Public Lecture on Local and Global Heritage in Island Cultures, June 15
The Master of Arts Programme in Island Studies (MAIS) and the Institute of Island Studies (IIS), both at UPEI, are pleased to host a public lecture on the theme of Local and Global Heritage in Island Cultures. The event will be held in the Faculty Lounge, ground floor, Main Building, UPEI on Wednesday June 15, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
The presentation will be led by Dr Philip Hayward, Chair of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Australia. The session will be introduced by well-known Island Folklorist John Cousins.
Dr Hayward MA, PhD is also the coordinator of the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI), an international network of scholars interested in the study and celebration of small island cultures, and which also manages an on-line reference resource on island cultures (www.sicri.org). Laurie Brinklow, a graduate student in the MAIS programme at UPEI, attended the inaugural SICRI conference held in Kagoshima, Japan, last February.
Dr Hayward has also authored or edited various books and papers exploring music, social history and cultural identity in islands, with a particular reference to Japan and the South Pacific.
The June 15 event is free of charge, and light refreshments will be provided after the lecture, courtesy of the Dean of Arts. For more information, please contact Laura Lee Howard at 566-0377 or lhoward@upei.ca
