French cultural anthropologist, explorer, geographer, geomorphologist, and writer.
Quote Jean Malaurie: “Cultural diversity is a scientific reality which we must protect as much as possible, just like biodiversity. Otherwise, all of us in those megacities that keep on growing will become a people of ants, manipulated by words and images.”
MIARC actively participates in various projects at national, bilateral and international level.
Among those projects that are finished are for example: MADONNA : Mise en Valeur des collections universitaires, GREEN GREENLAND, POLARIS, ERIS and EDU-ARCTIC.
Those projects that are ongoing are: Cartography of Arctic Collections in France and Monaco & Moravians in Iceland – “Moravian vision of the Arctic”.
The University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is hosting the newly created UArctic Regional Centre for Continental Europe.
The UArctic Regional Centres were created to foster dialogue and engagement at the regional level. Liaison, networking and outreach activities are encouraged with local, national and international stakeholders.
7 July 2025
Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ welcomes Laura Njunnas as a new PhD student. Her dissertation project is dedicated to the importance of mother tongue education for well-being in Sámi communities.
3 July 2025
Jan Borm together with Daniel Chartier, Martina Lourdes Rojo and Leila Devia published a collective volume with multidisciplinary comparative articles on indigeneity in the Americas focusing especially on law and cultural representations.
27 June 2025
MIARC has organised an Erasmus+ BIP (Blended Intensive Programme): Knowledge from the Arctic in past and present - collecting and (co)-constructing cultural continuity and change in Versailles/ Paris, June 23-27, 2025.
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