Call for papers

Topics of interest for submission include any topics related with:

1. Independent Core Topics and Subtopics

These are the traditional "silos" or foundational disciplines. While they do connect, they each have their own specific methodologies, rules, and areas of focus.

Arts

The study and creation of works that engage the senses, emotions, and intellect.

  • Visual Arts: Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and printmaking.

  • Performing Arts: Music (composition and performance), dance, theater, and film/cinema.

  • Applied Arts: Graphic design, fashion design, interior design, and industrial design.

  • Art History & Criticism: The chronological study of art movements and the analysis of artistic meaning.

Literature

The study of written (and sometimes oral) works of creative, wall-shattering value.

  • Literary Genres: Poetry, prose fiction (novels, short stories), drama/plays, and creative nonfiction.

  • Literary Theory & Criticism: The lenses we use to decode texts (e.g., formalist, feminist, post-colonial, and psychoanalytic criticism).

  • Comparative Literature: Analyzing literature across different cultures, languages, and eras.

Languages & Linguistics

The study of the structure, history, and use of human communication.

  • Phonetics & Phonology: The physical sounds of human speech and how they pattern in languages.

  • Syntax & Morphology: How words are constructed and arranged to form sentences.

  • Semantics & Pragmatics: How meaning is created and how context affects the way we communicate.

  • Applied Linguistics: Language acquisition, translation, interpretation, and sociolinguistics.

Social Sciences

The scientific and systematic study of human society and social relationships.

  • Psychology: The study of the human mind, behavior, and cognitive processes.

  • Sociology: The study of social institutions, group dynamics, and societal structures.

  • Anthropology: The holistic study of human origins, physical traits, and cultural development.

  • Political Science: The analysis of government systems, political behavior, and power dynamics.

  • Economics: The study of how societies produce, distribute, and consume resources.

  • Human Geography: How human activity affects and is affected by the earth’s surface.

2. Interrelated Topics (The Overlaps)

This is where things get really interesting. No discipline exists in a vacuum. When you smash these fields together, you get highly specialized, modern areas of study.

  • Sociolinguistics (Social Sciences + Languages): Investigates how society, class, region, and gender affect the way we use language.

  • Anthropological Linguistics (Social Sciences + Languages): Focuses on how language shapes cultural identity and worldview.

  • Psycholinguistics (Social Sciences + Languages): Looks at the mental processes that allow humans to acquire and understand language.

  • Cultural Studies (Arts + Literature + Social Sciences): An umbrella field that examines how "culture" (media, art, literature, daily habits) reproduces systems of power and identity.

  • Sociology of Literature/Art (Social Sciences + Literature/Arts): Examines how societal conditions produce certain types of art and literature, and how art, in turn, influences society.

  • Historical Linguistics (Social Sciences + Languages): The study of how languages change over time, which directly correlates with human migration and history.

  • Semiotics (Languages + Arts + Literature): The study of signs and symbols, and how meaning is constructed and understood in art, writing, and speech.

  • Digital Humanities (All Fields): Using computer science tools (like data mapping and AI) to analyze literature, historical trends, and artistic patterns.