Call for Papers
The 30th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) is scheduled to take place from August 24 to 28, 2025. The conference theme, Intercultural Dialogues: Bridging Past Cultures to a New Era of Communication, invites thoughtful discussions and innovative perspectives.
We warmly welcome submissions from all disciplines within the social sciences and humanities, including but not limited to cultural studies, media and communication studies, and linguistics. All submissions will be carefully reviewed, and accepted proposals will have the opportunity to be considered for a special issue of the IAICS journal.
Please note that presenters are required to update their IAICS membership for 2025 in order to participate in the conference. To register for membership, please visit the following website: https://utep.questionpro.com/t/AOz7EZgO1B
Application procedures
The submission period will be open from January 31 to March 31, 2025.
Acceptance decisions will be communicated to scholars by April 30, 2025.
Guidelines for submissions
1.Individual submissions for oral presentations:
The online application will require the following information:
• An abstract (100–150 words) in English, accompanied by 3 to 5 keywords.
• A brief résumé for up to three authors, including their positions, affiliations, and email addresses.
• The application must also specify the sub-theme and indicate whether the presentation will be online or on-site.
2. Panel submissions:
Panel proposals aligned with the conference theme or topic areas may be submitted. Proposals should include the panel title and a 100–150-word abstract for each panelist’s paper (as outlined above). Additionally, proposals must provide the positions, affiliations, and email addresses of all authors.
Sub-themes
Papers must address one of the following topic areas (or related themes):
- Language teaching and intercultural communication
- Intercultural business communication
- AI (artificial intelligence) in language teaching
- Anti-xenophobic curriculum
- ELF (English as a lingua franca)
- Culturally relevant pedagogy
- Communication during and post pandemics
- IC in the healthcare systems
- Cosmopolitanism in culture
- Intercultural communication and cosmopolitanism
- Shifts in Linguistics
- Time and space in culture / literature
- Language and culture
- Intercultural communication and nationality
- Language and identity
- Comparative culture
- Cultural identity
- Interculturality in literature
- Cultural hybridity
- Diversity studies
- Intercultural communication and interculturality
- Language Teaching and IC
- Mediated intercultural communication
- Immigration and adaptation in a new country
- Virtual intercultural communication
- Multi cultures and interculturality
- Intercultural communication competence
- Culture and travel
- Intercultural education
- Cross cultural encounters
- Indigenous cultures
- Comparative poetics
- Public policy
- Comparative literature
- Transnational enterprises and IC
- Social media and culture
- Cultural study theories
- Literature and religion
- Culture and diplomacy
- Literature and film
- Language planning and policy
- Cultural Heritage and Communication
- Intercultural Business Communication
- Intercultural pragmatics
- Communication, stress and anxiety
- Communication and therapy
- Computer assisted learning and teaching
- Culture and Gender issues
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