Sven Haakanson
Sven Haakanson was born and raised in the village of Old Harbor on Kodiak Island, but a year in Russia as a UAF undergraduate helped set him on his life色视频下载檚 path.
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Haakanson went to Russia in 1991 while an English major at UAF. He taught in the city of Magadan on Russia色视频下载檚 far northeastern coast.
However, he色视频下载檇 already started studying anthropology at UAF. His Magadan experience sparked an interest in the Nenets people of the Yamal Peninsula in central Siberia. Aspects of their history became the subject of his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University in 2000.
Haakanson began work that year as director of the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak. In 2007, the MacArthur Foundation named him a fellow, an honor that at the time came with a five-year, $500,000 grant.
In 2013, Haakanson moved to Seattle to become an associate professor at the University of Washington Department of Anthropology. He色视频下载檚 also curator of Native American collections at the university's Burke Museum.
More online about Sven Haakanson:
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A profile in UAF色视频下载檚 Aurora magazine
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about a project he色视频下载檚 leading at the Burke Museum
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, class of 2007