Scottish Society for Northern Studies
@northernstudies.bsky.social
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
https://ssns.org.uk
Why not become a member of SSNS?
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
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
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
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Why not become a member of SSNS?
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
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
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
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
Coming soon...
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Coming soon...
We’re celebrating 75 years of the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies today in beautiful York
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We’re celebrating 75 years of the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies today in beautiful York
A paper from Rosemary Power on the founding of an early medieval Iona nunnery has been published in a collection of essays bit.ly/3VaJZcF Rosemary delivered a seminar on Iona's religious foundations for us last year - now availble to watch online here: youtu.be/9iLo_i8g0Ik
September 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A paper from Rosemary Power on the founding of an early medieval Iona nunnery has been published in a collection of essays bit.ly/3VaJZcF Rosemary delivered a seminar on Iona's religious foundations for us last year - now availble to watch online here: youtu.be/9iLo_i8g0Ik
SSNS has now reopened its funding schemes, offering grants to eligible students and scholars at any stage in their career.
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
September 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
SSNS has now reopened its funding schemes, offering grants to eligible students and scholars at any stage in their career.
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Join us online tomorrow from 7pm for 'How to Read a Hogback' - delivered by @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social & Ancrum Heritage Society. Register here: bit.ly/HogbackAugustSeminar
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Join us online tomorrow from 7pm for 'How to Read a Hogback' - delivered by @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social & Ancrum Heritage Society. Register here: bit.ly/HogbackAugustSeminar
Thanks to everyone who came to our stall at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! We were giving away colourful copies of old editions of our journal ‘Northern Studies.’ You can access our back catalogue for free online! www.ssns.org.uk/our-journal/volumes
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our stall at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! We were giving away colourful copies of old editions of our journal ‘Northern Studies.’ You can access our back catalogue for free online! www.ssns.org.uk/our-journal/volumes
Congratulations to our winner @erinbenton.bsky.social! Enjoy your copy of Scandinavia Refracted!
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Congratulations to our winner @erinbenton.bsky.social! Enjoy your copy of Scandinavia Refracted!
Win a copy of Scandinavia Refracted! If you’re at @imc-leeds.bsky.social -take a photo, tag us and follow our account, and use the hashtag #northernstudies - we’ll invite the winner to collect their copy at 2pm!
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Win a copy of Scandinavia Refracted! If you’re at @imc-leeds.bsky.social -take a photo, tag us and follow our account, and use the hashtag #northernstudies - we’ll invite the winner to collect their copy at 2pm!
We're getting set up in the Leeds Student Union for the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Historic Societies Fair - come down from 10:30am and grab some free copies of the Northern Studies journal!
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We're getting set up in the Leeds Student Union for the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Historic Societies Fair - come down from 10:30am and grab some free copies of the Northern Studies journal!
The Society is saddened to learn of the death of its former President, Ian Fraser. As a dedicated committee member, Ian played a crucial role in the development of SSNS in its early years.
Our thoughts are with his wife and family during this difficult time.
(Ian is second on left in the photo)
Our thoughts are with his wife and family during this difficult time.
(Ian is second on left in the photo)
June 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Society is saddened to learn of the death of its former President, Ian Fraser. As a dedicated committee member, Ian played a crucial role in the development of SSNS in its early years.
Our thoughts are with his wife and family during this difficult time.
(Ian is second on left in the photo)
Our thoughts are with his wife and family during this difficult time.
(Ian is second on left in the photo)
With vol. 55 of our journal, Northern Studies, having been out for a little while, you can now read the previous volume (54) for free in Open Access! 🔓
www.ssns.org.uk/journal/nort...
www.ssns.org.uk/journal/nort...
April 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
With vol. 55 of our journal, Northern Studies, having been out for a little while, you can now read the previous volume (54) for free in Open Access! 🔓
www.ssns.org.uk/journal/nort...
www.ssns.org.uk/journal/nort...
