ArcHum Research Seminars Autumn 2026
The ArcHum Research Seminar is a meeting place for Arctic humanities. The seminar aims to make visible the breadth and quality of the research taking place at UiT, and to give colleagues across departments, faculties and campuses a regular opportunity to meet.
The humanities at UiT are spread across many departments and campuses, and the research communities often have limited insight into each other’s work. The research seminar is intended as a meeting place. The aim is to build relationships from the bottom up, strengthen the interdisciplinary community, and make it easier to discover overlapping interests across disciplines.
Can't join in-person? No worries, we also have a livestream!
This semester we present:
ArcHum Research Seminar Series — Autumn 2026
22 September — Svein Anders Noer Lie (Environmental Philosophy)
Frihet og grenser i naturen
Time: 12:15–13:00
Location: Naturfagbygget, 1.103 Episenteret or livestream
16 October — Piers Vitebsky with Richard Fraser (EA:RTH – Ethnographic Action: Researching Transformations of Humans and Environment on a Disrupted Planet)
Reindeer, Wolves, Bears: Ecological and Spiritual Relations with Humans
Time: 12:15–13:00
Location: SVHUM E0101 Auditorium or livestream
30 October — Hanne Hammer Stien, Stephanie von Spreter, Elin Haugdal (Worlding Northern Arts – WONA)
Kunstbiennaler i nord – øvelser i beredskap
Time: 13:15–14:00
Location: SVHUM B1005 Auditorium or livestream
December (date tbc) — Camilla Brattland (SamForsk – Research on Sámi Research and on Representation of Sámi Cultural Heritage)
Mapping changes to traditional use of lands, waters and seascapes in Sápmi
Time: 12:15–13:00
Location: tbc — venue or livestream