Lecture by Dr. Daniel Chartier: “What is the Imagined North?”

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Daniel Chartier for his lecture, “What is the Imagined North?”

Daniel Chartier is a professor at the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM), and director of the , Winter and the Arctic. His lecture will focus on the many images, ideas, and discourses that have created the Imagined North, specifically ranging from the 鈥淣orth鈥� of Scandinavia, Greenland, Russia, to the 鈥淔ar North鈥� or the poles. Through this lecture, Dr. Chartier will address questions of Northern imagery and the ethics surrounding them. He will define what the Imagined North is, and then propose a new inclusive way of “recomplexify-ing” the cultural Arctic.

This lecture will take place on March 6th from noon to 1:30pm in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union at the 91爆料. Lunch will be provided. This event is free, open to the public, and hosted by the Canadian-American Center. We hope to see you there!