#Cultures 2027
Cultures in the Reconfiguration of the World Order: Conflicts, Mobilities and Pluralities in the 21st Century.
A permanent international digital forum where cultures meet, speak and reshape one another through research, pedagogy, artistic practice, institutional dialogue and open scientific circulation.
#Cultures 2027 connects researchers, cultural managers, artists, educators, creators, activists and cultural agents from different territories and epistemologies.
Peer-reviewed submissions, digital proceedings with individual DOI, thematic axis partnerships, institutional partnerships and post-event publication opportunities.
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From #Cultures 2026 to #Cultures 2027
The edition originally scheduled for October 13 to 15, 2026, was postponed and restructured. It will now be held as #Cultures 2027, from April 6 to 9, 2027. The change allows the organisers to adjust the funding and operational framework, preserve the international scope of the congress and strengthen its scientific and editorial programme.
What remains unchanged
- The congress remains fully online and international.
- The eight thematic axes remain the scientific foundation of the programme.
- Accepted and presented works will be published in digital proceedings with an individual DOI.
- CLAEC and Scientia International remain the organising institutions.
What has changed
- New congress dates: April 6 to 9, 2027.
- New official management platform for submissions, reviews, registration and programme activities.
- Updated calls, participation formats, deadlines and registration periods.
- The former #Cultures 2026 edition now continues institutionally as #Cultures 2027.
What is #Cultures
#Cultures is a permanent international digital forum on studies of cultures. It connects researchers, cultural managers, artists, educators, creators, activists and cultural agents from different territories, epistemologies and fields of practice.
Online by identity, not by contingency
The digital format is structural. The congress is designed for transnational participation, open scientific circulation and long-term visibility through recordings, proceedings and post-event publications.
Cultures, in the plural
Cultures, in the plural, expresses an epistemological and political position. It recognises cultures as fields of dispute, memory, identity, pedagogy, institutions, artistic practices and meaning-making.
Central theme 2027
Cultures in the Reconfiguration of the World Order: Conflicts, Mobilities and Pluralities in the 21st Century.
The world order is undergoing structural realignment. Regional conflicts are assuming global dimensions, multipolarity is redefining alliances and hegemonies, migration and displacement are intensifying diasporic processes, digital technologies are reorganising information regimes and symbolic economies are being restructured on a planetary scale.
These processes are not only geopolitical - they are also cultural
They generate identity displacements, reconfigure heritage and territorialities, transform cultural policies and alter forms of belonging and resistance. #Cultures 2027 examines these dynamics through critical, interdisciplinary and international perspectives.
Scientific structure
The congress is organised around eight permanent thematic axes and welcomes academic, artistic, pedagogical and professional contributions.
I
Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development
II
Cultural Diversity, Human Rights and Inclusion
III
Cultural Territories, Education and Sustainability
IV
Technology, Digital Culture and Social Innovation
V
Borders, Migrations, Diasporas and Identities
VI
Cultural Management, Organisations and Entrepreneurship
VII
Memory, Heritage and Musealisation
VIII
Arts, Performances, Communication and Cultural Practices
Submission formats
- Scientific research
- Experience report
- Cultural practice
- Critical essay
- Pedagogical letter
- Artistic creation
- Performance or intervention
Publication pathway
- Accepted and presented works are published in open-access digital proceedings with an individual DOI.
- Selected authors may be invited to submit full or expanded articles to RELACult, Scientia International journals or bilingual e-books organised by thematic axis.
Three ways to participate
#Cultures 2027 offers three open and complementary calls.
1. Paper submission
For researchers, artists, educators, cultural managers and cultural agents. Submissions open on July 15, 2026, and close on February 28, 2027.
2. Axis partnership
For researchers, research groups and academic networks that wish to join the scientific construction of one thematic axis and propose an activity for the programme.
3. Institutional partnership
For universities, graduate programmes, research centres, networks, associations, cultural institutions and international organisations.
Partnerships and international collaboration
The partnership calls support collaborative scientific governance and institutional circulation without a financial obligation for partner institutions.
Axis partners
- Membership in the Scientific Committee of the selected axis
- Possibility of proposing a thematic panel, lecture, dialogue or compatible activity
- 40 percent discount on congress registration fees
- Named inclusion in the proceedings and official materials
Institutional partners
- Name and logo in official materials, website, proceedings and programme
- 40 percent discount for formally affiliated participants
- Possibility of nominating researchers for Axis Scientific Committees
- Possibility of proposing programme activities, subject to approval
Updated timeline
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Opening of registration and submissions | July 15, 2026 |
| Continuous peer review begins | From July 15, 2026 |
| Early Bird registration deadline | September 30, 2026 |
| Axis Partnership proposal deadline | September 30, 2026 |
| Axis Partnership final results | By October 21, 2026 |
| Regular registration deadline | January 31, 2027 |
| Institutional Partnership deadline | January 31, 2027 |
| Final deadline for submissions and author registration | February 28, 2027 |
| Final peer review round | March 1 to 15, 2027 |
| Consolidated final results | March 16, 2027 |
| Attendee registration deadline | April 5, 2027 |
| Congress | April 6 to 9, 2027 |
| Final corrections and supplementary materials | Until April 30, 2027 |
| Electronic certificates | By May 9, 2027 |
| Invitations for full or expanded articles | May 10 to June 30, 2027 |
| Post-event editorial review | July to September 2027 |
| Publication of proceedings with individual DOI | By October 31, 2027 |