Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research

https://miarctic.org

The “Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research – Monaco-UVSQ” (MIARC) is dedicated to the study of Professor Jean Malaurie's circumpolar work and research in the Arctic Humanities. Its activities are inspired by and valorize the Arctic collections of Jean Malaurie, France's most distinguished Arctic specialist, donated by him in 2021 to the Institute of Oceanography/Foundation Prince Albert I of Monaco and Jean Malaurie's extensive circumpolar scientific oeuvre and writings, as well as the egalitarian spirit of Terre Humaine, the prestigious book series of narrative ethnography and testimonies founded by Malaurie at Plon Publishers in 1955.

MIARC focuses on the history of representations of the circumpolar North in remembrance and as a continuation of Prince Albert I's major expeditions to the Far North, including the links between Arctic societies and animals in the cryosphere, in association with the Institute of Oceanography of Monaco.