Call for Papers for 2nd World Humanities Forum

Call for Papers are invited for 2nd World Humanities Forum which is co-organized by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea and Busan Metropolitan City. This will be organized in Busan, Republic of Korea from 1st to 3rd November, 2012.

This will bring together scholars, thinkers and policy-makers in the humanities under the theme of “Humanities and Healing,” to reflect the role of the humanities in understanding the nature of suffering human beings are experiencing today and in finding the modes of healing that might respond to them.

The humanities have long tried to reveal fears, desires, solitude and agony in human depths, to understand them and thereby to sublimate them; however, current challenges as the widening gap between rich and poor, climate change, and deterioration of the environment, call for new reflection on the role of the humanities in healing. The World Humanities Forum aims to rethink and strengthen the role of the humanities in healing.

Topics of papers may include, but are not limited to:

Theoretical Discussions on the Therapeutic Role of the Humanities

· Understanding the meaning and characteristics of humanities-based healing

· Reflection on human sufferings from a humanities perspective

· Boundaries, dialogue and healing

· Interdisciplinary approaches to healing sufferings and conflicts

Reflection on the Historical Role of the Humanities in Healing

· The healing humanities in pre-modern and modern societies

· Reflection on various aspects of modern civilization in the context of suffering and healing

· Conflict between civilizations and the humanities

· Practices of the Healing Humanities

· Healing practices in the humanities