Places are available for the second workshop (6/6) of the 'Mapping Identities' project by @insuhi.bsky.social. This workshop on Geography and Cosmology, considers how depictions of Scotland in the premodern world inform understandings of its place in the world.
Info: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
Info: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Places are available for the second workshop (6/6) of the 'Mapping Identities' project by @insuhi.bsky.social. This workshop on Geography and Cosmology, considers how depictions of Scotland in the premodern world inform understandings of its place in the world.
Info: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
Info: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
The Society has now reopened its funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs!
Deadline: 17 May 2025! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Deadline: 17 May 2025! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Society has now reopened its funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs!
Deadline: 17 May 2025! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Deadline: 17 May 2025! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our committee member Rebekah Day-Wood (@rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social) recently curated and illustrated an exhibition for the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project on the complex links between people and animals in Scottish society past and present!
Find it here:
exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Find it here:
exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
February 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our committee member Rebekah Day-Wood (@rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social) recently curated and illustrated an exhibition for the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project on the complex links between people and animals in Scottish society past and present!
Find it here:
exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Find it here:
exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Hi new followers! 👋 Thanks for the warm welcome here on Bluesky!
We're the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, a charity supporting research on the interactions between the Scottish/Nordic/Celtic worlds in both past and present. For details on our events, grants and publications, see ssns.org.uk
We're the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, a charity supporting research on the interactions between the Scottish/Nordic/Celtic worlds in both past and present. For details on our events, grants and publications, see ssns.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Hi new followers! 👋 Thanks for the warm welcome here on Bluesky!
We're the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, a charity supporting research on the interactions between the Scottish/Nordic/Celtic worlds in both past and present. For details on our events, grants and publications, see ssns.org.uk
We're the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, a charity supporting research on the interactions between the Scottish/Nordic/Celtic worlds in both past and present. For details on our events, grants and publications, see ssns.org.uk
Already a little while ago now, but we were delighted to see so many of you at our event on 'the Anglo-Scottish border and the Northern World' in Carlisle! It was a brilliant day, with many stimulating papers, including Colleen Batey's Hermann Pálsson Lecture.
📷 @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social
📷 @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social
November 9, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Already a little while ago now, but we were delighted to see so many of you at our event on 'the Anglo-Scottish border and the Northern World' in Carlisle! It was a brilliant day, with many stimulating papers, including Colleen Batey's Hermann Pálsson Lecture.
📷 @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social
📷 @rebekahbeatnik.bsky.social
SSNS is thrilled to announce that its most recent edited volumes, Islands of Place and Space (ed. @ccooijmans.bsky.social) and Scandinavia Refracted (ed. Ian Giles), are now available in Open Access! 🔓 Explore all chapters on our website! 🎉📚
ssns.org.uk/monograph/is...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/sc...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/is...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/sc...
November 1, 2024 at 4:21 PM
SSNS is thrilled to announce that its most recent edited volumes, Islands of Place and Space (ed. @ccooijmans.bsky.social) and Scandinavia Refracted (ed. Ian Giles), are now available in Open Access! 🔓 Explore all chapters on our website! 🎉📚
ssns.org.uk/monograph/is...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/sc...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/is...
ssns.org.uk/monograph/sc...
We are recruiting! The Society is looking for an enthusiastic, tech-savvy Digital Content Officer to join our committee. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in managing and developing our website and other digital systems, ensuring SSNS effectively reaches its growing global membership!
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October 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM
We are recruiting! The Society is looking for an enthusiastic, tech-savvy Digital Content Officer to join our committee. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in managing and developing our website and other digital systems, ensuring SSNS effectively reaches its growing global membership!
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The Society has opened the next round of its funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs!
Deadline: 8 Dec 2023! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Deadline: 8 Dec 2023! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
September 26, 2023 at 8:30 AM
The Society has opened the next round of its funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs!
Deadline: 8 Dec 2023! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Deadline: 8 Dec 2023! 📢
For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/
Guess we're here too now! Hi everybody!
September 24, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Guess we're here too now! Hi everybody!