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LATEST FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ISLAND STUDIES
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ISLAND LECTURE SERIES - MARCH RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE
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Learning from Financial Crisis: Towards Sustainable Island Futures for Iceland and Newfoundland & Labrador
For our March Island Lecture Series session, Prof. Mark Stoddart (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dr. Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir (Reykjavík Akademían; University of Iceland) discuss the financial crises of Iceland (2008–2009) and Newfoundland & Labrador (currently). What have these experiences had in common and what lessons can they teach us? Read more
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COVID-19 ISLAND INSIGHTS SERIES
How have islands responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what do their recovery plans hold for a sustainable future? Check out the latest installments in the COVID-19 Island Insights Series to learn more:
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For more about the COVID-19 Island Insights Series and to read all of the releases so far, go to islandstudies.com/island-insights-series.
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The Institute of Island Studies was invited to submit an article to The Parliamentarian, the Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth, for their recent issue, "Parliamentary democracy in the smallest Parliaments and Legislatures of the Commonwealth." This issue also includes other articles about islands, including one from our colleagues in Malta on "The importance of academic research in studying islands and small states."
→ Click here to read
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Do you have an island studies publication, upcoming event, new research, or other updates to share via our newsletter and/or social media channels? We would be delighted to share it with our global island studies network!
→ Submit details here: bit.ly/IIS-newsletter-submission
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ISLAND LECTURE SERIES – Celebrating Poetry Month:
Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers in conversation with Richard Lemm
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 7-8PM ADT (UTC-3)
The Island Lecture Series April session celebrates National Poetry Month and features two Island poets in conversation with a third. Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers will read from their new books, My Island’s the house I sleep in at night (Island Studies Press, 2021) and If, When (Gaspereau Press, 2021), in a conversation hosted by Richard Lemm. Topics range from the role of story, place, and history in their poetry to their own poetic practices. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience.
As always, this virtual event is free and everyone is welcome to attend. The event will be hosted on Zoom, and advance registration is required – click here for more info and to reserve your spot!
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5th International St Magnus Conference
Island Histories and Herstories
April 14–16, 2021
This three-day event will feature speakers from 10+ countries, and will explore the contribution of women and men in island communities from before the Viking age to the present, revealing the experiences of island life through research and storytelling.
Click here for more details and to register
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Island Feminisms Virtual Speaker Series:
Place, Justice, and Movement
April 16, 2021 | 1:00-2:00PM HST (UTC-10)
Click here to register
- Unearthing the Toxic Weeds of White Supremacy: Reflections of a Pinay Scholar Warrior of Aloha in Decolonizing Social Work and Health – Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad (Portland State University)
- Issues of Resistance, Place, and Subversion: The Prison Songs of Lili‘uokalani – Cynthia Morris (American Musicological Society [AMS], Society for Ethnomusicology [SEM])
Visit islandfeminisms.org for more details
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WEBINAR:
Ontologies and cognitive aspects of Islands and Seascape
April 27, 2021 | 2pm–3:30pm CEST (UTC+2)
Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Island and Seascape Research Cluster, Uppsala University - Campus Gotland.
Click here for more details
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
CEDEC/CRRF 2021 Conference
Creating Inclusive Economies: Building Bridges between Public-Private-Civil Society Sectors
September 30 – October 2, 2021
Abstracts due by April 19, 2021
Click here for full details
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8th Annual CELEBRATE ISLANDS: Let's Take Care of our Islands
May 18–23, 2021 · View flyer
Annual event promoting the small islands of the world, co-organized by PIM Initiative, SMILO, and the Conservatoire du littoral. For more details and to learn how you can take part, visit the PIM Initiative website and/or the CELEBRATE ISLANDS Facebook page.
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L.M. Montgomery Institute 15th Biennial International Conference:
L.M. Montgomery and Re-vision
June 22-26, 2022 | Proposals due August 15, 2021
Click here for full details
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SNEAK PEEK: COMING THIS SPRING!
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The Chemistry of Innovation: Regis Duffy and the Story of DCL
by Mo Duffy Cobb and Lori Mayne
How did a farm boy from Prince Edward Island become a successful businessman, mentor, and community philanthropist? In 1970, Regis Duffy — then Dean of Science at UPEI — started a small chemical reagent company to create summer jobs for his students. Diagnostic Chemicals and its offspring, BioVectra, soon grew into global competitors in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, employed hundreds of Islanders, and provided a model for entrepreneurship and economic development in Canada’s smallest province. The key to his success? As Regis once said, “Innovate or die; the alternative is not that appealing."
