Professor Steven Hooper, SRU director and Principal Investigator on two recent AHRC-funded research projects on Fijian art, and co-curator of the recent Sainsbury Centre exhibition Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, has been awarded the Order of Fiji by the President of Fiji for services to education, art and the promotion of Fijian culture. The Fiji High Commissioner in London, Mr Jitoko Tikolevu, acting on behalf of the President, conferred the Order of Fiji on Professor Hooper at a ceremony at the Fiji High Commission on 28 July 2017, which was followed by a reception.