We are thrilled to announce that Pauline Van Thienen will be presenting 21st April on 'Reconsidering Catherine de' Medici's Wedding Negotiations: The Scottish Dimension'.
Please follow the link to sign up for this free, online presentation!
The SSNS Seminar Series continues on Tuesday 24th March 2026 with Katie Shepherd for her talk on ‘All in a Day’s Work: Memories of working life captured in Scottish Ethnography.’
This is a free, ticketed event; please click on link to register.
The SSNS Seminar Series continues on Tuesday 24th March 2026 with Katie Shepherd for her talk on ‘All in a Day’s Work: Memories of working life captured in Scottish Ethnography.’
This is a free, ticketed event; please click on link to register.
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Lund University, and Kulturen will be holding their next CSS International Conference, "Nordic Romanticism and Viking Culture", in Lund 10–13 June 2026. Our own Alan Macniven will be a keynote speaker for this amazing Conference.
SSNS recently supported a visit for Dr Jasmin Higgs to the 36th Field Runologist Meeting in Orkney. A report on the conference (by Dr Jasmin Higgs) is now on our website.
www.ssns.org.uk/featured/ssn...
You asked, we delivered! Our volume 'Traversing the Inner Seas' (ed. Chris Cooijmans, 2017) is once again available in print! If you've been hoping to get your hands on a copy of the book, here's your chance - featuring landmark research by Clare Downham, Alex Sanmark, Mark Hall, and many others
We are thrilled to announce that Colleen Batey has officially published her long-awaited volume on The Earl's Bu at Orphir in Orkney.
They're currently taking pre-orders at the Orcadian bookshop:shop.orcadian.co.uk/product/signed-copy-pre-... .
We now welcome submissions for the 2026 Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize, awarded to PG/EC/returning scholars for the best essay on a topic within the Society's remit.
As well as being awarded £500, winners will have their essay published in our journal, Northern Studies.
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Some of our funding schemes will close for submissions this Friday (5/12)! Whether you're thinking of doing fieldwork, organising a conference or workshop, or could use financial support in attending a relevant event, make sure to get your application in!
This afternoon! Come along, or tune in online, to hear about a deeply peculiar late medieval imagining of a local viking past!
10% off our new volume! 🚨📚
Don't forget to pick up a copy of the Society's brand new volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), on our website, where you can get it for only £17.95 - and with free shipping - with our discount code 'ritchie10'.
The Society is happy to announce Amanda Boeing as the winner of the 2025 Magnusson Prize! She received the award for her insightful comparative essay on the Battle of Brunanburh poem and Egill Skalla-Grímsson's Höfuðlausn.
Many congratulations to Amanda!
There are still a few tickets left for our Day Conference in Arbroath this Saturday!
Speakers include John Borland (@pictishartssociety.bsky.social), Nick Evans (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), and Alexandra Sanmark (@insuhi.bsky.social)!
Full details below!
Very happy to have been able to support the publication of this volume for Anna, and many congratulations to the editor and contributors!
For those who missed it yesterday - SSNS's new volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' is available now! 🚨📚
You can get it at ssns.org.uk for only £17.95 (and with free shipping) using our discount code 'ritchie10'.
For those who missed it yesterday - SSNS's new volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' is available now! 🚨📚
You can get it at ssns.org.uk for only £17.95 (and with free shipping) using our discount code 'ritchie10'.
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SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Published today (14/11), 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' is available to order now from bookshops worldwide, or from our website (link below).
Use code 'ritchie10' for a 10% discount and free shipping when using our web shop!
Reflecting and building on Anna's enduring contributions, the book contains a range of novel research on premodern Scottish history, archaeology, and onomastics.
See more details here:
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SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Colour photo of Judith on a boat setting off to explore places featuring in The Saga of the Earls of Orkney.
Colour photo of the cover of the new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney.
'University academic translates Norse saga to uncover Viking history of northern Scotland'! Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/norse-s...
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As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
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Our colleagues at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have launched a crowdfunder to publish a monograph which is set to have a significant impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society:
According to the project group, once the broch is complete, the plan is to employ re-enactors and craftspeople to demonstrate what life was like inside and around the building.
A picture of a book with a blue cover, titled 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology: Contributions in Honour of Anna Ritchie'. It is edited by Kelly Kilpatrick.
Coming soon...
A picture of a book with a blue cover, titled 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology: Contributions in Honour of Anna Ritchie'. It is edited by Kelly Kilpatrick.
Coming soon...
We’re celebrating 75 years of the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies today in beautiful York
