Call for papers/Topics

All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:

1. Literature & Literary Studies

Literature explores human experience, culture, and thought through written, oral, and visual texts.

  • Literary Theory and Criticism

    • Structuralism and Post-Structuralism

    • Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism

    • Marxist and Materialist Literary Theory

    • Feminist Theory and Gender Studies in Literature

    • Postcolonialism and Decolonial Thought

    • Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities

    • Critical Race Theory in Literature

  • Literary Genres and Forms

    • Poetry and Poetics (prosody, verse forms, free verse)

    • Prose Fiction (novel, novella, short story)

    • Drama and Performance Literature

    • Creative Nonfiction (memoir, personal essay, travel writing)

    • Speculative Fiction (science fiction, fantasy, dystopian literature)

    • Digital and Hypertext Literature

  • Literary History and Movements

    • Classical and Ancient Literature

    • Medieval and Renaissance Literature

    • Enlightenment and Romanticism

    • Realism and Naturalism

    • Modernism and Vanguard Movements

    • Postmodernism and Contemporary Literature

  • Comparative Literature

    • Cross-cultural Literary Translation and Reception

    • Intertextuality and Adaptation Studies

    • World Literature and Global Anglophone Literature

2. Languages & Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language structure, meaning, evolution, and social use.

  • Core Theoretical Linguistics

    • Phonetics (speech sounds and acoustics)

    • Phonology (sound systems and patterns)

    • Morphology (word formation and structure)

    • Syntax (sentence structure and grammar)

    • Semantics (meaning in language)

    • Pragmatics (language use in context)

  • Applied Linguistics

    • Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

    • Language Pedagogy and Assessment

    • Translation and Interpretation Studies

    • Lexicography and Dictionary Making

  • Interdisciplinary Linguistics

    • Sociolinguistics (language, identity, and class)

    • Psycholinguistics (language processing in the brain)

    • Neurolinguistics (brain structures supporting language)

    • Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing

    • Historical Linguistics and Language Evolution

    • Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis

3. History & Historical Sciences

History investigates past events, human societies, and change over time through critical evaluation of sources.

  • Chronological and Regional History

    • Ancient History and Civilizations

    • Medieval and Early Modern History

    • Modern and Contemporary Global History

    • Regional Histories (African, Asian, European, Latin American, North American, Middle Eastern)

  • Thematic History

    • Social and Cultural History

    • Economic and Labor History

    • Political and Military History

    • Intellectual History and History of Ideas

    • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

    • Environmental History

    • Gender and Sexuality History

  • Historiography and Methodology

    • Historical Philosophy and Theory

    • Archival Research and Source Criticism

    • Oral History and Public History

    • Digital History and Quantitative Approaches

4. Philosophy & Ethics

Philosophy addresses fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, reason, and human nature.

  • Theoretical Philosophy

    • Metaphysics (nature of reality and being)

    • Epistemology (nature, scope, and limits of knowledge)

    • Logic (formal and informal reasoning)

    • Philosophy of Mind (consciousness, cognition, perception)

    • Philosophy of Language (meaning, reference, truth)

    • Philosophy of Science (methodology, realism, explanation)

  • Practical Philosophy and Ethics

    • Normative Ethics (deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics)

    • Metaethics (nature of moral judgments)

    • Applied Ethics (bioethics, environmental ethics, AI ethics, business ethics)

    • Political Philosophy (justice, rights, authority, liberty)

    • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

  • Philosophical Traditions

    • Western Traditions (Ancient Greek, Scholasticism, Continental, Analytic)

    • Non-Western Traditions (Asian, African, Indigenous Philosophies)

5. Cultural & Area Studies

Cultural studies analyze how meaning is generated, disseminated, and contested in society through cultural practices and institutions.

  • Cultural Theory & Media

    • Popular Culture and Mass Media

    • Visual Culture and Material Culture

    • Digital Culture and Cyberculture

    • Cultural Memory and Heritage Studies

  • Area and Identity Studies

    • Gender and Sexuality Studies

    • Race, Ethnicity, and Indigenous Studies

    • Global and Transnational Studies

    • Subaltern and Postcolonial Studies

6. Social Sciences: Sociology, Anthropology & Human Geography

These disciplines examine social structures, human behavior, cultural practices, and spatial relationships.

  • Sociology

    • Sociological Theory (functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism)

    • Social Stratification, Inequality, and Class

    • Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

    • Sociology of Institutions (family, education, religion, medicine)

    • Urban and Rural Sociology

    • Deviance and Criminology

  • Anthropology

    • Cultural and Social Anthropology

    • Linguistic Anthropology

    • Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

    • Archaeology and Material History

  • Human Geography

    • Urban and Regional Geography

    • Political and Economic Geography

    • Cultural Geography and Spatial Analysis

    • Population and Migration Studies

7. Political Science, Economics & International Relations

These fields analyze power systems, governance, economic behavior, and global politics.

  • Political Science

    • Political Theory and Ideologies

    • Comparative Politics and Political Systems

    • Public Policy and Administration

    • Electoral Systems and Political Behavior

  • International Relations

    • International Relations Theory (Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism)

    • Global Governance and International Organizations

    • International Security and Conflict Studies

    • International Political Economy

  • Economics (Humanities Context)

    • Microeconomics and Human Behavior

    • Macroeconomics and Public Policy

    • Development Economics and Globalization

    • Behavioral and Institutional Economics

8. Key Interrelated & Cross-Disciplinary Fields

Where these broad areas intersect, rich hybrid disciplines emerge:

  • Medical Humanities: Intersection of medicine, literature, philosophy, and history to understand health, illness, and healthcare ethics.

  • Digital Humanities: Application of computational tools and methods to literary, historical, and cultural research.

  • Environmental Humanities: Blending history, ethics, literature, and sociology to analyze human interaction with ecosystems.

  • Sociolinguistics & Linguistic Anthropology: Mapping how language both reflects and creates social structures, identities, and power dynamics.

  • Political Economy & Political Sociology: Examining how economic policies, class structures, and state systems influence each other.

  • Philosophy of Social Sciences: Examining the methodological foundations and assumptions behind sociological, economic, and historical research