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56th ISTANBUL International Congress on Humanities, Social Sciences & Education (IHSSE-26) Nov. 23-25, 2026 Istanbul (Türkiye)

IHSSE-26

URL: https://fahss.org/conference/356
Event Date: 2026-11-23 ~ 2026-11-25
Submission Date: 2026-11-02
Organizer: FAHSS

Human Resources & Organizations Humanities, Literature & Arts (General)

Call for papers/Topics

Topics of interest for submission include any topics related to:

1. Humanities: The Study of the Human Experience

The humanities focus on how people process and document the human experience, using philosophy, literature, religion, art, and history to understand and record our world.

History
- Independent: Archival research, historiography, chronology.
- Subtopics: Ancient civilizations, military history, cultural history, history of science.

Philosophy
- Independent: Logic, metaphysics, epistemology.
- Subtopics: Ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, existentialism.

Literature & Language (Linguistics)
- Independent: Phonetics, syntax, literary theory, philology.
- Subtopics: Comparative literature, creative writing, semantics, sociolinguistics.

The Arts
- Independent: Art technique, musicology, film theory.
- Subtopics: Art history, ethnomusicology, theater and performance studies.

Religious Studies
- Independent: Sacred texts, comparative religion.
- Subtopics: Mythology, theology, religion and modernity.

2. Social Sciences: The Study of Human Society

Social sciences use a more scientific and empirical approach to study how people interact with one another, behave, and develop as a culture.

Sociology
- Independent: Social statistics, demography.
- Subtopics: Social stratification, race and ethnicity, gender studies, urban sociology.

Psychology
- Independent: Neuropsychology, cognitive processes.
- Subtopics: Clinical psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology.

Anthropology
- Independent: Paleoanthropology, forensic anthropology.
- Subtopics: Cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology.

Political Science
- Independent: Electoral systems, constitutional law.
- Subtopics: International relations, comparative politics, public policy.

Economics
- Independent: Econometrics, macro/microeconomic theory.
- Subtopics: Behavioral economics, development economics, labor economics.

3. Education: The Study of Learning and Teaching

Education focuses on the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, and beliefs.

Pedagogy & Curriculum
- Independent: Instructional design, lesson planning, assessment methods.
- Subtopics: Early childhood education, special education, STEM education.

Educational Leadership & Administration
- Independent: School budgeting, education law, organizational management.
- Subtopics: Principalship, higher education administration, educational policy.

Educational Technology
- Independent: LMS (Learning Management Systems) development, instructional media.
- Subtopics: E-learning, gamification of learning, digital literacy.

4. The Intersections: Where the Magic Happens

This is where these fields collide. You cannot truly study one without bumping into the others.

A. Humanities + Social Sciences

Cultural Studies: Blends anthropology (Social Science) with literature and art (Humanities) to study how culture creates and transforms individual experiences.

Historical Sociology: Using sociological paradigms to examine how societies develop through history.

Political Philosophy: Where the theories of philosophy meet the practical applications of political science.

Behavioral Economics: The intersection of psychology and economics to figure out why humans make irrational financial decisions.

B. Social Sciences + Education

Educational Psychology: Applying psychological theories of development and cognition to understand how students learn.

Sociology of Education: Studying how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes (e.g., how socioeconomic status affects graduation rates).

Economics of Education: Analyzing the costs and benefits of education policies, human capital investment, and school funding.

C. Humanities + Education

Philosophy of Education: Asking the big questions: What is the purpose of education? Is it to create good citizens, or to prepare people for work?

History of Education: Looking at how schooling systems have evolved from ancient times to modern public school systems.

Arts in Education: Studying the impact of music, drama, and visual arts on student cognitive development and emotional expression.

D. The Grand Intersection (All Three)

Multicultural Education: Uses anthropology/sociology (Social Sciences) to understand diverse student backgrounds, draws on ethics and history (Humanities) to promote empathy, and applies it to teaching practices (Education).

Digital Humanities & EdTech: Using modern technology to analyze historical texts or sociological data, and translating those findings into digital learning tools.