Scottish Society for Northern Studies

01/09/2026

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! We have funding opportunities for research as well as PG/EC conference organisation, publication grant, and the Ryan Foster Memorial Grant.

Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026!
All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026!

For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/

14/08/2026

SSNS is proud to announce another call for papers for the Leeds International Medieval Conference 5-8 July 2027!

This session titled "Communities and Networks in Medieval Scotland & Scandinavia".

Please submit a title and a 200 maximum word abstract by 25 August to [email protected].

12/08/2026

SSNS is sending out a Call for Papers for a Society-sponsored session of papers at the International Medieval Congress.

08/08/2026

NOTE- This deadline has been moved to 15th September!

Call for papers for the International Medieval Congress - University of Leeds 2027 for the session titled "Cosmological Phenomena and their Interpretation by the Communities of the Medieval North"! Abstracts must include the title and are limited to 200 words. Please read the details below for more information.

07/08/2026

We are excited to announce the continuation of the Seminar Series with Hannah Evans on 25th August at 19:00 BST. Please click below to attend this free, online event!

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.

15/07/2026

Click to read Rachel Sweeney's summary on her amazing research trip at Trinity College Dublin at their Irish Art Research Centre. The trip was happily funded by our society's Postgraduate/Early Career Research Grant.

Please visit our Funding page if you would like to have a similar experience.

A summary written Rachel Sweeney during a research trip for the Irish Art Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin.

14/07/2026

A summary by Natalie Hopwood during the Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies in June 2026. Her trip was partially funded from our SSNS Postgraduate/Early Career Research Grant. We are thrilled Natalie had such an amazing time and look forward to others who would like to do similarly! The full summary of the trip can be found by clicking the image attached.

Please also visit our "Funding" page for similar opportunities.

Image: Viktors saga ok Blávus taken by Natalie Hopwood

A summary written by Natalie Hopwood for her Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies in June 2026.

09/07/2026

If you're at the Leeds international Medieval Congress, come see our stand at the Historical & Archaeological Societies Fair!

24/06/2026

Book launch - 25th June

Following SSNS's recent publication of its edited volume in honour of the late Dr Anna Ritchie, a launch event will be organised on Thursday 25 June from 15:30pm in Edinburgh.
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.

All welcome!

Details: 25 June - 15:30 to 17:45. Room 1.06 (Project Room), School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH.

The Society is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume in honour of Dr Anna Ritchie.

17/06/2026

The second annual Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference, ‘Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North,’ was held last month, from May 25th to 26th with the generous help of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies by way of the Postgraduate/Early Career Conference Grant.

Please click on the photo for more details on this amazing conference!

A summary written by Miles Lourenco for their Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference held in May 2026.