Call for Papers /// Twenty-Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 1-3 July 2026,Lisbon, Portugal and Online
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Twenty-Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities
NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal and OnlineIn-Person (Location) and Online (Asynchronous Content)1-3 July 2026PLENARY SPEAKERS
Luis Duarte de Almeida, Professor of Jurisprudence, Nova School of Law, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal; Honorary Professional Fellow, University of Edinburgh, United KingdomPaulo Ferreira de Castro, Associate Professor of Musicology, NOVA University of Lisbon, PortugalInocencia Mata, Professor of Portuguese language literature and Post-colonial studies, University of Lisbon, PortugalTeresa Araujo, Professor of Portuguese Studies, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
SPECIAL FOCUS: Beyond Borders: The Role of the Humanities in Reimagining Communities
In a world marked by deepening divides - national, ideological, economic, and epistemological - the question of how communities are formed, sustained, negotiated, and transformed has become urgent. Beyond Borders: The Role of the Humanities in Reimagining Communities, invites scholars to explore the humanities' critical role in interrogating, challenging, and reshaping notions of belonging and exclusion, of walls and bridges, of the individual and the collective.
The traditional concept of community has long been tied to territorial, linguistic, or cultural boundaries.Reimagining communities beyond borders means not only envisioning new models of human connection but also critically examining the limits and consequences of inherited frameworks.
As the host city, Lisbon embodies the complexities of community-making across space and time. Over the centuries, it has been a point of both departure and arrival, rupture and reinvention - a fitting metaphor for the role of the humanities in our contemporary world.
This theme invites interdisciplinary engagement across fields such as, but not limited to, literature, history, philosophy, gender studies, musicology, digital humanities, and postcolonial studies. Areas of particular interest include:
- Movement and Travel: imaginative processes of perceiving the Other, at the intersection of observation and projection.
- Gendered and Racialized spaces: communities rendered invisible
- through anonymity andinformality, or retrospectively through historiographical erasure.
- Communal Structures: concrete forms of collective life (convents, families, guilds), and abstract communities of shared beliefs or identities (diasporic imaginaries, intellectual movements, etc.).
- Circulation and Exchange: material and immaterial goods shaping inclusion, exclusion, the formation of transregional or transhistorical communities.
- Ethics and Coexistence: philosophical and ethical frameworks within and across communities.
- Political Imaginaries: ideological foundations that sustain or challenge forms of belonging.
- Narrative and Community: how language, literary form, and storytelling construct, contest, and reimagine communities across time and geographies.
We welcome proposals from scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds.
CONFERENCE THEMES
THEME 1: Critical Cultural StudiesTHEME 2: Communication and Linguistics StudiesTHEME 3: Literary HumanitiesTHEME 4: Civic, Political, and Community StudiesTHEME 5: Past and Present in the Humanistic Education
JOURNAL
The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities while at the same time developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future.
The International Journal of Literary HumanitiesCollection Founded: 2003Title Founded: 2013ISSN: 2327-7912 (Print) ISSN: 2327-8676 (Online)LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2013201475DOI: http://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7912/CGPPublication Frequency: QuarterlyIndexing: H-Index: 3, Scopus / SJR: 0.12 (2023), Literature (ProQuest), Fuente Académica Plus (EBSCO), Scopus (Elsevier), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
The International Journal of Humanities EducationCollection Founded: 2003Title Founded: 2013ISSN: 2327-0063 (Print) ISSN: 2327-2457 (Online)LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2013201436DOI: http://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0063/CGPPublication Frequency: BiannualIndexing: H-Index: 4 (2023), Scopus / SJR: 0.13 (2023), Educational Curriculum and Methods (Cabell's), Educational Psychology and Administration (Cabell's), Education Journals (ProQuest), Scopus (Elsevier), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic StudiesCollection Founded: 2003Title Founded: 2013ISSN: 2327-7882 (Print) ISSN: 2327-8617 (Online)LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013201474DOI: http://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7882/CGPPublication Frequency: QuarterlyIndexing H-Index: 4 (2023), Scopus / SJR: 0.11 (2023), Psychology (Cabell's), Communication Source (EBSCO), Linguistics Database (ProQuest), Scopus (Elsevier), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
The International Journal of Critical Cultural StudiesCollection Founded: 2003Title Founded: 2013ISSN: 2327-0055 (Print) ISSN: 2327-2376 (Online)LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013201435DOI: http://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0055/CGPPublication Frequency: BiannualIndexing H-Index: 4 (2023), Scopus / SJR: 0.11 (2023), Scopus (Elsevier), Social Science Journals (ProQuest), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
ABOUT US
Founded in 2003, the New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities while at the same time developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future.We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.https://thehumanities.com/about
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