ROME 9th World Conference on Literature, Languages, Humanities & Social Sciences (RL2HS2-27)June 23-25, 2027 Rome (Italy)

RL2HS2-27


Foreign Language Learning Humanities, Literature & Arts (General) English Language & Literature



Call for papers/Topics



All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:



1. Literature & Literary Studies



Literature explores human experience, culture, and thought through written, oral, and visual texts.





  • Literary Theory and Criticism





    • Structuralism and Post-Structuralism




    • Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism




    • Marxist and Materialist Literary Theory




    • Feminist Theory and Gender Studies in Literature




    • Postcolonialism and Decolonial Thought




    • Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities




    • Critical Race Theory in Literature






  • Literary Genres and Forms





    • Poetry and Poetics (prosody, verse forms, free verse)




    • Prose Fiction (novel, novella, short story)




    • Drama and Performance Literature




    • Creative Nonfiction (memoir, personal essay, travel writing)




    • Speculative Fiction (science fiction, fantasy, dystopian literature)




    • Digital and Hypertext Literature






  • Literary History and Movements





    • Classical and Ancient Literature




    • Medieval and Renaissance Literature




    • Enlightenment and Romanticism




    • Realism and Naturalism




    • Modernism and Vanguard Movements




    • Postmodernism and Contemporary Literature






  • Comparative Literature





    • Cross-cultural Literary Translation and Reception




    • Intertextuality and Adaptation Studies




    • World Literature and Global Anglophone Literature







2. Languages & Linguistics



Linguistics is the scientific study of language structure, meaning, evolution, and social use.





  • Core Theoretical Linguistics





    • Phonetics (speech sounds and acoustics)




    • Phonology (sound systems and patterns)




    • Morphology (word formation and structure)




    • Syntax (sentence structure and grammar)




    • Semantics (meaning in language)




    • Pragmatics (language use in context)






  • Applied Linguistics





    • Second Language Acquisition (SLA)




    • Language Pedagogy and Assessment




    • Translation and Interpretation Studies




    • Lexicography and Dictionary Making






  • Interdisciplinary Linguistics





    • Sociolinguistics (language, identity, and class)




    • Psycholinguistics (language processing in the brain)




    • Neurolinguistics (brain structures supporting language)




    • Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing




    • Historical Linguistics and Language Evolution




    • Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis







3. History & Historical Sciences



History investigates past events, human societies, and change over time through critical evaluation of sources.





  • Chronological and Regional History





    • Ancient History and Civilizations




    • Medieval and Early Modern History




    • Modern and Contemporary Global History




    • Regional Histories (African, Asian, European, Latin American, North American, Middle Eastern)






  • Thematic History





    • Social and Cultural History




    • Economic and Labor History




    • Political and Military History




    • Intellectual History and History of Ideas




    • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine




    • Environmental History




    • Gender and Sexuality History






  • Historiography and Methodology





    • Historical Philosophy and Theory




    • Archival Research and Source Criticism




    • Oral History and Public History




    • Digital History and Quantitative Approaches







4. Philosophy & Ethics



Philosophy addresses fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, reason, and human nature.





  • Theoretical Philosophy





    • Metaphysics (nature of reality and being)




    • Epistemology (nature, scope, and limits of knowledge)




    • Logic (formal and informal reasoning)




    • Philosophy of Mind (consciousness, cognition, perception)




    • Philosophy of Language (meaning, reference, truth)




    • Philosophy of Science (methodology, realism, explanation)






  • Practical Philosophy and Ethics





    • Normative Ethics (deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics)




    • Metaethics (nature of moral judgments)




    • Applied Ethics (bioethics, environmental ethics, AI ethics, business ethics)




    • Political Philosophy (justice, rights, authority, liberty)




    • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art






  • Philosophical Traditions





    • Western Traditions (Ancient Greek, Scholasticism, Continental, Analytic)




    • Non-Western Traditions (Asian, African, Indigenous Philosophies)







5. Cultural & Area Studies



Cultural studies analyze how meaning is generated, disseminated, and contested in society through cultural practices and institutions.





  • Cultural Theory & Media





    • Popular Culture and Mass Media




    • Visual Culture and Material Culture




    • Digital Culture and Cyberculture




    • Cultural Memory and Heritage Studies






  • Area and Identity Studies





    • Gender and Sexuality Studies




    • Race, Ethnicity, and Indigenous Studies




    • Global and Transnational Studies




    • Subaltern and Postcolonial Studies







6. Social Sciences: Sociology, Anthropology & Human Geography



These disciplines examine social structures, human behavior, cultural practices, and spatial relationships.





  • Sociology





    • Sociological Theory (functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism)




    • Social Stratification, Inequality, and Class




    • Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender




    • Sociology of Institutions (family, education, religion, medicine)




    • Urban and Rural Sociology




    • Deviance and Criminology






  • Anthropology





    • Cultural and Social Anthropology




    • Linguistic Anthropology




    • Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology




    • Archaeology and Material History






  • Human Geography





    • Urban and Regional Geography




    • Political and Economic Geography




    • Cultural Geography and Spatial Analysis




    • Population and Migration Studies







7. Political Science, Economics & International Relations



These fields analyze power systems, governance, economic behavior, and global politics.





  • Political Science





    • Political Theory and Ideologies




    • Comparative Politics and Political Systems




    • Public Policy and Administration




    • Electoral Systems and Political Behavior






  • International Relations





    • International Relations Theory (Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism)




    • Global Governance and International Organizations




    • International Security and Conflict Studies




    • International Political Economy






  • Economics (Humanities Context)





    • Microeconomics and Human Behavior




    • Macroeconomics and Public Policy




    • Development Economics and Globalization




    • Behavioral and Institutional Economics







8. Key Interrelated & Cross-Disciplinary Fields



Where these broad areas intersect, rich hybrid disciplines emerge:





  • Medical Humanities: Intersection of medicine, literature, philosophy, and history to understand health, illness, and healthcare ethics.




  • Digital Humanities: Application of computational tools and methods to literary, historical, and cultural research.




  • Environmental Humanities: Blending history, ethics, literature, and sociology to analyze human interaction with ecosystems.




  • Sociolinguistics & Linguistic Anthropology: Mapping how language both reflects and creates social structures, identities, and power dynamics.




  • Political Economy & Political Sociology: Examining how economic policies, class structures, and state systems influence each other.




  • Philosophy of Social Sciences: Examining the methodological foundations and assumptions behind sociological, economic, and historical research