The 17th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2026)

Event Dates

May 09, 2026 - May 13, 2026

Location

Tokyo

Submission Deadline

Nov 27, 2025

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Welcome to The 17th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2026)

Held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.

Submissions are organised into the following streams:

Arts:

Teaching and Learning the Arts

Arts Policy, Management and Advocacy

Arts Theory and Criticism

Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts

Visual Arts Practices

Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music

Literary Arts Practices

Media Arts Practices: Television, Multimedia, Digital, Online and Other New Media

Other Arts

Humanities:

Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication

Aesthetics, Design

Language, Linguistics

Knowledge

Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness

History, Historiography

Literature/Literary Studies*

Political Science, Politics

Teaching and Learning

Globalisation

Ethnicity, Difference, Identity

Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation

First Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Sexuality, Gender, Families

Religion, Spirituality

Cyberspace, Technology

Science, Environment and the Humanities

Other Humanities