For more details and to pre-order your copy, go to islandstudiespress.com/the-chemistry-of-innovation
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ISP FAVOURITES: A TASTE OF ISLANDS
Looking for ways to scratch your travel itch from the comfort and safety of your own home? Anna and Godfrey Baldacchino's A Taste of Islands is just the ticket! Explore our world of islands with this collection of delicious recipes and historical-anthropological stories.
Available on the Island Studies Press website
A Taste of Islands also makes a great gift!
Co-author Godfrey Baldacchino recently gave a copy to Malta's Head of State George Vella.
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As always, we'd like to remind you that all of the Island Studies Press books that you read about in our newsletter are available for sale in bookstores, in select gift shops, and online — Click here to shop or browse.
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MAIS THESIS DEFENSE
Congratulations to Ian McIsaac for successfully defending his Master of Arts in Island Studies thesis entitled "Factors influencing change in the Prince Edward Island Lobster Fishery." Welcome to the MAIS Alumni, Ian! Read more here
The recording of Ian's defense is now available to stream on the Institute of Island Studies YouTube channel: bit.ly/MAIS-mcisaac
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MAIS STUDENT AWARD
Congratulations to MAIS student Joyce Ferguson (pictured here with Dr. Laurie Brinklow) for winning this year’s UPEI Faculty Association’s Master’s medal for her work on “Prince Edward Island and Renewable Energy: The Preconditions for a Sustainable Future.” Read more
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LATEST FROM OUR IIS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
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We are very happy to share a selection of the latest publications and presentations from our Institute of Island Studies Research Associates!
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Towards a Post-Brexit UK-Caribbean Relationship
Dr. Nand C. Bardouille — Click here to read
This article analyzes emerging post-Brexit UK-Caribbean relations, focusing on the recently concluded Tenth United Kingdom-Caribbean Ministerial Forum and the UK’s ‘Integrated Review 2021’: Global Britain in a competitive age.
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More from our Research Associates:
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RECENT VIRTUAL EVENT & WEBINAR RECORDINGS
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Rethinking Okinawan Indigeneity: Articulation and Activism
Dr. Megumi Chibana
Hosted by the Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia
Click here to watch
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Anthropocene Islands: A Critical Agenda for Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene
Prof. David Chandler & Dr. Jonathan Pugh
Hosted by One Resilient Earth
This talk explores how islands inspire radically new ways of thinking the Anthropocene beyond the modern framework: from resilience to patchworks, from correlation to storiation.
Click here to watch
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Rural Routes Podcast
S3E12: Along the Baccalieu Trail
RRP host Bojan Fürst talks to Dale Jarvis and Natalie Dignam about intangible cultural heritage along Baccalieu Trail in Newfoundland and how it can create tourism opportunities for the region. They also talk about community radio, Newfoundland ponies, traditional skills, and why we need to start paying attention to local knowledge.
Click here to listen
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MaudCast
S01E09: Jenny Litster and L.M. Montgomery’s Cultural Contexts
In this episode, host Dr. Brenton Dickieson chats with Jenny Litster, a cultural historian and LMM specialist, about L.M. Montgomery and her Scottish and Prince Edward Island roots. Click here to listen
S01E10: Rita Bode, Women Writers, and Editing L.M. Montgomery Scholarship
This episode features legendary Professor Rita Bode, a scholar of women writers, including L.M. Montgomery and American Women’s Regionalist Fiction.
Click here to listen
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Living Heritage Podcast
Ep. 201: Shetland History and Folklore with Dr. Andrew Jennings
Host Dale Jarvis is joined by IIS Research Associate Dr. Andrew Jennings (University of Highlands and Islands) to discuss the history and folklore of Shetland.
Click here to listen
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Dialogue with Drake & Daboo
This PEI-based podcast, hosted by Emma Drake and Sweta Daboo, is a progressive podcast on policy, politics and pop culture. There are new episodes weekly; click here to learn more and tune in.
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MALTA'S NEW THEMATIC AMBASSADORS
Congratulations to Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, who was recently appointed as Malta's Ambassador for Islands and Small States!
