Twenty-Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of Split, Croatia, 30 June - 2 July 2027

Founded in 2003, the New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities while at the same time developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

Twenty-Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will address the following annual themes and special focus:

2027 Special Focus—Archipelagos of Meaning: Humanities in a World of Many Worlds
Theme 1: Engaged Humanities, Citizenship, and Democratic Culture
Theme 2: Language, Power, and Meaning-Making
Theme 3: Literature, Narrative, and Cultural Imagination
Theme 4: Technologies of Communication: AI, Media, and Interpretation
Theme 5: Place, Community, and Sustainable Futures