Welcome to the 4th International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2017(ICOAH 2017) to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 21st – 22nd September 2017 at the Taj Samudra Hotel. ICOAH 2017 will address a range of critically important areas in relation to the Arts and Humanities fields in today’s context under the theme “Arts and Humanities: Global Vision for a Changing World”. The Arts and Humanities is about creation, connection, reflection and interpretation of the experiences witnessed from the inception of mankind. The specific disciplines of the humanities and the arts include visual art, film, media art, music, theater, dance, creative writing, the study of language, culture, race, gender, classics, history, philosophy, religion, literature, and linguistics.
Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Eldad Tsabary (co-chair) – Electroacoustic Studies, Music Department, Concordia Laptop Orchestra, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
- Prof. Stephen DeGiulio (co-chair) – New Mexico State University (NMSU), United States
- Prof. Dr. Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi – Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Languages, Literacies and Translation: “Translation and its relevance as a tool for sensitizing culture and thought in the reader“
Conference Topics
Art in Society
- Art Curation & Conservation
- Art History
- Art and Museum Management
- Contemporary Arts Practice
- Information and Museum Studies.
Visual Arts
- Architecture
- Arts and crafts
- Drawing, Painting
- Film, Photography
- Sculpture
Performing Arts
- Dance ‚Drama ‚Film, Theatre
- Installation art
- Music ‚Opera
- Stagecraft
Journalism, Media & Communication Studies
- Media Concepts, Theories and Methods
- Journalism and The News
- Media’s Role in Public Relations and Marketing
- Media and Youth
- Insights into World Issues
- Studies Involving Social Media
- Insights into Social Issues
- Media Platform and Genre Studies
Humanities in Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- History
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Cultural Studies
- Languages
- Geography
- Literature and related disciplines.
- Law and Justice
Interdisciplinary Humanities
- Area studies
- Ecological humanities
- Ethno-cultural studies
- Gender studies
- Library studies
- Museology
- Women’s studies
Applied Humanities
- Applied arts
- fashion design
- graphic design
- industrial design
- interior design
- Health humanities
- Medical humanities
Publication Opportunities
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference abstract book with ISBN. All full papers will be accepted through a double blind reviewed process and will be published electronically with ISSN in proceedings with a DOI number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).
We will submit the proceedings to be indexed in the Thomson Reuters, SCOPUS, Mendeley, Google scholar and CiteULike for possible Indexing.
Papers presented (oral presentations, virtual presentations and poster presentations) in the conference being considered for possible publications in following journals. Best selected full papers will be published for free of charge.
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Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy (ISSNs: 1103 – 8128, 1651 – 2014)
Editor-in-Chief: Anita Björklund – Jönköping, Sweden
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Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies (ISSNs: 2330 – 6343, 2330 – 6351)
Editor-in-Chief: Luo Xuanmin – Tsinghua University, China
Scientific Committee
- Dr. Hoi-yan Yau, Lingnan University, Hong-Kong
- Assoc. Prof. Ricardo Dal Farra, Concordia University, Canada
- Prof. Angelique Willkie, Concordia University, Canada
- Prof. Mira Rozenberg, Concordia University, Canada
- Prof. Shirin Abbas, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, India
- Assoc. Prof. Kelly Dennis, University of Connecticut, USA
- Assoc. Prof. Tushar Joag, The Shiv Nadar University, India
- Assoc. Prof. Wendy Wischer, The University of Utah, USA
- Assoc. Prof. Ryuta Nakajima, University of Minnesota, USA
- Dr. Manjet Kaur d/o Mehar Singh, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Debbita Tan Ai Lin, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Paramaswari A/p Jaganathan, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Puan Akmar Binti Mohamad, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. YoungAe Kim, University of South Dakota, USA
- Dr. Malini d/o Ng. Ganapathy, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Alireza Salehi Nejad, University of Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Jordan Kauffman, Brandeis University, USA
- Dr. Jennifer Wicks, Concordia University, Canada
- Dr. Eldad Tsabary, Concordia University, Canada