Islands of the World XX : https://www.2026isisa.kr
Jaeundo, Shinan County, South Korea - July 7 - 11, 2026
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Islands of the World XIX
Lombok Island, Indonesia - 25-29 June 2024
https://ccmrsconference.ipb.ac.id/isisa-iwcix2024/
Conference Theme details here.
ISISA General Meeting 2024. All documents here
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Islands of the World XVIII: Islands: Nature and Culture
Host: University of Zadar, Croatia - 13-17 June 2022.
Conference Web Site: - https://conference.unizd.hr/isisaislands/
Book of Abstracts and Conference Poster are available.
ISISA General Meeting (held on Friday, 17th June). A New Executive was elected. All documents are here.
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Islands of the World XVII: Sharing Lessons, Sharing Stories
(Virtual) Host: Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada: June 17-21, 2021
https://www.mun.ca/wearehere/isisa.php
Recording of Opening Session (with Rob Greenwood, Godfrey Baldacchino, novelist Michael Crummey and moderator Dr Bojan Furst): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPt_6SimLOU
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The first ISISA Global Island Studies Webinar (GISW) ran non-stop on Wednesday June 24, 2020 for 31 hours.
ISISA thanks the Harris Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada, for providing the IT infrastructure and support to make this webinar possible. Programme of Event (With Multiple Time Zones as reference) is available here. Book of Abstracts for all 62 presentations is available here (as pdf). There were 220 unique viewers during GISW-1.
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Islands of the World XV: Small Island Communities: Models for Global Survival
Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia
2 – 7 July 2017
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Islands of the World XIV: (with RETI: Excellence Network of Island Universities)
Niss(i)ology and Utopia: Back to the Roots of Island Studies
New ISISA Executive Committee (2026-2030) Elected
The new Executive Committee of the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA) was elected at the general meeting held at the Islands of the World conference in Jaeundo, Shinan County, South Korea, on 9 July 2026. The last election to the Executive Committee had been held in Zadar, Croatia, in June 2022. (The election was run by a Nominating Committee consisting of Gerard Persoon and Genève Phillip-Durham.)
The Executive Committee is ISISA’s governing body, responsible for administering ISISA as a membership association, planning Islands of the World conferences, and helping to guide the development of island studies as a research field. It consists of four office bearers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary) as well as three to five Ordinary Members.
Adam Grydehøj has been elected President of ISISA (2026-2030). He is joined on the new Executive Committee by Vice President Sarah Nimführ; Secretary Arup K. Chatterjee and Treasurer Bobby Macaulay. The 5 Ordinary Members elected are: Ayano Ginoza, Ben Biedermann, Sissal Tókadóttir Dahl, Fery Kurniawan and Ping Su; along with Coopted Members Jae-Eun Kim and Renske Pin.
The new ISISA President thanks Outgoing President Dr Laurie Brinklow for her tremendous services to island studies over the years, as well as to the rest of the outgoing Executive.
Dr Grydehøj declares: "ISISA is already a wonderful organisation. As President, I will seek to make it even more inclusive, responsive, and active."
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ISISA is a harassment-free zone, offering a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we respect each other, value diverse opinions, and speak and behave with decorum. If you should encounter any issues, please contact the President of ISISA, at which time your concerns will be treated in confidence and with the utmost care.
International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA), Registered Charity in Scotland: SC053127
SMILO Report on Island Networks and Organisations available here.
COVID-19 Island Insights Series led by the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance and the University of Prince Edward Island's Institute of Island Studies in collaboration with Island Innovation: here
Next ISISA: Curacao, 6-11 June 2027
Bids to host 'Islands of the World' Conferences are currently CLOSED.
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