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2025 CONFERENCES<\/strong> (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)<\/p>\n

June 16-20, 2025 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island<\/a>
\nTurning the Tide: Island Imaginaries and Interdisciplinaries in Climate Change. The 3rd International Conference on Small Island States (SIS) and Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs). Supported by the UNESCO Co-Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability, the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, Sophia University (Tokyo) and The University of Aruba<\/p>\n

2023 CONFERENCES<\/strong> (clicking on links will take you to conference websites<\/em>)<\/p>\n

October 23-26, 2023 | Oranjestad, Aruba<\/a>
\nTurning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change, and Islandness. The 2nd International Conference on Small Island States (SIS) and Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs). Supported by the UNESCO Co-Chairs in Island Studies and Sustainability, the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island and The University of Aruba<\/p>\n

2019 CONFERENCES<\/strong> (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)<\/em><\/p>\n

March 26-29, 2019 | Oranjestad, Aruba<\/a>
\nIsland States\/Island Territories: Sharing Stories of Island Life, Governance and Global Engagement. The 1st International Conference on Small Island States (SIS) and Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs)
\nThe UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at UPEI, The University of Aruba, and The Aruba Centre of Excellence (COE) for the Sustainability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)<\/p>\n

March 26-29, 2019 | St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago<\/a>
\nMixed Methods Conference
\nUniversity of the West Indies<\/p>\n

April 29-May 3, 2019 | Gran Canaria and Tenerife\u00a0<\/a>
\nRETI 2019 Meetings and Conference
\nUniversidad de La Laguna \/ Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria<\/p>\n

June 16-19, 2019 | Trondheim, Norway<\/a>
\nSustainable Island Geography\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Geographies of Island Sustainability, at the 8th Nordic Geographers Meeting<\/p>\n

September 10-18, 2019 | Svaneti & Tbilisi, Georgia<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\nREMOTE:\u00a0Rethinking Remoteness, Isolation, and Peripherality
\nIsland Dynamics<\/p>\n

September 24-October 2, 2019 | <\/span><\/span>Svaneti & Tbilisi, Georgia<\/a>
\nConference on\u00a0\u2018Folk Belief\u2019 and \u2018The Supernatural\u00a0in Literature and Film\u2019
\nIsland Dynamics<\/span><\/p>\n

2018 CONFERENCES<\/strong>\u00a0(clicking on links will take you to conference websites)<\/em><\/p>\n

June 10-14, 2018 | Leeuwarden \u2013 Terschelling, The Netherlands | Islands of the World XVI: The Changing Future of Islands
\n<\/a>Hosted by International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA),\u00a0Waddenacademie, University of Groningen, KITLV, Leeuwarden Cultural Capital of Europe 2018 and Oerol-Sense of Place<\/p>\n

September 26-29, 2018 | Zhoushan, China | Islands, Resources and Society: Sustainable Development under Globalization and Urbanization<\/a>
\nHosted by Island Dynamics<\/p>\n

October 1-5, 2018 | Pongso no Tao, Taiwan | Indigeneous Communities, Indigenous Spaces:Tradition and Change in a Globalising World
\n<\/a>Hosted by Island Dynamics<\/p>\n

October 10-12, 2-18 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | CRRF Rural Conference: Health & Shared Prosperity<\/a>
\nHosted by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, Saskatchewan Economic Development Association, and the University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n

October 25-27, 2018 | St. John’s, NL, Canada | People, Place and Public Engagement<\/a>
\nHosted by the Office of Public Engagement, Memorial University of Newfoundland<\/p>\n

November 23-28, 2018 | St. John’s, NL, Canada | Engaging Islands: RETI Symposium 2018<\/a>
\nHosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland<\/p>\n

November 30-December 3, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland |\u00a0\u00a0Nuuk, Greenland\u00a0<\/a>
\nEconomics and Development in\u00a0Microstates, Islands, and the Arctic
\nIsland Dynamics and Ilisimatusarfik\/University of Greenland\u2019s Department of Economics and Business<\/span><\/p>\n

2017 CONFERENCES<\/strong> (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)<\/em><\/p>\n

January 21-25, 2018 | Longyearbyen, Svalbard |\u00a0EXTREME: Rethinking the Limits to Community, Architecture, and Urbanism<\/a>
\nHosted by Island Dynamics<\/p>\n

March 30-April 1 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York | Archipelagos and Aquapelagos – Conceptualizing Islands and Marine Spaces\u00a0<\/a>
\nHosted by The Pratt Institute<\/p>\n

April 16-20, 2018 | Honolulu, Hawai’i | \u00a07th International Conference on Environmental Future:\u00a0Humans and Island Environments<\/a>
\nHosted by the Foundation for Environmental Conservation, the East-West Center, the University of Hawai\u2019i M\u0101noa, and the Newcastle University Institute for Sustainability<\/p>\n

July 10-14, 2017 | Dundee, Scotland | Island Invasives Conference 2017<\/a>
\nHosted by University of Dundee<\/p>\n

September 13-16, 2017 | Bo, Norway |\u00a0Traditions and transformations in the sustainability of rural communities<\/a>
\nHosted by North Atlantic Forum (NAF) and Telemark University<\/p>\n

Working symposium September 29-30, 2017 | Reykjavik, Iceland | RTD-13: Tackling Overtourism – Local Responses<\/a>
\nHosted by University of Iceland<\/p>\n

October 24-27, 2017 | Copenhagen, Denmark |\u00a0Mermaids, Maritime Folklore, and Modernity<\/a>
\nHosted by Island Dynamics<\/p>\n

October 24-27, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira | Senses & Sensibilities, Design Beyond Borders & Rhizomes<\/a>
\nHosted by Unidade de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Design e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o (UNIDCOM\/IADE) and Madeira University<\/p>\n

November 8-12, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira | Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos 2017\u00a0<\/a>
\nHosted by Island Dynamics<\/p>\n

November 8-12, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira |\u00a0III Insula International Colloquium – Beyond Nature and Artifice
\n<\/a>Hosted by\u00a0CIERL-UMa \u2013 Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Estudos Regionais e Locais (Research Centre for Regional and Local Studies), University of Madeira<\/p>\n

November 14-15, 2017 | Haikou, Hainan Island, P.R. of China<\/a>
\n1st International Conference on Island Economic Change and Development
\nCo-organized by the Hainan foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office; Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island; University of Malta; UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability<\/p>\n

November 17-21, 2017 | Okinawa, Japan | Externalities: “Mainlands, Great Powers, and Other Islands<\/a>
\nHosted by Reseau d’excellence des territoires insulaires (RETI) \/ University of the Ryukyus<\/p>\n

2016 CONFERENCES<\/strong> (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)<\/em><\/p>\n

September 20-23, 2016 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island\u00a0| Climate Change & Islands Symposium\u00a0<\/a>
\nBuilding Small Island Resilience to Global Climate Change: An International Symposium and Public Forum.\u00a0 Hosted by UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability & UPEI Climate Research Lab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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