Join the Department of Scandinavian Studies today as we co-host two talks as part of this year’s Global Insight program, which focuses on the Circumpolar Region.
4 pm on Thursday, Dec 1, 101 Beck Hall –
“Education Practices and Methods in the Arctic: Indigenous Peoples and Cultures in the Circumpolar Region” (Panel Discussion with Steve Culbertson, Public Relations Director for the North Slope Borough School District, Inupiak Community Liaison; Vanni Prichard, Chief Officer of Operations, North Slope Borough School District, Barrow, Alaska; Elizabeth J. Sandell, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Troy Storfjell, Associate Professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies, Pacific Lutheran University, and Guest Researcher at the University of Tromsø, Norway)
7 pm on Thursday, Dec 1, 101 Beck Hall
Troy Storfjell, Associate Professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies, Pacific Lutheran University, and Guest Researcher at the University of Tromsø, Norway: “The Thief and the Storyteller: Sámi Knowledge in the 21st Century”