Mandy Rowsell

We are pleased to welcome delegates from around the world to the International Small Islands Studies Association 2020 Conference: "Sharing Lessions, Sharing Stories," happening from June 22-26, 2020, at Memorial University's Signal Hill Campus in St. John's, NL, Canada.

We are currently accepting abstracts.

The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2019. Abstracts should be around 150 words in length.

To submit your abstract, click here.

We invite submissions on the following themes:

• Sharing stories about the arts and culture (literature, music, visual arts, theatre) of islands, and Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH); 
• Sharing lessons of island depopulation, repopulation and gentrification;
• Sharing stories of natural history on islands;
• Sharing lessons of climate change and governance on islands; 
• Sharing lessons of connections lost and gained. Islands are dependent upon connections with the outside;
• Sharing stories of Indigeneity and resilience.
• Other island-themed papers, presentations, and panels are also welcome as they pertain to the discipline of Island Studies, especially those that engage with an “island imagination.

More information on these themes and other parts of the conference can be found on our website.

For more information, contact Mandy at mandy.rowsell[at]mun.ca