Read more
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Anthropocene Islands Virtual Reading Group
Starting April 29, 2021
As part of the Anthropocene Islands initiative, Dr. Kasia Mika and Dr. Jonathan Pugh will be leading a monthly virtual reading group. This group is open to all! The first sessions will be held on April 29, 2021. Click here for full details
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MAPPING A NEW ISLAND
Very exciting news: Today, April 1st, Ordnance Survey shared the first map of Hy-Breasal, a mysterious 'new' Scottish island that was lost to the sea centuries ago, but has recently risen out of the waves.
Click here to find out more about this island and the cartographer's process for this very special project. Interestingly, the Ghàidhlig name of the island's fortress, A' Ghiblean Amadan, translates as "April fool"!
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As always, this is by no means an exhaustive list. If there's something that you think we've missed, or if you have any forthcoming publications that we should be aware of, please let us know!
- Rising seas, immobilities, and translocality in small island states: case studies from Fiji and Tuvalu (C. McMichael, C. Farbotko, A. Piggott-McKellar, T. Powell, & M. Kitara; Population and Environment)
- Innovation, market failures and policy implications of KIBS firms: The case of Trinidad and Tobago's oil and gas sector (P. Mohan, E. Strobl, P. Watson; Energy Policy)
- Inter‐island relations in Oceania's archipelagos: Identity and everyday politics (G. Prinsen, A. Mawyer, M. Cholymay, A. Lotti, E. Manuireva, & H. Muir; Asia Pacific Viewpoint)
- Modelling Renewable Energy Islands (H. Marczinkowski; PhD Thesis, Aalborg University. Email author to request a copy).
- Arctic Social and Environmental Responsiblity (I. Kelman; 'Disaster by Choice' Blog, Psychology Today)
- The city‐island‐state, wounding cascade and multi‐level vulnerability explored through the lens of Malta (G. Main, J. Schembri, J. Speake, R. Gauci, & D. Chester; Area)
- Post/Colonial Geography, Post/Cold War Complication: Okinawa, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as a Liminal Island Chain (C.-M. Wang; Geopolitics)
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ISLAND STUDIES JOURNAL - Ahead of print
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Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas
Edited by L. Lundmark, D. B. Carson, & M. Eimermann.
This volume explores how changing mobility and migration is affecting the social, economic, cultural, and environmental characteristics of sparsely populated areas of northern Sweden (and places like it), examining who lives in, works in, and visits the north; how and why this has changed over time; and what those changes mean for how the north might develop in the future. Ciick here to learn more
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ICES Journal of Marine Science Themed Set: "Building the knowledge base to support blue growth in small island developing states (SIDS)"
Submission deadline: June 30, 2021
The objective of this themed set is to bring together contributions that provide strong and novel scientific knowledge in support of sustainability in maritime
economies, and/or enhance understanding of species, habitats, and natural
assets, in the world’s SIDS.
Click here for full details and submission guidelines
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ARQUIPELAGO - Life and Marine Sciences
Open Call: Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences is a free, open access journal based at the Universidade Dos Açores which publishes original scientific articles, short communications, and reviews on the terrestrial and marine environment of Atlantic oceanic islands and seamounts.
More details available here and at okeanos.uac.pt/arquipelago
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ONGOING CALLS
- Sustainability Special Issue: ‘Sustainable Island Tourism’
Submissions due May 31, 2021. More details and submission guidelines
- Shima Special Issue: 'Aquatic Monstrosities'
Abstracts due June 18, 2021. More details and submission guidelines
- Small States and Territories Special Section – Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies: What Future in ‘Global Britain’?
Submissions due October 31, 2021. More details and submission guidelines
- The Round Table, The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Special Issue: Falklands Islands – 40 Years after the War
Contributions due November 1, 2021. More details and submission guidelines
- Island Studies Journal Special Section: Why is there no non-Western island studies theory?
Submissions due November 30, 2021. More details and submission guidelines
- Call for book proposals: 'Ocean and Island Studies' Book Series (Routledge)
Co-Editors: May Joseph, Adam Grydehøj, Philip Hayward, Sudipta Sen, and Lisa Bloom. Proposals for monographs and short-form titles are welcome. More details here
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APPLICATIONS OPEN - MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES
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Applications for our interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) Program are open for September 2021 and January 2022 intakes. This program accepts students from all disciplinary backgrounds - all that we ask is that you have a passion for islands.
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In addition to the long-running Thesis program, there are now three course/work-study stream options: Island Tourism, Sustainable Island Communities, and International Relations & Island Public Policy.
For more information about the program, please visit the Master of Arts in Island Studies program page or email mais@upei.ca.
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