Our Books

Over the years, the Society has published over a dozen monographs and conference proceedings, dating as far back as 1978. Examining regional aspects of Scotland’s culture and heritage, these books accommodate a wide disciplinary range of scholarship, covering prehistory to the present day.

Monograph

Islands of Place and Space (2022)

This volume honours the work of Dr Arne Kruse, bringing together fifteen contributions on the history, historical linguistics, toponymy, and literature of Scotland, Scandinavia, and beyond - covering a broad geographical, chronological, and interdisciplinary scope.
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Scandinavia Refracted (2022)

This volume honours the work of Bjarne Thomsen, bringing together 24 contributions that explore everything from early Christianity in Scandinavia to the contemporary currents that bind Scotland and Scandinavia together via many points in between.
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Traversing the Inner Seas (2017)

This peer-reviewed volume represents some of the foremost research from the Society's most recent residential conferences, exploring the turbulent history and legacy of the interconnected seascape between Scotland and the north of Ireland.
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Historic Bute: Land and People (2012)

Well-illustrated and with much-appreciated support from contributors and funding bodies, this volume contains papers from the Society’s highly successful 2010 residential conference held on Bute.
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Barra and Skye: Two Hebridean Perspectives (2006)

This volume brings together knowledge concerning two of the Western Isles. Experts illuminate us in their specialist fields, including natural history, genealogy, place-names and architecture.
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The Faces of Orkney: Stones, Skalds & Saints (2003)

The conference which gave rise to this Orkney volume took place in Kirkwall in July 1999 and was contributed to by local people.
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Mannin Revisited: Twelve Essays on Manx Culture (2002)

This volume of twelve essays derives from the SSNS conference held in Port Erin in 2000, covering the geography, archaeology, and history of Man
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The Province of Strathnaver (2000)

This volume explores the history and every-day life of these northernmost parts of the Scottish mainland.
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Shetland's Northern Links: Language & History (1996)

The conference which gave rise to this publication was held in Lerwick, Shetland, in July 1993, and marked the quarter-centenary of the Society’s existence.
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Peoples & Settlement in North-West Ross (1994)

This volume brings together research by established authorities on the archaeology, sociology, and (oral) history of north-west Ross.
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Moray: Province and People (1993)

In keeping with the traditions of the Society, this volume emphasises multidisciplinarity, containing papers on Moray's geology, history, archaeology, architecture, and place-name studies.
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Galloway: Land and Lordship (1991)

This volume, based on papers read at the Society's annual conference of 1986, explores Galloway from a variety of historical perspectives and academic disciplines.

Our Journals

Northern Studies is the peer-reviewed journal of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Since its initial instalment in 1973, over 50 volumes of Northern Studies have been published.

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