2023 CONFERENCES (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)
October 23-26, 2023 | Oranjestad, Aruba
Turning 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
2019 CONFERENCES (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)
March 26-29, 2019 | Oranjestad, Aruba
Island 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)
The 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)
March 26-29, 2019 | St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
Mixed Methods Conference
University of the West Indies
April 29-May 3, 2019 | Gran Canaria and Tenerife
RETI 2019 Meetings and Conference
Universidad de La Laguna / Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
June 16-19, 2019 | Trondheim, Norway
Sustainable Island Geography – Geographies of Island Sustainability, at the 8th Nordic Geographers Meeting
September 10-18, 2019 | Svaneti & Tbilisi, Georgia
REMOTE: Rethinking Remoteness, Isolation, and Peripherality
Island Dynamics
September 24-October 2, 2019 | Svaneti & Tbilisi, Georgia
Conference on ‘Folk Belief’ and ‘The Supernatural in Literature and Film’
Island Dynamics
2018 CONFERENCES (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)
June 10-14, 2018 | Leeuwarden – Terschelling, The Netherlands | Islands of the World XVI: The Changing Future of Islands
Hosted by International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA), Waddenacademie, University of Groningen, KITLV, Leeuwarden Cultural Capital of Europe 2018 and Oerol-Sense of Place
September 26-29, 2018 | Zhoushan, China | Islands, Resources and Society: Sustainable Development under Globalization and Urbanization
Hosted by Island Dynamics
October 1-5, 2018 | Pongso no Tao, Taiwan | Indigeneous Communities, Indigenous Spaces:Tradition and Change in a Globalising World
Hosted by Island Dynamics
October 10-12, 2-18 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | CRRF Rural Conference: Health & Shared Prosperity
Hosted by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, Saskatchewan Economic Development Association, and the University of Saskatchewan
October 25-27, 2018 | St. John’s, NL, Canada | People, Place and Public Engagement
Hosted by the Office of Public Engagement, Memorial University of Newfoundland
November 23-28, 2018 | St. John’s, NL, Canada | Engaging Islands: RETI Symposium 2018
Hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland
November 30-December 3, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland | Nuuk, Greenland
Economics and Development in Microstates, Islands, and the Arctic
Island Dynamics and Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland’s Department of Economics and Business
2017 CONFERENCES (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)
January 21-25, 2018 | Longyearbyen, Svalbard | EXTREME: Rethinking the Limits to Community, Architecture, and Urbanism
Hosted by Island Dynamics
March 30-April 1 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York | Archipelagos and Aquapelagos – Conceptualizing Islands and Marine Spaces
Hosted by The Pratt Institute
April 16-20, 2018 | Honolulu, Hawai’i | 7th International Conference on Environmental Future: Humans and Island Environments
Hosted by the Foundation for Environmental Conservation, the East-West Center, the University of Hawai’i Mānoa, and the Newcastle University Institute for Sustainability
July 10-14, 2017 | Dundee, Scotland | Island Invasives Conference 2017
Hosted by University of Dundee
September 13-16, 2017 | Bo, Norway | Traditions and transformations in the sustainability of rural communities
Hosted by North Atlantic Forum (NAF) and Telemark University
Working symposium September 29-30, 2017 | Reykjavik, Iceland | RTD-13: Tackling Overtourism – Local Responses
Hosted by University of Iceland
October 24-27, 2017 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Mermaids, Maritime Folklore, and Modernity
Hosted by Island Dynamics
October 24-27, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira | Senses & Sensibilities, Design Beyond Borders & Rhizomes
Hosted by Unidade de Investigação em Design e Comunicação (UNIDCOM/IADE) and Madeira University
November 8-12, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira | Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos 2017
Hosted by Island Dynamics
November 8-12, 2017 | Funchal, Madeira | III Insula International Colloquium – Beyond Nature and Artifice
Hosted by CIERL-UMa – Centro de Investigação em Estudos Regionais e Locais (Research Centre for Regional and Local Studies), University of Madeira
November 14-15, 2017 | Haikou, Hainan Island, P.R. of China
1st International Conference on Island Economic Change and Development
Co-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
November 17-21, 2017 | Okinawa, Japan | Externalities: “Mainlands, Great Powers, and Other Islands
Hosted by Reseau d’excellence des territoires insulaires (RETI) / University of the Ryukyus
2016 CONFERENCES (clicking on links will take you to conference websites)
September 20-23, 2016 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Climate Change & Islands Symposium
Building Small Island Resilience to Global Climate Change: An International Symposium and Public Forum. Hosted by UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability & UPEI Climate Research Lab