Call for papers/Topics

Topics of interest for submission include any topics related to:

1. Independent Core Disciplines

These represent the foundational pillars of each distinct field before they intersect with one another.

Sociology: Social stratification, institutional structures, deviance, socialization, and collective behavior.
Anthropology: Cultural anthropology, ethnography, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and human evolution.
Political Science: Comparative politics, international relations, political theory, public policy, and electoral systems.
Psychology: Cognitive processes, developmental psychology, abnormal psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
Human Geography: Demographics, urbanization, spatial analysis, and cultural landscapes.

History: Ancient, medieval, and modern world histories, historiography, and archival research.
Philosophy: Epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and formal logic.
Literature: Literary theory, textual criticism, poetry, prose, and comparative literature.
Linguistics: Phonetics, syntax, semantics, morphology, and historical linguistics.
Visual and Performing Arts History: Art history, ethnomusicology, cinema studies, and theater history.
Religious Studies: Comparative religion, theology, mythology, and sacred texts.

These subtopics exist at the intersections where two or more of the core disciplines overlap, blending empirical inquiry with interpretive analysis.

Historical Sociology: The study of how societies develop through history and how historical structures shape modern social realities.
Social History: The history of ordinary people, daily life, subcultures, and social movements rather than political elites.
Ethnohistory: Combining anthropological fieldwork with historical documents to study the history of indigenous cultures.

Political Philosophy: Intellectual exploration of justice, liberty, property, rights, and the legitimacy of government institutions.
Ethics and Public Policy: Applying moral philosophy to contemporary legislative issues, such as bioethics or environmental laws.
Philosophy of Social Science: Investigating the logic, methods, and scientific validity of social research.

Social Psychology: How individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual or implied presence of others.
Sociology of Mental Health: Analyzing how social status, poverty, and institutional frameworks affect psychological well-being.
Crowd Psychology: The study of group behavior, mass hysteria, and social movements.

Sociolinguistics: The study of how language varies based on social factors like class, gender, ethnicity, and geography.
Cultural Studies: Interdisciplinary analysis of modern media, popular culture, consumerism, and ideology.
Oral History and Folklore: The collection and analysis of verbal traditions, myths, and personal narratives passed through generations.

These complex, contemporary fields synthesize numerous branches of both the social sciences and humanities to address systemic human questions.

Digital Humanities: Using computational tools, data science (social science), and digital archiving to analyze literature, historical trends, and artistic developments (humanities).
Gender and Sexuality Studies: Blending sociology, history, literature, and psychology to examine how gender roles, identity, and patriarchy are constructed across different times and cultures.
Postcolonial Studies: Analyzing the historical, political (social science), literary, and cultural (humanities) legacies of colonial rule and globalization.
Environmental Humanities and Ecofeminism: Blending human geography, ethics, history, and literature to explore the cultural and philosophical relationship between humans and the natural world.
Memory Studies: Investigating how nations and cultures collectively remember, commemorate, or forget historical events through public monuments (art history), political narratives (political science), and trauma (psychology)