Call for papers/Topics

Topics of interest for submission include any topics related to:

1. Arts (Visual and Performing)

The study of creative expression through various mediums and the history of aesthetic evolution.

• Visual Arts

  • Fine Arts: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking.

  • Applied Arts: Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Design.

  • Modern Media: Photography, Digital Art, Film, Video Art.

• Art History and Movements

  • Classical & Ancient: Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman.

  • Renaissance to Neoclassicism: Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism.

  • Modernism: Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism.

  • Contemporary: Pop Art, Minimalism, Post-modernism, Street Art.

• Performing Arts

  • Music: Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Theory, Composition.

  • Dance: Choreography, Ballet, Contemporary, Cultural Dance.

  • Theatre: Dramaturgy, Stagecraft, Acting Methodologies, Musical Theatre.

2. Literature

The study of written works, focusing on narrative, poetry, and the critical analysis of text.

• Literary Genres

  • Poetry: Epic, Lyric, Sonnet, Haiku, Spoken Word.

  • Prose Fiction: Novels, Novellas, Short Stories, Flash Fiction.

  • Non-fiction: Essays, Biographies, Memoirs, Journalism.

  • Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Experimental Theatre.

• Literary Theory and Criticism

  • Formalism: Close reading and structural analysis.

  • Psychoanalytic Criticism: Freud and Jung’s influence on literature.

  • Post-colonialism: Literature of the colonized and decolonized.

  • Feminist and Queer Theory: Gender and sexuality in text.

• Comparative Literature

  • Translation studies.

  • Cross-cultural narratives.

  • The evolution of Folklore and Mythology.

3. Philosophy

The fundamental study of knowledge, reality, and existence.

• Core Branches

  • Metaphysics: Existence, time, space, and the nature of reality.

  • Epistemology: The study of knowledge, belief, and justification.

  • Ethics: Moral philosophy, Meta-ethics, and Applied ethics.

  • Logic: Deductive and inductive reasoning, symbolic logic.

  • Aesthetics: The philosophy of art, beauty, and taste.

• Philosophical Traditions

  • Ancient Philosophy: Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism.

  • Eastern Philosophy: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Vedanta.

  • Modern Philosophy: Rationalism (Descartes), Empiricism (Locke, Hume), Kantianism.

  • Continental Philosophy: Existentialism (Sartre, Camus), Phenomenology, Structuralism.

  • Analytic Philosophy: Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mind.

• Political and Social Philosophy

  • Social Contract Theory.

  • Marxism and Critical Theory.

  • Justice and Rights.