Aim and Scope
Our Aim
- Publish original and high-quality research.
- Encourage innovative scholarship in literature and the humanities.
- Encourage interdisciplinary research collaboration.
- Encourage ethical publication practices.
- Encourage international scholarly communication.
- Encourage research with social and cultural value.
- Provide equal publishing opportunities for all researchers in the world.
- Increase the accessibility of high-quality research.
Scope of the Journal
IRLH will consider papers that make contributions to the development of literature and humanities from theoretical, analytical, historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The journal publishes research that looks into the connections among language, literature, culture, society, history, philosophy, media, and the arts.
Research may focus on:
- Classical and modern literature
- Language and communication
- Cultural identity
- Historical perspectives
- Social transformation
- Literary criticism
- Human values
- Philosophy and ethics
- Digital humanities
- Creative expression
- Interdisciplinary humanities research
The journal particularly welcomes studies that:
- Offer original insights.
- Address contemporary global issues.
- Apply innovative research methods.
- Compare different literary traditions.
- Promote cultural understanding.
- Encourage critical debate.
- Contribute to educational development.
- Support sustainable cultural preservation.
The IRLH welcomes all types of theoretical and practical studies that demonstrate academic rigor, originality, and relevance to the international community of scholars engaged in humanities.
Vision & Mission
Our Vision
- Fostering research in global humanities.
- Facilitating academic success.
- Fostering intellectual diversity.
- Fostering multidisciplinary research.
- Protecting culture and literature.
- Encouraging innovation.
- Enhancing access to academic knowledge.
- Facilitating international research collaboration.
- Fostering good academic practices.
- Contributing to lifelong learning.
Our Mission
- Provide high-quality scientific research.
- Maintain peer review.
- Ensure publication ethics.
- Stimulate original research.
- Facilitate collaboration across disciplines.
- Help early-career researchers.
- Enhance the visibility of humanities research.
- Strengthen international academic cooperation.
- Guarantee editorial independence.
- Contribute in the advancement of knowledge globally.
In these ways, IRLH strives to become a reliable resource for scholarly literature and an esteemed platform for scholars who work within the humanities.
Subject Areas
International Review of Literature and Humanities welcomes articles written on many different topics. The list that follows outlines the main subject categories covered by IRLH but is not an exhaustive one.
Literature
- English Literature
- Comparative Literature
- World Literature
- American Literature
- Commonwealth Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- Classical Literature
- Contemporary Literature
- Literary Theory
- Literary Criticism
- Children's Literature
- Women's Writing
- Indigenous Literature
- Digital Literature
- Creative Writing
Languages and Linguistics
- Linguistics
- Applied Linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
- Syntax
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Discourse Analysis
- Translation Studies
- Language Education
- Multilingualism
- Lexicography
- Corpus Linguistics
Humanities
- Philosophy
- History
- Archaeology
- Religious Studies
- Ethics
- Cultural Studies
- Heritage Studies
- Anthropology
- Sociology
- Political Thought
- Human Geography
- Intellectual History
Arts and Media
- Media Studies
- Journalism
- Communication Studies
- Film Studies
- Theatre Studies
- Performing Arts
- Visual Arts
- Fine Arts
- Music Studies
- Cultural Communication
Emerging and Interdisciplinary Fields
- Digital Humanities
- Gender Studies
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Migration Studies
- Environmental Humanities
- Public Humanities
- Global Studies
- Memory Studies
- Identity Studies
- Humanities and Artificial Intelligence
- Cultural Policy
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Research