Upcoming Events
UARCTIC Assembly Meeting
22-26 May, Université Laval (Canada)
9th "Gateway to the Arctic" Workshop
13-17 February 2023, UVSQ (France)
Franco-German workshop series for early stage researchers co-organised since 2011 by the German Polar Institute Alfred-Wegener (AWI) and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Organising team: Jan Borm (MIARC, UVSQ/Paris-Saclay), Klaus Grosfeld (REKLIM/AWI) and Renate Treffeisen (Klimabüro, AWI).
Book Fair "Lire la nature"
21 January 2023, Paris (France)
Meeting with Jan Borm (MIARC) and Philippe Charlier (Head of "Terre Humaine" collection at Plon publishing house): the life and career of Jean Malaurie.
Current Events
Exhibition of pastel paintings by Jean Malaurie at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
15 December 2022 - 24 January 2023
organised by the Oceanographic Museum in conjunction with the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research – Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ).
Past Events
UARCTIC Rectors' Meeting
12-13 January 2023, Monaco
organised by the Oceanographic Institute - Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) in collaboration with Prince Albert II Foundation.
Thematics: "Academic cooperation as a solution for achieving sustainable goals in a rapidly changing Arctic world"
"Perceiving Arctic Change – Climate, Society, Sustainability" (PACCSS)
13 December 2022, Berlin (Germany)
Seminar of of the French-German Research School PACCSS. Organised by the German Polar Institute Alfred-Wegener (AWI) and UVSQ.
Outstanding Event "From Thule to MOSAiC - 75 years of French and German Arctic Research"
12 December 2022, Berlin (Germany)
organised by Dr Klaus Grosfeld, Dr Renate Treffeisen (both AWI / REKLIM), Prof Jan Borm (UVSQ-MIARC) and Vincent Cambay (French Embassy) at the French Embassy in Berlin.
Experts retraced 75 years of French and German Arctic research, paying tribute to Jean Malaurie, France’s most distinguished Arctic researcher, on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
International Conference "Silence and Violence in the North"
30 November - 1 December 2022, Torshavn, Faroe Islands (Denmark) and online
organised by Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and University of the Faroe Islands.
Jan Borm presented a paper on "From sidereal silence to what is left unsaid in Jean Malaurie’s memoir
De la pierre à l’âme (From Stone to Soul, 2022)"
UARCTIC panel discussion at the Arctic Circle Assembly: “UARCTIC Response to Climate Change: New Perspectives in Research and Education”
13 - 16 October 2022, Reykjavík (Iceland)
organised by Jan Borm, UARCTIC, chair of Arctic Humanities, together with Hanne Christiansen, professor of Physical Geography at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Norway.
UARCTIC Chairs' meeting
12 October 2022, Reykjavik (Iceland)
International Workshop “Pa pimatisiwin. En mouvement. Table ronde sur le territoire. L’autochtonie comparée des Amériques"
19 - 23 September, University of Quebec, Montreal (Canada)
Jan Borm will participate in this event organised by Daniel Cartier (UQAM) and Véronique Basile Hébert (UQAM and UQTR).
International Congress for Pietism Studies “Travel and Religion in the long 18th Century”
28 - 31 August 2022, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Joanna Kodzik presented a paper on constructions of the Arctic in Moravians' travel diaries to Greenland.
International Conference "Iceland and the Faroe Islands Seen from Within and Without: Cross-cultural Perspectives, 17th -21st Century"
14 - 16 June 2022, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Denmark)
NICH Artic Workshop
7 - 8 June 2022, Montreal (Canada) and online
International conference "Using the North in Political Communication"
31 March - 1 April 2022, University of Strasbourg (France)
Joanna Kodzik presented a paper on Missionary Constructions of the Far North in the Official Communication of the Moravians in the 18th Century.
Better World Fund Dubai Exhibition 2022
25 - 26 March 2022, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Round-table: "Jean Malaurie : L’apprenti chaman"
25 January 2022, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (France)
Watch the event on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrQN9FO7fms
UARCTIC Regional Rectors' Meeting
6 December 2022, UVSQ (France)
Watch a presentation on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZbBlbnWV0
International conference "Greenland Observed from Outside – Environment, Society and Culture: 17th - 19th centuries"
29 October 2021, online
organised by the Research Centre for historical travel writing at the State library of Eutin in Germany (Forschungsstelle zur historischen Reisekultur der Eutiner Landesbibliothek) and Université Paris-Saclay/UVSQ.
8th "Gateway to the Arctic" Workshop
4 - 7 October 2021, Potsdam (Germany)
Franco-German workshop series for early stage researchers co-organised since 2011 by the German Polar Institute Alfred-Wegener (AWI), REKLIM and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Organising team: Jan Borm (MIARC, UVSQ/Paris-Saclay), Klaus Grosfeld (REKLIM/AWI) and Renate Treffeisen (Klimabüro, AWI).
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"Perceiving Arctic Change – Climate, Society, Sustainability" (PACCSS)
6 October 2021, Berlin (Germany)
Event organised by the German Polar Institute Alfred-Wegener (AWI) and the French Embassy.
Watch the event on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDnWbrUAu4
International Conference "Representations of the West Nordic Isles. Greenland - Iceland - Faroe Islands"
20 - 21 September 2019, Eutin (Germany)
organised by the Research Centre for historical travel writing at the State library of Eutin in Germany (Forschungsstelle zur historischen Reisekultur der Eutiner Landesbibliothek) and Université Paris-Saclay/ UVSQ.
"Perceiving Arctic Change – Climate, Society, Sustainability" (PACCSS)
24 October 2018, Berlin (Germany)
Official Side Event of Arctic Science Ministerial 2
Watch the event on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L9zVHQBjiE
