Call for papers- SI on Caring for Life in the Arctic

Dear CAS friends & colleagues, As part of the 2025 CAS autumn symposium, we would like to compile a special issue on Caring for Life in the Arctic. You are cordially invited to submit a manuscript that explores how care is enacted, disrupted, or mobilised across scales—from local infrastructures and Indigenous knowledge systems to globalContinueContinue reading “Call for papers- SI on Caring for Life in the Arctic”

Critical Arctic Studies Symposium, 1 – 3 October 2024

The theme of the symposium: Thinking with water: Exploring the edges The date and location: 1-3 October 2024 at University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, FinlandThe event will be held in hybrid mode Call for Papers Second call for papers [pdf] Important dates Deadline for abstract submission 15.6.2024 Information about accepted abstracts 28.6.2024 Program ready 30.8.2024 For enquiries,ContinueContinue reading “Critical Arctic Studies Symposium, 1 – 3 October 2024”

Call for papers – NOS-HS exploratory workshop: Resilience and Militarisation

University of Lapland, 12 – 13 November 2024 The network Politics and Power of Resilience (POWERS 2023-2024) aims at developing interdisciplinary and critical discussions around resilience and its power effects in the Nordic context. The project is funded by The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) and itsContinueContinue reading “Call for papers – NOS-HS exploratory workshop: Resilience and Militarisation”

CALL FOR PAPERS: CAS panel at the Arctic congress in Bodoe, Norway, 29 May – 3 June 2024

CAS session: 5.1 Critical Arctic research in action: security, development and cooperationConvener: Monica Tennberg, Co-convener(s): Rauna Kuokkanen, Sanna Kopra, Marjo Lindroth Session description:Given the unprecedented transformation in the Arctic region, a multifaceted approach to comprehending and addressing security, development, and cooperation in the area is essential. Critically oriented Arctic research draws on a variety ofContinueContinue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS: CAS panel at the Arctic congress in Bodoe, Norway, 29 May – 3 June 2024”

CALL FOR PAPERS: CRITICAL ARCTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM 2023 Post-Human Dialogues: Rethinking human-nature relations in and through the Arctic 

We live in the age of polycrisis (or permacrisis), characterised by the combination of long-term, complex and intertwined risks related, inter alia, to health, energy, climate change and economic shocks. New imaginaries, practices and knowledge are necessary to cope with this situation. Although the Arctic is often viewed as a showcase of ongoing global change,ContinueContinue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS: CRITICAL ARCTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM 2023 Post-Human Dialogues: Rethinking human-nature relations in and through the Arctic “