Description
INVITED KEYNOTE:The theme for this year’s PGR Conference, Reimagined Futures: Humanities in Flux, invites participants to critically engage with the role of the humanities in a world characterised by constant change, and how transdisciplinary approaches to humanities research can fortify this discussion. As we navigate a period shaped by democratic challenges, international conflict, and the far-reaching implications of technological, social, and political transformations, this conference will provide a space to interrogate the relevance and adaptability of the humanities in times of challenges. These pressing realities are critical and of vital concern as our disciplines interchangeably adapt in continuous flux. In this state of perpetual change, we must engage critically and meaningfully with these dilemmas in the public sphere. By fostering robust discourse, the humanities and their intersection with other disciplines can help us better negotiate and understand the reimagined futures of our time's evolving cultural, social, and political landscape.
With transdisciplinarity as a focus, we welcome contributions across the humanities, social sciences, and the cross-disciplinary intersections between these fields and those beyond (e.g. medicine, natural sciences, law). We particularly encourage critical reflection on the following:
● Emerging Technologies and Digital Culture: How innovations such as Artificial Intelligence and Digital Media are reshaping the human experience.
● Environmental Change: The role of the humanities in communicating and addressing climate change, sustainability, and ecological uncertainty.
● Political and Economic Realities: The impact of global financial shifts, governmental policies, and political discourse on public life, and how these in turn shape cultural narratives.
● Health and Wellbeing: The challenges of communicating health crises and the evolving interchange between medical science, public discourse, and cultural representation.
● Educational Transformation: Reimagining the role of education in fostering critical thinking and academic freedom amid new digital and ethical challenges.
We welcome abstracts applying quantitative or qualitative methodologies such as experimental, diverse discourse/rhetorical analysis methods, content analysis, case studies, and research based on ethnographic techniques. We are also happy to receive contributions that are still a work in progress.
| Period | 6 Jun 2025 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Norwich, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | National |