How is UAA providing a forum for international discourse?
This week UAA hosts the International Society for Shamanistic Research’s (ISSR) 9th biennial congress at the UAA Commons. This is the first meeting in North American of ISSR which includes participants from around the world including Japan, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Finland, Germany, Italy, Greece, and Sweden. ISSR provides a forum for shamanistic research from interrelated cultural, medical, linguistic, and archaeological perspectives. Native Alaskans as well as UAA are participating in the conference, which will also feature interaction with the ongoing cultural, educational, and research activities of the Alaska Native Heritage Center.
