of short talks at the Northlight gallery on Thursday, November 20.
Institute director’s book on Orcadian Bronze Age burial practice out now
‘Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney’ by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards is out now.
Artist calls for old work wear for TRANSECTS project
Artist Joanne B. Kaar will work with the UHI Orkney team to explore marine energy transitions in Orkney as part of the ongoing TRANSECTS project.
Art and Archaeology graduates showcase work in Stromness
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
Council’s archaeology fund open for Orkney project applications
Orkney Islands Council’s annual archaeological grant has re-opened for applications, with a deadline of November 30, 2024.