Call for Papers is now Open | Final Abstract Submission Deadline is April 17, 2026

ONLINE and LIVE-STREAM Options available

Held in partnership with University College London (UCL), Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Sussex, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue, by bringing together university scholars working in the UK, Europe, and beyond to share ideas and research. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.

*SUBMISSION STREAMS*

ART
Teaching and Learning the Arts/Arts Policy, Management and Advocacy/Arts Theory and Criticism
Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts/Visual Arts Practices/Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music/Literary Arts Practices/Media Arts Practices: Television, Multimedia, Digital, Online and Other New Media/Other Arts

Humanities
Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication/Aesthetics, Design/Language, Linguistics/Knowledge
Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness/History, Historiography/Literature/Literary Studies/Political Science, Politics/Teaching and Learning/Globalisation/Ethnicity, Difference, Identity/Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation/First Nations and Indigenous Peoples/Sexuality, Gender, Families/Religion, Spirituality/Cyberspace, Technology/Science, Environment and the Humanities/Other Humanities