Category: News & Events

Peter Martin is giving a ‘virtual talk’ to the Fitzwilliam College Postdoctoral Society Conference,  titled ‘Indigenous Intermediaries and the Production of Arctic Knowledge’, at 15:00- 17:00, Friday 17 July 2020.

Nanna Kaalund will be giving a 5 minute presentation on the use of Arctic photography during the ‘British Arctic Expedition of 1875’, as part of the BSHS Global Digital Festival.

Nanna Kaalund is giving a virtual talk to the Alpine Club, London, titled ‘The Playground of Europe: Forbes, Tyndall and Le Blond’ at 19:30, Tuesday 9 June 2020.

Richard Powell and Peter Martin both presented papers at the ‘History of Arctic Anthropology’ conference at the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) in London on 27 and 28 February.

Nanna Kaalund was invited to talk at a symposium called ‘The Frozen Deep: Voices from the Nineteenth-Century Arctic’ on 27 February 2020.

High North News reported on the first ERC Arctic Cultures project workshop on ‘Knowledge Formations and Colonial Encounters in the Arctic’ held at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge on 9-10 January 2020.

We are delighted to welcome over 60 delegates to our first Arctic Cultures Project Workshop, ‘Knowledge Formations and Colonial Encounters in the Arctic’ over the next two days (9 and 10 January 2020). Fascinating papers are being presented

Richard Powell and Peter Martin are presenting at the History of Arctic Anthropology conference at the Royal Anthropological Institute in London on 27 and 28 February. Richard’s paper is ‘Fin de Siècle Method in Arctic Anthropology and

Registration is now open for our first Arctic Cultures Workshop – ‘Knowledge Formations and Colonial Encounters in the Arctic’, 9-10 January 2020. This is being held at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Please join us!