The North Theme Postgraduate Showcase

This will be followed by a question and answer session.

Finishing up with a broader discussion about the Theme overall.

Everyone will be given the opportunity to make suggestions for its future development.

Programme

2 pm Welcome. 

2.10-2.20 The Northern Temperament: Investigating the Communication of Emotions in Northern Cultures Programme Members:

• Sophie Dietrich: Beauty of Darkness – Appreciation of Night-time and the Dark Seasons in the North.
• Gemma Matthews: Expression of emotion in the north.  

2.20-2.35 Questions and discussion.

2.35-2.45 Pathways to Power: The Rise of the Early Medieval Kingdoms of the North Programme Members:

• Laura McHardie:Ecology and Landscapes of Early Medieval Centres of Power.
• Candice Hatherley:New Fieldwork Approaches to the Emergence of Early Medieval Kingdoms in Northern Scotland.

2.45-3 Questions and discussion.

3-3.15 Break.

3.15-3.25 Fragility, Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (FAR) Programme Members:

• Lukasz Mikolajczy: Geoarchaeology as an aid for understanding human activity in the changing environment of coastal zones.
• Anni Mäkelä: Diversity and function of Arctic benthic ecosystems and their resilience to climate change

3.25-3.40 Questions and discussion.

3.40-3.45 Northern Colonialism: Historical Connections, Contemporary Lives Programme Members:

• Jacquelyn Graham: Looking to the Past to Shape the Future: Yup’ik Art and Archaeology.
• Alexander Oehler: Soiot Sentients: A Multispecial Ethnography from the Southern North.

3.45-3.50 Questions and discussion.

3.50-4 Final discussion and closing words.

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