Glaciers, snowfields, and avalanches have shaped mountain worlds not only as natural forces, but also as objects of science, sources of water and energy, sites of danger and desire, symbols of purity and loss, and archives of environmental change. Mountain ice has long stood at the intersection of knowledge, imagination, labour, and power.
| When? | 11.05.2026 09:00 - 12.05.2026 18:00 |
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| Where? | PER 22 E040 Bd de Pérolles 90, 1700 Fribourg |
| speaker | Mark Carey (University of Oregon)
Jean Chamel (University of Lausanne) Georgina Drew (Adelaide University) Mine Islar (University of Copenhagen) Lucas Müller (University of Geneva) Tatiana Saburova (Indiana University Bloomington) Arsalan Ihsan (Rice University) Albert van Wijngaarden (Scott Polar Institute) Jason Chan (Harvard University) Benjamin Buchanon (Documentary film and discussion) Lilian Kroth (University of Fribourg) Tom Simpson (University of Warwick) Natália Melo and Bergsveinn Þórsson (University of Évora & Bifröst University) Murat Yolun & M. Nuri Tunç (Adıyaman University) Reynaldo de los Reyes Patiño (University of Geneva) Sofia Gavrilova (Leibniz Institut) Dani Inkpen (Mount Allison University) Anna-Maria Walter (Technical University of Munich) Matteo Stampino (University of Bergamo) Saba Pirzadeh (Lahore University of Management Sciences) Marzia Varutti (University of Geneva) |
| Contact | Department of Geosciences Sarah Wiedmer sarah.wiedmer@unifr.ch Chemin du Musée 4 1700 Fribourg 026 300 92 46 |
| Registration | "Registration online streaming" If you have any questions, please contact: sarah.wiedmer@unifr.ch |
| More on | Website |
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