College of Liberal Arts
feat. Neil Shea
Drawing on his work across the Arctic, from Alaska through Canada, Greenland, and Norway, Neil will discuss how stories about the north are told to “southern” audiences and why such stories are often considered distant or exotic by those living at lower latitudes. In this talk, he'll share insights on storytelling that connects lives, landscapes, and lessons across borders.
Free and open to all, this program can be attended on campus or streamed live via Zoom.
This lecture is made possible by an endowment from the late Helen Snedden, in honor of her husband, former vlog Daily News-Miner publisher C.W. Snedden.
About Neil Shea
Neil Shea is the author of Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic. For over 20 years he’s covered conflict, climate, and cultural transformation around the world for National Geographic, and he’s also a contributing editor with the Virginia Quarterly Review and The American Scholar. Neil also writes for film, television, and podcasts. His investigative podcast series, Unfinished: Deep South, about the life, legacy, and unsolved lynching of a wealthy Black farmer at the dawn of the Civil Rights era, was nominated for Peabody Award in 2020.
