Citizenship

New Directions in the Humanities Research Network: a conference and journal collection founded in 2003, exploring established traditions in the humanities as well as innovative practices that set a renewed agenda for their future. The Eighteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities 2020 will be held in Venice, Italy on 1-3 July 2020.

The Fifteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2020 is dedicated to disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, within and across the various social sciences. The Fifteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2020 will be held in Athens, Greece on 20-22 Jul 2020.

Why identity? The opportunities people are or aren’t given, the decisions they do or don’t make, the qualities they ascribe to themselves and to others – identity is entangled everywhere. Mention, e.g., a particular sexual orientation, ethnicity, or mental condition and one risks being reduced to a single characteristic. The way we perceive ourselves and others is constantly shaped by language, image, picture, sound, gesture, clothing; the list goes on. Forms of representation can include and exclude, promote and limit self-expression, as well as hinder seeing beyond stereotypes.

Founded in 2005, the On Sustainability Research Network is brought together by a common concern for sustainability from a holistic perspective, where environmental, cultural, economic, and social concerns intersect.