Research focus: Independent study of contraceptive practices in Greenland from 1960 to 1991 Read more
Guest student at Ilisimatusarfik: Here you can read information about how to become a guest student at Ilisimatusarfik
What's happening at Ilisimatusarfik?
News|21. November 2023
Social Summit II strengthens communities and international relations
Over 40 presentations on the welfare society attracted 150 participants to Social Summit II last week
Press release
News|13. November 2023
Press release: Book launch
We are proud to announce the release of Meeqqat nipaat namminerlu Kalaallit Nunaminnik assilisaat / Børns stemmer og billeder af deres Grønland / Children's voices and pictures of their Greenland
Press release
News|10. November 2023
Guest students offered delicious tasting samples
On 10 November 2023, our international guest students offered tasting samples from their home countries
Kaffemik
News|08. November 2023
Serious lack of qualified Greenlandic language teachers - a comment from Ilisimatusarfik
At the Institute of Culture, Language & History, we educate the graduates in Language, Literature & Media that are in such short supply - we share the concern about the situation, which is also a major challenge for us, and one that we are trying to help solve
Press release
News|07. November 2023
Allocation of funds from the Strategic Research & Development Pool
Ilisimatusarfik's management has allocated funds from the Strategic Research & Development Pool (1% pool) for 2024
Strategic Research & Development Pool
News|07. November 2023
Greenlandic Cultural and Social Research 2022-23 has been released
Greenlandic Cultural and Social Research is Ilisimatusarfik's scientific journal - it contains peer-reviewed articles in Danish and English about Greenland from research fields represented at Ilisimatusarfik
Free scientific journal
Download
News|03. November 2023
Ileqqussaasut - Development of ethical guidelines for research in Greenland
Ilisimatusarfik and Greenland Research Council invite citizens in Nuuk and Sisimiut to submit their recommendations for the development of ethical guidelines for research in Greenland
Press release
News|23. October 2023
Ilisimatusarfik PhD student wins communication contest
12 PhD and master students from Canada, the Nordics and the Arctic competed at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023
Communication contest
News|23. October 2023
Eulogy
At Ilisimatusarfik, we commemorate Jakob Janussen, who recently passed away
Eulogy
Jakob Janussen
News|23. October 2023
12 new school managers
Over the years, school managers have had the opportunity to take a school management program based on their own interests and needs
Graduation
News|20. October 2023
New podcast with professor Peter Berliner
The podcast outlines some of the tensions at play in Narsaq and Greenland more generally
Podcast
Peter Berliner
News|20. October 2023
Cooperation agreement with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
During a formal ceremony on 19 October 2023, rector Gitte Adler Reimer signed an extension of our cooperation agreement with UiT
Cooperation agreement
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
News|16. October 2023
Nation building in the Greenlandic classroom
Steen Beck has published an online publication entitled "Nation building in the Greenlandic classroom - a historical and current perspective on education and teaching"
Nation building in the Greenlandic classroom
News|29. September 2023
Historical inquiry into the relationship between Greenland and Denmark
With the joint declaration of 9 June 2022, Naalakkersuisut and the Danish government decided to initiate a historical inquiry into the relationship between Greenland and Denmark in the period after the Second World War up until today
Historical inquiry
News|29. September 2023
Annual celebration: 3 new honorary doctorates & 2 new PhD degrees
On Friday 29 September, we had our traditional annual celebration, where Ilisimatusarfik was celebrated
Annual celebration
3 new honorary doctorates
2 new PhD degrees
Future events
23
May
Event | 23. - 24. May 2024
Language ideologies and inequality with a perspective on the Arctic
The contemporary sociolinguistic situation in the Arctic calls for an engagement with language ideologies and inequality, examining the diverse and unpredictable ways in which language form part of everyday inequalities - this conference invites papers examining and discussing issues within this context
Conference
Social media
Search at Ilisimatusarfik