This event is in the past.It took place on March 10, 2026 at Palmer Commons.


Burns Park, Ann Arbor
🎓Dr. Gabriella Gricius, Arctic Institute Senior Fellow
🅿️Parking available but pricey
♿Contact [email protected] for accessibility needs
Greenland isn't just ice anymore, it's where superpowers collide. This lecture unpacks how military bases, rare earth mining, Indigenous sovereignty, and climate change have turned the Arctic into the world's most unlikely geopolitical hotspot.
Geopolitics & Arctic policy
Free academic lecture
Indigenous sovereignty focus
Climate-security intersection


Burns Park, Ann Arbor
🎓Dr. Gabriella Gricius, Arctic Institute Senior Fellow
🅿️Parking available but pricey
♿Contact [email protected] for accessibility needs
Greenland isn't just ice anymore, it's where superpowers collide. This lecture unpacks how military bases, rare earth mining, Indigenous sovereignty, and climate change have turned the Arctic into the world's most unlikely geopolitical hotspot.
Geopolitics & Arctic policy
Free academic lecture
Indigenous sovereignty focus
Climate-security intersection