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Steven Hooper receives award at Fiji High Commission

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.


Professor Steven Hooper and Fiji High Commission staff members at the Order of Fiji award ceremony in London, 28 July 2017
 

Seated musician. Central America, Mexico, Campeche, Jaina (?): Maya. Late Classic period (AD 600-900). h. 13.7 cm. Acquired 1976. Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection. UEA 650