Today, 30 January, the four-day intensive course ‘English for International Lecturers’ has started in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. It is arranged for lecturers from Russian partner-universities participating in Barents Cross-Border University Programme.

The biennial Inuit Studies Conference serves the critical function of drawing together scholars and Inuit representatives to share research results in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, political governance, environmental science, health, education, and culture

The 18th Inuit Studies Conference will be held October 24-28, 2012 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Recent dramatic transformations in the polar regions have brought inuit studies to the forefront of policy, international relations and scientific work.

We are very pleased to announce the 18th International Symposium on Polar Sciences to be held in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea on 22-24 May 2012, under sponsorship of Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI).

Registration for the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)'s annual conference, "Tying it al together" is now open. Please see their website for the full program and registration informaition.

The Calotte Academy 2012 will be organized in May 28 – June 4, 2012 in Inari and Rovaniemi, Finland; in Kiruna and Abisko, Sweden, and in Tromsø and Kirkenes , Norway (the exact route will be defined later). Please see below for details of the call for papers, aimed at PhD students.

Thematic Networks are at the forefront of UArctic's activties, focussing collaboration in key areas among our partners and producing high quality contributions to scientific research, public outreach, and educational development. The hosts of the recent Thematic Networks meeting, the University of Akureyri, have produced a se...

First Announcement: Twelfth International Scientific Student Conference “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic.

The Arctic Design –seminar brings together the leading researchers and entrepreneurs of the arctic area to discuss the intriguing challenges the arctic climate and location poses on design. Held as part of the Rovaniemi Design Week, the world’s northernmost design week, the seminar aims to define the term both from the...

The University of the Arctic is participating in this year's hArctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, Norway by hosting a number of side meetings and also presenting in the exhibit space.  The University of Tromso and UArctic are then hosting the UArctic Communications Workshop on Jan 25. Contact secretariat@uarctic.org for mo...

Some updates on the Conference planning from IPY 2012 Montreal are available in this e-notice, details below.

Updated program for the UArctic Communications Workshop at Arctic FrontiersUArctic and the University of Tromso (UiT) are hosting a workshop aimed at communications staff and international coordinators from UArctic member institutions to improve information sharing and cooperation across the network. The workshop is a side...

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Northern Notes, Issue 36 (Winter 2011/2012) is now available at http://iassa.org/images/stories/northernnotes_issue36.pdf

Student registrations for the "Snowtalks" PhD course People in a Changing World, organized by the UArctic Thematic Networks on Global Change and Health and Well-being in the Arctic, are now open. Please see the course page for more information.