The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
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Please join us to celebrate, remember, and raise a glass to Anna Ritchie and her work as archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland’s premodern history and heritage
25th June @15:30-17:45 Room 1.06 (Project Room), School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh.
Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Call for Papers for the 4th Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference, which will be taking place in Oxford on 26–27 October 2026. Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent along with a short biographical note to [email protected] by 30 June 2026.
Call for Papers for the 4th Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference, which will be taking place in Oxford on 26–27 October 2026. Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent along with a short biographical note to [email protected] by 30 June 2026.
The SHR is pleased to announce the call for the 2026 Early Career Researcher Article Prize. The winning entry/entries will be published in the journal and receive a £500 award.
The deadline is Tuesday, 8 September at 5pm.
Timothy Liam Waters is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on literary materialisms, generative AI, and folkloric reception in the Old Norse literary corpus.
Please click on the image to sign up for this free, online seminar!
Timothy Liam Waters is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on literary materialisms, generative AI, and folkloric reception in the Old Norse literary corpus.
Please click on the image to sign up for this free, online seminar!
The Norse in the North 2026 (Mind and Body) was held on 15th May 2026 at the University of Leeds and organized by Natalie Hopwood, Daniel Coultas, Sif Brookes, and Chris Latham. Please click below to read about this fantastic conference funding by the SSNS Conference Grant.
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani recently went on a trip to Sweden in the Hjorted Art and Music Festival (LUMA) with the Komuna Collective. This trip was funded by the CoScan Trust Fund which SSNS has contributed to as a member society. The full article is linked here: www.coscan.org.uk/travel-award/
Looking for funding a publication or conference? We have grants of all shapes and sizes for researchers who are interested. Please submit your applications by 22nd June. Follow the link below for details. www.ssns.org.uk/funding/#163...
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
A post on the Gabriel Francis-Dehqani's trip to Hjorted Art and Music Festival (LUMA) with the Komuna Collective in Sweden which was funded by CoScan Trust Fund.
