Category: News & Events

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. Richard’s paper was ‘Fin de Siècle Method in Arctic

Nanna Kaalund was invited to talk at a symposium called ‘The Frozen Deep: Voices from the Nineteenth-Century Arctic’ on 27 February 2020.  Nanna’s talk was titled: ‘”The Admiralty has been keeping its pictures”: Visual Culture, George Nares,

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!

Johanne Bruun is presenting a paper on ‘Aircraft and Pencraft’: between tradition and modernity in Arctic varsity exploration, at the Science Museum in London on 12th November 2019

John Woitkowitz is participating in the Science Policy Workshop ‘Raising awareness and building capacity for science-based policy-making’ at the Icelandic Center for Research (RANNIS) in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 8-9 October 2019. He is contributing his expertise and research as