The 17th International Cultural Research Festival in Iran
The call for the 17th International Cultural Research Festival has been announced by the Research Center For Culture, Art And Communications.According to the secretariat of the 17th International Cultural Research Festival, the call for submissions aims to accept research works in three areas: culture, art, and communications, as well as to introduce outstanding cultural research. Researchers and interested individuals, both domestically and internationally, are invited to submit their research conducted within the specified time frames: from September 2023 to September 2024. The deadline for submission to the permanent secretariat of the festival is November 05, 2024.
Research works can be submitted in various formats, including research proposals, master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, books (based on research proposals), scholarly research articles, and policy reports.
Priority will be given to impactful, practical, and solution-oriented works.
The main thematic areas of this call include:
1. – Culture:
Public culture
Cultural history
Cultural rights
Theoretical aspects of culture
Contemporary Iranian cultural issues
Islamic-Iranian lifestyle
Cultural domains (such as books and reading)
Cultural diplomacy
Cultural communications
2. – Media and Communications:
Media studies
Governance of virtual space
Celebrity culture and fandom
Cognitive and media warfare
Media consumption by children and adolescents
Research on internet platform policies
Home television networks
– New Technologies and Future Studies in Culture:
Start-ups and cultural entrepreneurship
AI and culture
Creative cultural industries
Cultural marketing
Metaverse
Global cultural changes
Expo cultural capacities
3. – Art:
Philosophy and sociology of art
Traditional and Islamic arts
Art history and stylistics
Art economy and market
Art education
Art management and organizations
Literary research and Persian language
Art and literature of the revolution and resistance
Iranian Islamic architecture and urban planning
Cinema and performing arts
Music
Artistic diplomacy
4. – Religious and Islamic studies
Qur’anic and Nahj al-Balaghah researches
Islamic history and Shiism
Ahl al-Bayt history and life
Studies of modern Islamic civilization
Mysticism and description
Arbaeen studies
Studies of jurisprudence (art and communication)
Studies of the Islamic world
Studies of pilgrimage
Studies of rituals and rites and institutions religion
Vow and endowment studies
Mosque studies
Additionally, the call provides instructions for submitting works via the festival’s website. The closing ceremony of the 17th festival, along with the recognition of outstanding works, will coincide with Research Week in Azar 1403 (November – December 2024).
Selected participants will receive certificates of appreciation and cash prizes.
Notably, during the 16th festival (2023), international winners received 2000 dollars, with honorable mentions receiving 1000 dollars, respectively. Best of luck to all participants.