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The Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research - Monaco
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Publications
Arctic Studies are a fast-growing field that increasingly draws media and public attention due to global warming and climate change.
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Outreach
“Gateway to the Arctic” is an interdisciplinary forum for encounters of master students and early-stage researchers from different disciplines.
Jean Malaurie Bibliography
Discover the Master 2 Arctic studies program
CfA: PhD Scholarship in Arctic Humanities at MIARC, (University Paris-Saclay, France)
New Book: Representations of the West Nordic Isles: Greenland - Iceland - Faroe Island

Jean Malaurie

French cultural anthropologist, explorer, geographer, geomorphologist, and writer.

Quote Jean Malaurie: “Cultural diversity is a scientific reality which we must protect as much as possible, just like biodiversity. Otherwise, all of us in those megacities that keep on growing will become a people of ants, manipulated by words and images.”

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Jean Malaurie
Inuit sled dogs in the arctic

Projects

MIARC actively participates in various projects at national, bilateral and international level.

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Archives

Find here programmes of previous events, as well as other relevant documents.

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Collection of old historic books

News

UArctic regional centre for Continental Europe established at UVSQ

26 October 2024

A new UArctic Regional Centre, the UArctic Regional Centre Continental Europe, was established October 17, 2024 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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MIARC guest lecture in Oslo: Circulation of knowledge about the Arctic in 18th century Germany

7 October 2024

Dr Joanna Kodzik, Junior Full Professor at MIARC, has been invited to give a guest lecture and discuss the circulation of knowledge about the Arctic together with the research group KLIMER: Climate, environment and Energy at the University of Oslo (Norway) on Wednesday Oct. 9, 4:15 PM, Håndbiblioteket, Niels Treschows Hus.

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Two new videos summing up the UArctic Congress in Bodø 2024

26 September 2024

Jan Borm, director of MIARC and UArctic Chair for Arctic Humanities, as well as other MIARC members and colleagues from different countries shared their experience on this year’s UArctic Congress which took place in Bodø, Norway. Watch the videos, one in English and the other in French, made by the communication service of UVSQ on the university’s Youtube channel.

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