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Public Seminar Series Placing Women, Tracing Journeys Female Mobility and Social Bonds YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies

'Placing Women, Tracing Journeys: Female Mobility and Social Bonds in the Norse Period' by @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies Tara Athanasiou Public Online Seminar uploaded to our You Tube Channel.

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Just received the cover for my new forthcoming book by CUP!

We got both of ours today and last week. +10 points for consistency.

Flyer for the European Environmental Philosophy Series (EEPS) announcing an online talk on March 27, 2026 titled “On Sustainability Research Without Sustainability” by Markku Oksanen, with organizer details and institutional logos.

Excited to announce the launch of a new online series! 🚀

EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY SERIES (EEPS)

First talk on March 27, 1-2.30PM CET

"Sustainability Research Without Sustainability"
Markku Oksanen

All welcome! Registration required.

#environment #animals #philsky #poltheory

Spring is here, so that must mean that the 7th UHI Institute for Northern Studies International St Magnus Conference is approaching fast.

➕ 15-17th April 2026
➕ Venue: UHI Perth

Register: tinyurl.com/yc4c2ufa

Now is the time to fight for our values.

An especially beautiful sunrise this morning.

Stephen Barnaby @thinkuhi.bsky.social MLitt Viking Studies at the National Museums Scotland 'Dear Library' exhibition

Hmmm. I’m in. Sounds fun. Plus I get to honestly respond that I do make social plans!

Uggi bit two more books so now we have FOUR BITTEN COPIES TO GIVE AWAY!

I took pictures, of course. I’ll select the four winners tonight (Iceland time).

Also, happy pub day to paperback Night Guest!

"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be ‘happy.’ I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have it make some difference that you lived at all." -Leo Rosten

Notre Dame AI Ethics Project Wins $50.8 Million Grant - Daily Nous The University of Notre Dame's Institute for the Ethics and the Common Good (ECG), directed by philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan, has received a $50.8 million grant for work on various moral proble...

Notre Dame AI Ethics Project Wins $50.8 Million Grant

dailynous.com/2025/12/24/n...

Zoolights.

3 philosophical debates from the 20th century that neuroscience is reshaping Modern neuroscience is reshaping how we understand free will, meaning, and the self by revealing them as emergent features of the brain.

3 philosophical debates from the 20th century that neuroscience is reshaping | Neuroscience isn’t dissolving philosophy’s hardest problems — it’s forcing us to rethink where they live | Honored that my book with Owen Flanagan on Neuroexistentialism is mentioned. bigthink.com/thinking/3-p...

Mainz Cathedral with the Rhine in the background.

Irish monk and historian Marianus Scotus, whose real name was Máel Brigte, died in Mainz, Germany, #OTD in 1082. He composed a world chronicle, which is a valuable source of information on early medieval Scotland and Ireland. 📸Simsalabimbam #medievalsky

Cover of Francis Young's 'Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples,' showing a dead warrior drawn by Alan Lee.

This fascinating book by @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social altered my sense of European history; the story of the last European pagans in the Baltic and Fennoscandia is a revelation, but it also raises important questions about the nature of paganism, its relationship to Christianity, and religion itself.

The Hidden Lives of Viking Women | The Past REVIEW BY EMMA LOUISE THOMPSON From Norwegian courts to Icelandic households and British burial grounds, the lives of Viking women were as intricate as the ...

Review of the recently published book 'The Hidden Lives of Viking Women - Archaeological and Historical Perspectives' edited by Michèle Hayeur Smith and @thinkuhi.bsky.social VEMS Professor Alex Sanmark now out in World Archaeology.

the-past.com/review/books...

Enjoy the season!

Public Seminar Series Hidden in Plain Sight Recovering Female Leadership in the Viking Age YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies

INS @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Shanna Bryman gave a fascinating seminar titled ' Hidden in Plain Sight: Recovering Female Leadership in the Viking Age' #vikings

Now on You Tube

youtu.be/-ftfA34_PHU

Sound of Mull may have had system of look-outs to warn of invaders A researcher suggests the chain of beacons could have alerted communities to Viking fleets.

Our very own Dr Shane McLeod @thinkuhi.bsky.social is in the news discussing his award-winning research on Viking and Early Medieval sentinel sites in Scotland.

tinyurl.com/4sw6kkd8

A snow-filled forest.

The Annals of Ulster records the onset of a three-month snowfall #OTD in 1047, leading to the deaths of many people and animals. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records a winter ‘more severe than any living man could remember’. 📸Rosa-Maria Rinkl #medievalsky

Take a Walk Through Orkney’s Captivating Story of Pirate John Gow The UHI Institute for Northern Studies in partnership with J Gow Distillery is pleased to announce the launch of the John Gow Heritage Trail, a significant new heritage trail in Orkney. The trail t…

Take a Walk Through Orkney's Captivating Story of Pirate John Gow theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/06/t...

The End of the Humanities? - The Philosophers' Magazine Martha Nussbaum tells James Garvey why the humanities are under threat.

“We are in the midst of a crisis of massive proportions and grave global significance...a world-wide crisis in education.” That’s the opening blast from Martha Nussbaum’s new book, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities.

philosophersmag.com/the-end-of-t...

I would suggest (a) her favourite treats before bedtime as a peace offering or (b) not sleeping.

Ran an errand outside the city and regained a bit of perspective.

The Divine Ms M.

Well this makes sense…

'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment

10/10 take. No notes.

Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship by Colmán Etchingham boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...