call for the 17th International Cultural Research Festival has been announced by the Research Center For Culture and Art

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 October 06, 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:

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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.