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Book Release: From Oral Tradition to Rap. Literatures of the Polar North.

Edited by Karen Langgård and Kirsten Thisted, with chapters on Sami, Faroese, Greenlandic, Canadian Inuit, native Alaskan and indigenous Siberian literature...

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks Faculty Member, Ecology, Fairbanks, Alaska

The Department of Biology and Wildlife and the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seek applications for a tenure-t...

Wed, Sep 28, 2011

Research Seminar 'Living in the North', Kirkenes, Norway, September 30

Finnmark University College and the Barents Institute are hosting a research seminar on peoples and cultures in the High North with a special focus on the Ba...

Mon, Sep 26, 2011

Research Urgencies in the Polar Regions and their Links to the ICSU Grand Challenges in Global Sustainability

UArctic Vice-President Administration, Outi Snellman, and Vice Chair of UArctic Research, Oyvind Paasche are representing UArtic in a two day symposium in Si...

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

University of Lapland guests at Murmansk State Humanitites University

On 21.09.2011 MSHU received an official delegation from the University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland) represented by Mauri Ylä-Kotola, rector, and Outi Snel...

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Second International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk “The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue”

From the 21st to the 24th of September, Arkhangelsk plays host to the Second International Arctic Forum “The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue” organized by the...

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

'Polar Graduate Programmes Database' Now Available

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), together with the University of the Arctic and the International Antarctic Institute (IAI) are plea...

Wed, Sep 21, 2011

Lars Kullerud to present to Norwegian parliamentary committee on Environment and Energy

The Norwegian parliamentary committee on Environment and Energy will visit Arendal on Sept 27, and their program includes a briefing from UArctic president L...

Mon, Sep 19, 2011

Covering the poles: Jodi Gustaffson's journey from the Yukon to New Zealand and Lapland

My name is Jodi Gustafson and I am a third year student completing a science degree in Global Resource Systems through the University of British Columbia...

Mon, Sep 19, 2011

Université Laval's ArcticNet receives funding renewal from Networks of Centres of Excellence

The Canadian goverment has announced an additional CDN$67.3 million in funding to ArcticNet -- the largest funding renewal for the Networks of Centres of E...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Chair of Canadian Polar Commission meets with UArctic President

Bernard Funston, current chair of the Canadian Polar Commission (a UArctic member) is meeting today (Sept 15, 2011) with UArctic President Lars Kullerud at h...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Progress update on Thematic Network on Arctic Law

One of UArctic's newest Thematic Networks, Arctic Law, has wasted no time in kick starting its activities. Following its approval by the Council of the Unive...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Bachelor of Northern Studies program meeting at Murmansk State Humanities University

On the 6th of September 2011 Bjorn Sagdahl (professor of the program “Bachelor of Northern Studies”) and Per Moller (coordinator of the program from Finnmark...

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

The Arctic Future Symposium in Brussels October 12-14, 2011

As a follow-up to last year’s highly successful Arctic Futures Symposium, the IPF will be organizing Arctic Futures Symposium 2011 in Brussels, Belgium Octob...

Wed, Sep 14, 2011

Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands adopt new strategy for the Arctic

The Kingdom of Denmark is the latest Arctic state to adopt an offical strategy for the region. Significantly, the strategy recognizes the strong role of the...

Wed, Sep 14, 2011