CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES

1.Language, Communication, Literature, and the Humanities

• Language in education policy and practice
• Language documentation
• Language contact
• Language and politics
• Multilingualism
• Language, gender, and power
• Interpretation and translational studies
• Discourse analysis
• New media, internet, and digital arts
• Intercultural communication
• Crisis communication
• Political communication
• Interpersonal communication
• Health communication
• Environmental communication
• Science communication
• Online cultures and social networks
• Literature and politics
• Literature and media
• Literature and war
• African literature

2.Philosophy and the Humanities

• Humanities and African ethics
• Political philosophy
• African philosophy
• Ethics of leadership and management
• Business ethics
• Environmental humanities and climate change

3.History, Archaeology, and the Humanities

• -Information and museum studies
• Archaeology and History
• The Dar es Salaam school of thought
• Oral history and African history
• History teaching, theory, and practice
• History and allied sciences
• Forensic archaeology
• Diplomatic and military history
• Paleontology
• Information, conservation, and museum studies
• Medical history

4.The Arts and the Humanities

• Art creation and conservation
• Creative arts and policy framework
• Creative arts and intellectual property
• Dance, drama, film, and theatre
• Art and entrepreneurship
• Youth employability in the humanities
• Arts and gender
• Arts and ethics
• Arts history and practice