55th ATHENS International Conference on Arts, Literature and Philosophy (AICALP-26) scheduled on June 3-5, 2026 Athens (Greece)

AICALP-26


Humanities, Literature & Arts (General) Crafts, Design & Arts



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.