Call for Papers

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 30 June – 2 July 2021.

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.

The Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

2021 Special Focus—Critical Thinking, Soft Skills, and Technology

2021 Plenary Speakers

The Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

María Concepción García Gómez Vice-rector for Employability and Entrepreneurship, Complutense University	Paloma Bel Durán Head of Complutense Office for Entrepreneurship, Professor, Department of Financial Administration and Accounting, Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and PhD in Financial Economics, Complutense University of Madrid	Gonzalo Jover Dean of the Faculty of Education, Professor, Faculty of Education, Complutense University Madrid
Mónica Cantón de Celis Calvo CEO of Design for Change Global Inc.	Ainara Zubilaga Director of Education and Training, Cotec Foundation for Innovation	Román Arjona Chief Economist, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
José Manuel Pingarrón Former General Secretary of Universities, Government of Spain	Brian Cahill Governing Board of EuroScience	Eugenio Luján Martínez Dean, Faculty of Philology, Complutense University Madrid, Spain

Reimagining the Scholarly Conference

Our mission is to provide a safe, sustainable, and accessible way for us to come together and interact as a Research Network. We are taking on these challenges by offering a blended conference experience, with session types explicitly designed to make the most of both online and place-based social knowledge processes. We are trying to move away from the either/or of place-based or online conferences. And at the same time be ready for the possibility of place based cancelation due to COVID-19. This way we build for our Research Network Members resilient spaces for communication, engagement, and participation.

The important message — the conference will happen!

We are moving to bring conference presentations into the digital era. All presenters, in-person or online, will be given personal Presenter Pages:

• Linked to your profile page on CGScholar.com
• Displaying abstract summary
• Thematic connection to panelists and peers
• Ability to add digital media: video, sound, other files.

You do not need to commit either to a place-based or virtual presentation at the time of submission. You can present both ways, or change your mode of the presentation if your preferences change.

And all content will be displayed online.

This way we build for our Research Network Members flexible, and at the same time resilient, spaces for communication, engagement, and participation.