The International Conference on Humanities, Social Sciences and Sustainability (IXSUS 2017) will be held Monday and Tuesday, October 30-31, 2017 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
With the theme of “Resilience,” the conference will promote a critical understanding of the innovative and organic approaches from the humanities and social sciences toward sustainability. Our shared biosphere and rapid globalization ensure no country is immune from another’s problems and risks, which means a collective and multidisciplinary approach is essential for integrating environmental and cultural sustainability.
Contemporaries tend to define sustainability as environmental issue; however, it is important to take a holistic perspective that embraces the critical relationship between ecological sciences and humanities. This is evident as human communities as well as their diverse biological and cultural heritage are increasingly threatened by mounting environmental and societal problems from climate change and exploitation of finite resources to the inequities and human costs of unsustainable practices and technologies.
Full papers are welcome, but not required. Registered participants with an accepted abstract and/or refereed full paper will be published in the Proceedings (ISSN 2188-6622). Oral, poster and virtual presenters shall be included in the Proceedings.
The organizers welcome submissions of 250 words in English. The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 28, 2017. The submission form can be found at http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/zfNROh0mU1ntaMCY
Topic Streams
- Art, Architecture and Eco-Design
- Cultural Sustainability and Cultural Geography
- Energy, Environmental Studies and Water
- Gender Studies and Human Rights
- Language and Linguistic Sustainability
- Literature and Eco-criticism
- Psychology and Behavioral Studies
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Religion and Ecology
- Sustainable Business, Production and Consumption
- Sustainable Development
- Tourism (Eco, Geo, Sustainable)
- Urban Planning
- Other Areas (Please Specify)