HERA

Call for Papers

        Humanities Education and Research Association

Annual Conference, 12-15 March 2025

University of Houston-Downtown

Houston, Texas

"Humanities 2.0: Traditions & Technology"

HERA’s 2025 conference theme focuses on the questions, challenges, and opportunities presented by the growth of newer technologies alongside traditional approaches and methodologies associated with humanistic inquiry. To what extent can technology enhance or overshadow the Humanities? Are advances in technology affecting the culture of the Humanities? Whether your research is grounded in classical studies, explores more contemporary approaches, or falls somewhere in the middle, we welcome you to join us in Houston, TX, March 12-15, 2025, to delve into discussion, discover new insights, and respectfully debate how traditions and technology will shape the future of the field.

In keeping with HERA’s mission of promoting the study of the humanities across a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary studies, we invite presentations for the 2025 conference. Submissions are encouraged from educators at all levels (including undergraduate and graduate students) as well as all those with an interest in the arts and humanities. Proposals for papers, panels, or workshops must be submitted through the conference web portal on the HERA website at heraconference.org  

Questions may be directed to the conference organizer, Marcia Green (mgreen@sfsu.edu). 

Undergraduate Research Prizes

Undergraduate students must apply for only one of the two undergraduate prizes. 

Undergraduate Diversity Prize: A prize of $500 will be awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper that addresses race, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality. 

Undergraduate Research Prize

A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper (or divided among a panel of papers), sponsored by an attending professor (with a $500 prize awarded to the professor). The professor must become a member of HERA and register for the conference. The student must become a member of HERA and register for the conference.

Deadline for submission: no later than 12 February 2025.