Corgan Lectures in U. S. and Netherlands
Bringing his expertise on the complex political and environmental issues in the Arctic to both a domestic and international audience, Michael Corgan, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has spent his summer speaking before audiences in the U. S. and Europe.
On July 6-8, Corgan was an attendee of the 14th Annual Transatlantic Studies Association Conference at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelberg, the Netherlands. He chaired and spoke on two different panels at the event.
“The panels were on the topics of NATO and the Arctic,” Corgan said. “I was joined by colleagues Lassi Heininen of the University of Lapland, Alexander Sergunin of the University of St. Petersburg and Joel Plouffe of the University of Toronto.”
Established in 2002, the TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in political, economic, cultural, historical, environmental, literary, and IR/security studies. The conferences attract around 100 delegates each year, drawn mainly from North America (35%), the UK (35%), and the rest of from Europe (25%). The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, with which TSA is associated, is currently published by Routledge with four issues a year.
On Monday, June 22, Corgan was invited by the Falmouth Academy to speak in their Community Series at the Academy’s Morse Hall.
“The event was sponsored by the Woods Hole Foundation,” Corgan said. “I spoke on the topic of the ‘scramble’ for the Arctic.”
Corgan’s talk discussed global climate change, new discoveries of exploitable resources, and the voice of aboriginal peoples that has brought new attention to the Arctic.
Affiliated with Boston University since 1985, Corgan has also served as Chairman of the Department of Naval Science. He has participated in extensive government service in political and military planning (especially NATO). He also is a regularly appearing media analyst on security and political affairs for many Icelandic and Boston media outlets. Learn more about him here.