Seventh International Conference  “Polar Readings – 2019”
 
Museum and Exhibition Centre for Technical and Technological Development of the Arctic
(Arctic Museum and Exhibition Centre) 
Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg – "Icebreaker Krassin"
 
Seventh International Conference 
“Polar Readings – 2019”
State and Public
Organisations in the Management of the Arctic: 
Past, Present, Future
29–30 April 2019
 
Newsletter N°2 
 
 
 
St. Petersburg – 2018 
“Polar Readings – 2019” will focus on the history of and prospects for cooperation between state and public organisations in the management of the Arctic. The 2019 conference will turn to the rich historical experience of our country and will consider the experience of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route (Glavsevmorput), the various Arctic committees, the state Committee and other organizations involved in Arctic management.
Historians, archives staff, museums, libraries, undergraduate and graduate students of various educational institutions, restorers, archaeologists and collectors are all invited to participate in the conference. 
 
The conference will be held in St. Petersburg at 29–30 April 2019 on board of the Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg – "Icebreaker Krassin”.
“Polar Readings – 2019” will be held on the eve of the Icebreaker Festival on the River Neva*.
 
The conference will among others focus on the following themes: 
 
- Activities of the various federal (administrative and scientific) institutions, committees, and commissions on the Arctic and the North from the 17th century to the middle of the 20th century;
- History and experience of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route: its territorial management and various subdivisions (1932–1964);
- Experience of international organisations in the management of scientific research and development of the Arctic;
- Activities of the Commissions on Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON);
- Historical experience of interaction between state and public organisations in Arctic governance;
- Prospects for cooperation between state and public organisations in the management of the Arctic on the basis of historical experience.
 
All the presentations will be published in the “Polar Readings’’ Conference yearly publication.
The deadline for submitting applications and abstracts (up to 500 words) is 1st December 2018. In your application, please include the title of your presentation, your coordinates (affiliations, position, academic degree, phone, fax and e-mail). Accepted abstracts will be published on "Polar Readings" website (http://polarconf.ru). Once your abstract and presentation have been accepted, the deadline for submitting your article is 1st June 2019.
 
Requirements for the texts of articles: on "Polar Readings" website http://polarconf.ru
 
The organising committee reserves the right to select applications for participation, as well as articles for publication.
 
Contacts: 
Pavel Anatolevich Filin: science@krassin.ru +7-911-915-96-90; Margarita Aleksandrovna Emelina mritaemelina@gmail.com +7-911-133-27-91; Mikail Avinirovich Savinov mikjalka@mail.ru +7-921-442-46-41. Common mail: arcticmusem@mail.ru Website http://polarconf.ru
 
*Due to the fact that the Polar readings are held in the framework of the festival of icebreakers on the Neva river in late April-early may, the dates of the conference can be adjusted