AUNA Newsletter - April 2026
This newsletter is for our community, and your contributions are what make it meaningful. If you have upcoming events, new publications, job openings, or other news relevant to Arctic and North Atlantic research, please share them with us at auna@cas.au.dk Together, we can make this newsletter a useful and engaging space, keeping our community informed and connected throughout the year.
AUNA is still being shaped, and the community around it is growing steadily. We warmly invite you to bring your ideas to us; whether it’s an event, a project, or talk, an invited guest-speaker, or a collaborative effort. We’re happy to provide a platform or framework to help turn your ideas into reality.
AUNA Seminar Series
Thursday 9th April, 13:00-15:00, Room 1632-212
Ivana Bicak, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Bilkent University in Turkey: Of Bears, Danes, and Englishmen
Thursday 21st May, 13:00- 15:00, AIAS, room 1632-212
Daniela Agostinho, Associate Professor, Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Århus University: Reparative Encounters: methods and considerations of artistic research in locations impacted by Danish colonialism
Time and Place TBA - Springtime:
AUNA Socialiser: Pizza and drinks
Other Events
23rd April, 17:00-19:00, Kunstmuseum Brandts og Nordic Humanities Center, Odense C.
Can art create space for conversation in a time of polarisation?
The event centres on the photographic practice of Inuuteq Storch – whose work was featured in the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024 – and explores the artistic, political, and cultural conversations his images open up. Just to note: this is an event about the artist, not with him.
The panel of discussants:
• Louise Wolthers (Hasselblad Foundation)
• Kathrin Maurer (University of Southern Denmark)
• Svea Bräunert (University of Bonn)
• Gry Lind Merrild (Aarhus University)
will discuss Storch’s work in relation to polarisation, decolonisation, and global awareness – and reflect on how art can foster connection across geographical and cultural distances. Read more and register here: https://www.sdu.dk/da/updates/
24th April: 13:00–14:00 (GMT+2), Online
Conferences, collaborations, and publications in the US
As researchers in Arctic contexts, we are facing difficult choices about engagement with the United States. Should we continue collaborating to support colleagues, or take distance in response to the current political climate? Concerns around travel, safety, and unequal vulnerabilities complicate these decisions. At the same time, opting out is not equally possible—especially for early career researchers reliant on conferences and publications. Who can afford to disengage, and at what cost? What alternatives exist?
This online session invites a focused, open discussion on how to navigate these tensions together.
To sign up, or for further information, please contact Mette Schlütter (Ilisimatusarfik and Aarhus University): memosc@ph.au.dk
28th-29th April, Moesgaard Museum: 201
Young Scholar's Workshop: Where, whose, how and what kind of knowledge?
Organized by Emilie Jensen, PhD Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University
Funded by Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
Publications
Charlotte E. Christiansen, 2026, Creativity as messy interface: Fish and water tropes in writers’ descriptions of their practice, Language, Culture and Society https://www.jbe-platform.com/
Charlotte E,. Christensen, 2025, “this sunken land.” Literary writers mending and unsettling landscapes in Iceland, Anthropolology and Humanism https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.
Job Announcements
Ittoqqortoormiit: Internship/praktik in Ittoqqortoormiit August and September 2026: Are you interested in tourism in East Kalaallit Nunaat? Would you like first-hand- practical experience working with a local community in its endeavour to work with cruise-ship tourism? This could be part of an MA or PhD research project. The internship is unpaid. But travel and accommodation will provided. For further details contact Janne Flora: jakf@cas.au.dk
Call for Papers
Small States and Territories: Cold Greenland in the Hot Seat: High Stakes in the High North? To be published May 2027. Read the call BY CLICKING HERE
Études / Inuit / Studies: Food Security Challenges in the Arctic: Submission date October 2026. Read the call BY CLICKING HERE
Conferences
UArctic Congress, 26-29th May, Tórshavn: https://www.uarcticcongress.
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