Symposium: Festival Culture Online Symposium 2026 (07.06.2026, online)

Festival Culture Online Symposium 2026

Date: Sunday 7th June, 2026
Start Time: 10:00 AM (BST, UK)

Registration is required for all attendees and presenters.

Symposium Page: https://www.festivalculture.co.uk/isfc2026.

Symposium Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/ejjzdmbx.

ISFC 2026 Programme 

(British Summer Time, UK Time)

10:00

Welcome
Chair: FCRE

Session One

Guest Speaker

Chair: Dr Adeola Dewis

10:05 - 10:25

Dr Susan Beth Rottmann

Urban Atmosphere, Place Rebranding, and Tension Management

Q&A (10 mins)

Guest Speaker

10:35 - 11:55

Awaiting Confirmation

Adopt, Adapt, Abandon

Q&A (10 mins)

11:55 - 12:00

Break

(5 mins)

Session Two

12:00 - 1:00

Chair: Prof Donnie Ibn Malik Ali McClendon
Submitted Papers

Food, Culture, Identity and Heritage

(12:00 - 2:40)

Ankita Bhatkhande

Dr Fotis Begklis

Q&A (10 mins)​

12:40 - 1:00

Guest Speaker

Prof Donnie Ibn Malik Ali McClendon

Q&A (5 mins)

1:00 - 1:05

Break

(5 mins)

Session Three

1:05 - 3:00

Chair: Dr Jo Buchanan

Submitted Papers

Festivals and Performances

(1:05 - 2:40)

Fatma Edemen

James Heazlewood-Dale

Carlos Rodríguez

Q&A (10 mins)

2:40pm UK (9:40am TT) -

3:00pm UK (10:00am TT)

Guest Speaker

Rubadiri Victor Pantheon

PANTHEON: The Exhibition Series on the Trinidad & Tobago King & Queen of Carnival Costume Tradition

Q&A (5 mins)

3:00 - 3:05

Break

(5 mins)

Session Four:

Carnival’s Future: Adopt, Adapt, Abandon

3:05 (10:05 TT) - 4:10 (11:10 TT)

Chair: Rhonda Allen,

Guest Panelists:

Symone Williams (UK)

Amos Armstrong (TT)

Joshua Anthony (TT)

4:10 - 4:25

Open Forum Discussion

4:30
Closing Remarks

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Best wishes,

FCRE Network & Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis

(free online educational resource).

Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis volume 4 is out now!

JFCIA 
ISSN 2752-633X (Print)
ISSN 2752-6348 (Online)

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