Category: News & Events

John Woitkowitz is presenting a paper, ‘Ein unaufhaltsames Streben nach Erkenntnis: Modernity, Science, and the Imperial Geography of August Petermann, 1852-1879’, at the 44th Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association at 09.30, Wednesday 30 September 2020.

Peter Martin is giving a virtual ‘Be Inspired’ lecture entitled ‘Kalli on the ship’ to the Fellows and Members of the RGS-IBG at 14:30-15:30, Monday 21 September 2020.

John completed his term as a Herzog-Ernst-Fellow at the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, Germany during August 2020.

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.