One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of October 20, 2024, IICAH2025 has received over 380 submissions from 55 countries and territories - including: the United States, Japan, South Africa, Philippines, Canada, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
The following submissions have been accepted for presentation at IICAH2025.
Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication
- Challenges in Theater: A Phenomenological Study on the E-Theater Experiences of the Philippine High School for the Arts and the Stage@Home
- Mixed-Media in Christian Theatre: Enhancing Performance Through Technology in Zion Royal Theatre’s Productions in Nigeria
- Chase Them Out: Environmental Activism in Afrobeats Music
- MacBeth and the Legend of White Snake: Transcultural, Immersive Shakespeare in 'Sleep No More Shanghai'
- Care and Justice: Moral Orientations and Ethically Controversial News
- Domestic Respectability as Assimilation in Queer Japanese Media
- Spontaneous GenAI Adoption in Newsrooms: Deficiencies and Strategies
- Enhancing Effective Communication Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of University-community Engagement
- The Future of Film Analysis: How AI Is Transforming Cinema Studies
Language, Linguistics
- Linguistic Preferism: Relativity or Universalism
- Discourse Analysis on English Article Translation in Mongolian Language
- Pursuing Inclusivity in English Language Learning: Voices of Teachers in Obo-Manobo Community in Southern Philippines
- Lived Experiences of a Deaf Fish Vendor in a Verbally-Active World: How Silent Is Silent?
- Individual Differences in Lexical Processing: The Role of Morphological Knowledge in Visual Word Recognition in Korean
- Metaphor Enactment or Metaphor Literalization Strategy in Implicitly Offensive Language
- Expressing Opinion by a Verb Choice
- Standardizing Borrowed Pronunciations: Bridging the Gap Between Native and Adopted Languages in Indian and Japanese English
- Optimizing Oral Fluency with Conventional Expressions
- A Descriptive Grammar of the Use of Prepositions in Educated Written English in Japan
- Building a Multilingual Vocabulary Database: A Comprehensive Study of 26 Global and Local Languages
- Jopara: Conversational Code Switching Between Spanish and Guarani a Sociolinguistic Study
- From Data Points to Polygons: an Innovative Approach to Geolinguistic Mapping
- The Impact of Collaborative Online International Learning on Beginner-level Language Learners
- Intersubjectivity and Emotion in Narratives of Inherited War Memories
- To Investigate the Weak Areas/ Errors in Sample Corpus of the Academic Writings of Undergraduate Students of Sindh Province, Pakistan
- Behemoth: Abandoning the Metaphor for Something More Human
- Language, Culture, and Ethics in Organ Donation Campaigns: a Comparative Study of Five Regions
Aesthetics, Design
- A Proposal of an Auxiliary Method for Cosmetic Container Design Based on Sensibility Evaluation
- Cultural Aesthetics in Inclusive Playground Equipment Design
- The Influence of Smart Home Design on the Interior Space Layout of Urban Residential Buildings in China (2000-2024)
Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness
- The Poverty of Ordinary Language to Express Emotions: Aquinas's Theory of the Emotion
- Organizational Empowerment and Psychological Well-Being Among Social Workers in Hong Kong
- Philosophize Compassion Education
- Moses and Mutability
- Virtue Ethics and Moral Saints
- Niṣkāma Karma: A Path of Ethical Society in the Light of Bhagavad Gītā
Political Science, Politics
- Comparative Analysis of ASEAN and EU’s Post-Pandemic Digital Diplomacy
- Impact of Women Leadership in Good Governance and Accountability in Rwanda: Case Study of Kigali City
- Contribution of Electoral Systems on Election Fairness in East Africa: Case Study of Rwanda (Kigali City)
- Conflict and Crisis in Afghanistan: Contemporary United States Role in the New Great Game of Asia Pacific
- Empowering Moroccan Women Through Gender Quota: What Impact on Their Political Representativeness?
- Schooling and the Politics of Revitalization: A Tale of Two Governments in a Quest for Better Urban Education
- Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP): A Threat to Pak-Afghan Relations and Pakistan’s Internal Security
- Governance Crises Nexus Migration in Sub Saharan Africa: A Prognosis
- In Search of the Characteristics of Korean Social Service Policies: A Comparative Analysis with the UK and Japanese Cases
- Integration vs. Fragmentation: The Role of the European Union in Shaping National Identities Post-Brexit
- The Cycle of Politics of Anxiety and Hope in Populism: Populist Presidencies in the Philippine’s Democratic Backsliding
- Mutual Influence of Government’s Role and Government Fairness: Vicious Cycle or Virtuous Cycle?
