Latest Island Studies Journal Available Online
Island Studies Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2006 is now available online. This journal issue packs 100 pages of information, consisting of three academic articles, a review essay, and an extensive book reviews section. Article and review essay contributors are included from Tasmania, Finland, Fiji, and Canada. One essay of particular interest to PEI readers relates to strategies for effective 'cold water' island tourism.
"UPEI has an obvious international advantage in spearheading the study of islands on their own terms," says Dr Godfrey Baldacchino, Canada Research Chair (Island Studies) at UPEI and the Executive Editor of the Journal. "The Journal continues to position us as a world centre for the critical study of island affairs. The work of various academics the world over who submit and review manuscripts and who pen book reviews is testimony that the journal has widespread credibility and recognition." The island studies website, where the journal is located, received over half a million hits in its first year of operation.
Island Studies Journal is the only regular scholarly journal published by UPEI's Faculty of Arts. It is peer reviewed, electronic, and freely downloadable from www.islandstudies.ca/journal.
