LAHSS-26 2026 - 58th LISBON International Congress on Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (LAHSS-26)

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Category Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadline: August 01, 2026 | Date: August 18, 2026-August 20, 2026

Venue/Country: Lisbon, Portugal

Updated: 2026-03-07 16:27:33 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Topics of interest for submission include any topics on:

1. The Arts

This category explores the creation, history, and critique of human expression.

Visual Arts

Fine Arts (Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking).

Digital Arts (CGI, NFT Art, AI-generated Aesthetics).

Art History (Prehistoric to Contemporary movements).

Curatorial Studies and Museology.

Performing Arts

Musicology and Ethnomusicology.

Theatre Arts (Dramaturgy, Scenography, Acting Theory).

Dance and Movement Studies.

Film and Cinema Studies (Theory, Criticism, and Production).

Design and Applied Arts

Architecture and Urban Design.

Industrial and Graphic Design.

Fashion Theory and Textile History.

2. The Humanities

Humanities subjects are often "independent" in their core texts but "interrelated" in how they interpret human existence.

Philosophy

Metaphysics (Nature of reality).

Epistemology (Nature of knowledge).

Ethics (Moral philosophy and Bioethics).

Logic and Aesthetics.

History

Historiography (The study of how we write history).

Global, National, and Regional Histories.

Military, Economic, and Social History.

Archival Science and Public History.

Literature and Linguistics

Comparative Literature.

Literary Theory and Criticism (Marxism, Feminism, Post-colonialism).

Phonetics, Syntax, and Semantics.

Sociolinguistics (Language and society).

Religious Studies

Comparative Religion.

Theology and Secularism.

Mythology and Folklore.

3. The Social Sciences (Society and Human Behavior)

These subjects apply more systematic, often quantitative or qualitative research to the study of social structures.

Sociology

Social Stratification (Class, Race, Gender).

Sociology of Education, Religion, and Family.

Criminology and Penology.

Urban and Rural Sociology.

Psychology

Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology.

Developmental and Social Psychology.

Abnormal Psychology and Mental Health.

Neuropsychology.

Political Science

Political Theory and Ideologies.

International Relations (Geopolitics, Diplomacy).

Comparative Politics and Public Policy.

Human Rights and Global Governance.

Economics

Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.

Behavioral Economics.

Development Economics and International Trade.

Econometrics.

Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology (Ethnography).

Archaeology (Material culture).

Biological/Physical Anthropology.

Linguistic Anthropology.

Geography (Human)

Population and Demographics.

Cultural Geography and Cartography.

Environmental Management and Sustainability.

4. Interdisciplinary & Interrelated Fields

Modern academia rarely keeps these subjects separate. The following topics represent the "intersections" where these fields overlap.

Communication and Media Studies

Journalism and Mass Communication.

Digital Culture and Social Media Dynamics.

Semiology (The study of signs and symbols).

Area and Cultural Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies (LGBTQ+ Theory).

Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Post-Colonial and Decolonial Studies.

American, Asian, or European Studies.

Legal Studies (Jurisprudence)

Philosophy of Law.

Sociology of Law.

International Law and Justice.

Digital Humanities

Data Science in Historical Research.

Digital Archiving and Preservation.

Computational Linguistics.

Heritage and Tourism

Cultural Heritage Management.

Sustainable Tourism and Society.