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.”
MIARC actively participates in various projects at national, bilateral and international level.
Among those projects that are finished are for example: MADONNA : Mise en Valeur des collections universitaires, GREEN GREENLAND, POLARIS, ERIS and EDU-ARCTIC.
Those projects that are ongoing are: Cartography of Arctic Collections in France and Monaco & Moravians in Iceland – “Moravian vision of the Arctic”.
The University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is hosting the newly created UArctic Regional Centre for Continental Europe.
The UArctic Regional Centres were created to foster dialogue and engagement at the regional level. Liaison, networking and outreach activities are encouraged with local, national and international stakeholders.
17 March 2025
Jan Borm has contributed an article on “‘The Land Looks Empty.’ – Writing the Far East in Colin Thubron’s The Amur (2021)” to a new collective volume entitled Twenty-First-Century Perspectives on British Travel Writing: Decentring Epistemologies, edited by Samia Ounoughi, Emmanuelle Peraldo and Anne-Florence Quaireau (Routledge 2025).
15 March 2025
After having been seen by a stunning total of 1.7 million visitors at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco, the exhibition “Mission polaire” has moved to the Aquarium Vivarium Aquatis in Lausanne.
18 February 2025
Dr Joanna Kodzik, Junior Full Professor at MIARC, will deliver the guest lecture as a part of the of research seminar “Diversity in Teaching and Education: Embracing Cultural Heritage, Inclusivity, and Pedagogical Innovation” at the University of Lapland, on 18 February 2025.
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