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Jen Harland

@jenharland.bsky.social
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Zooarchaeologist, Associate Professor in Environmental Archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands, based in Orkney. Currently obsessed with whaling history and whaling stories in Scotland. 🇨🇦

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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 10h
Very excited to be in Svalbard for a symposium of talks on archaeology in the north! I've always wanted to come here.
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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ICAZ fish remains working group meeting is just wrapping up in Nice, France today. I've presented new results from our little excavation on Oronsay last summer, talking about Mesolithic fishing practices. Great conference!
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.
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Two Orkney-led PhDs available as part of North Sea Heritage project
Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.
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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Had a fantastic time in the Faroe Islands, attending the Arctic Congress. I participated in a round table discussion on the past, present and future of commodifying whales, discussing my work on the TRANSECTS project. We had a tour of the only surviving 20th c shore whaling station, now museum.
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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A well illustrated review of the new 'Sea stories' exhibition at Stromness Museum, which includes some of our TRANSECTS project research on whaling. The minke-under-the-table finally has its story told!
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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tomorrow we're running a 'walkshop' in Stromness as part of our TRANSECTS project (looking at marine energies: whale oil, petroleum oil, renewables). Meet at the cannon at 10am if you're interested. Should be good weather, finally!
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The UHI Archaeology Institute and Glasgow School of Art, in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, are delighted to announce a new ARCS funded PhD opportunity investigating the heritage of Fair Isle.
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Applicants sought for funded PhD investigating the heritage of Fair Isle
The UHI Archaeology Institute and Glasgow School of Art, in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, are delighted to announce a new ARCS funded PhD opportunity investigating the heritage of Fair Isle.
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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Well this is exciting! I do like a good map and there are many in here. Fab to see it's free
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! #StarWars as photographs from the #Orkney Archive photographic collection. ⭐️ #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
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Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
23 month Lectureship in Archaeology with UHI in Orkney. Lots of exciting things happening in Kirkwall at the moment with the AEONS facilities, MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology, and loads of fun research projects. Come and join us! myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...
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