The Arctic Centre invites you to Arctic Connect, a recurring meeting place for researchers at Umeå University. The meetings highlight selected current research funding calls, projects and challenges in the Arctic that could open up new research and funding opportunities.
At each meeting, you will also meet a fellow researcher who shares insights from their work and experiences. This time, Lena Leimgruber Haraldsson, a third-year PhD student in English Literature at the Department of Language Studies, will present her ongoing doctoral research on how contemporary literature positions the Arctic as a space of overlapping colonial legacies and environmental futures. Using a three-part analytical framework—the colonial, postcolonial and neo-colonial Arctic—she will talk about how speculative (climate) fiction deconstructs extraction and control and will also highlight some Indigenous counter-archives.
Join us to get inspired, exchange ideas and explore new collaborations with colleagues from across the university. Whether you are already involved in Arctic research or interested in exploring what an Arctic perspective could bring to your research, you are warmly welcome.
We will provide wraps and something to drink for those that register.