- Politicization of Borders in South Africa’s 2024 General Elections: Reflection of Selected Political Party Manifestos
Religion, Spirituality
- Islam in Nigeria: Of Traditionalism, Modernism and Extremism
- Introducing Interreligious Dialogue Education (IRDE) in Universities: Perception of Faculty and Post Graduate Students in Saudi Arabia
- Religion and Technology: Exploring the Role of Religion on Apparel Industry Innovation in South Asia
- Exploring a Potential Preparedness Gap Between Undergraduate Ministry Programs and Real-Life Ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention
- The Comparative Study of Religion and Spirituality Between American and Pakistani Societies
- Living with Reverence: the Intersection of Eco-Spirituality and Embodied Ethics
Sexuality, Gender, Families
- Contribution of Women Entrepreneurs in the Development of Families in Rwanda: Case Study of Rwanda (Rubavu District)
- Effects of Culture Perspectives on Women Empowerment and Development in East Africa Case Study of Rwanda
- Contribution of Financial Cooperatives on Women Empowerment and Development in East Africa Case Study of Rwanda
- Improving Child Protection Mechanisms in Pakistan: Implementing Comprehensive Legal and Procedural Best Practices from the United States
- The Philippine Media’s Portrayal of Pura Luka Vega: Narrative Construction, Framing, and Queer (Mis)representation
- Contribution of Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) on Women Empowerment and Development in East Africa Case Study of Rwanda
- When Employee Gender Diversity Benefits Collective Performance: The Importance of Female Proportion in Top Management Teams
- Breaking the Silence: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Female Suicide in Ghizer District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
- An Anthropological Analysis of the Causes of Non-Marriage and Low Birth Rates in South Korea: Insights from Interviews
- Unlocking Health Equity: Innovating MSM-Friendly Healthcare in Kimberley, South Africa
- Adaptive Strategies and Lived Experiences of Women in Formal Construction Related Professions in Ghana
- Santah Kaladu: Queering the Silent History (and Roaring, Singing Future!) of Kristang and Portuguese-Eurasian Creole Language and Identity
- Impact of Women Empowernment on Community Development in Rwanda Case Study of Kigali City
- Exploring Student Experience Through Self-Determination Theory: Comparing Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Between First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Students
Cyberspace, Technology
- A Qualitative Study of Why Mothers Engage in ‘Sharenting’ and Their Perceptions of Children’s Online Privacy
- Rethinking Employee Age in Technology Adoption: A Goal Orientation Perspective
Difference/Identity/Ethnicity
- Vietnamese Buddhism in the 21st Century
First Nations and Indigenous Peoples
- Symbols of Uchinanchu Reculturation: Hajichi Tattoo Practices and Online Solidarity Connecting Okinawa, Brazil and Hawai’i
- Recognizing the Legacy of Indigenous Matriarchs in Academia: Stories from Another Coyote
Globalisation
- Soft Power in Action: The Worldwide Influence of Anime and Manga
- The Impact of Fulbright Scholarships on Alumni: An Analysis of Social Capital upon Their Return Home
- Financial Development and Foreign Direct Investment
- Becoming New Entrepreneurs and Related Factors
Knowledge
- Theory of Self-Repetition: A Brief Dive into the Reasons Behind People’s Repeating Ourselves Regarding the the Implicitly Known
- Analyzing the Role of Blame Attribution in Climate Change Action
- Intersections of Humanism, Multiple Intelligence, and Human-Centered Leadership
Other Humanities
- The Basics of Neuro-Informed Education with Children and Adolescence
- Using a Digital Screening Tool for Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk in Various Clinical Settings
- Between Us: An Investigation of How Family Primary Caregivers Communicate with Demented Family Members in Taiwan
- Does Superior Employee Relations Reduce the Cost of Capital? Evidence from Japanese Firms
- Ableism in Higher Education: Platicas Framing Faculty Perception of Student Accommodations and a Call to Action
- How to Make Good on the Promise of the Liberal Arts
- From Stigma to Empowerment: Exploring the Link Between Dignity and Anti-Fat Bias
- Digital Leadership Skills Development of Medical Students in Online Environment
Teaching and Learning
- The Broken Community and the Notions of Ritual and Sacrifice in the Rebuilding of Classroom Culture in Taiwan
- The Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Language Learning: Possibilities of Facilitating the Intelligibility of Korean-Accented English
- Transnational Teachers Using Knowledge of Language for Developing Writing Strengths with U.S. Multilingual Learners
- Engaging University Students in Global Citizenship Education Through Independent Learning and Co-curricular Activities
- Implementation of Innovative Andragogy in Teaching at the Tertiary Level by Harmonizing Teaching and Research
- English Language Teaching Policies in ASEAN Countries: Revising the New Concepts to Its Implementation Within ELT Curriculum of 21st Century
- Evaluating Student Perceptions of Teaching Standards Among Lecturers with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education: A Quantitative Analysis
- Exploring Mentoring Effectiveness: A Case Study of PAREF Southcrest School’s Mentoring and Mentees’ Values Integration
- Student and Institutional Success: Professional Learning, Emotional Intelligence and Inclusive Leadership
- Woman Hero: Using Art to Understand the Role of Women in the Eritrean Revolution
- Waste Management Practices and Their Effect on Teaching and Learning in Kenya
- Using Reflective Practice to Bring Out-of-Class Experiences into the Classroom
- Connecting Learners in Hawaii and Japan to Develop Intercultural Competencies
- Utilization of Support Services and Its Relationship with Retention Among Open and Distance Learning in Selected Public Universities in Kenya
- Student Well-being Through Art Journaling and Creative Art Practices
- Digital Nature: Designing and Developing Inclusive Arboretum Experiences for Individuals with Disabilities
- Beyond Hype: AI as a Teacher's Toolkit
- Barriers to Equity: The Impact of Standardized Testing in Teacher Preparation Pathways
- Formative Instruction in Hawaiʻi: Amplifying Teachers’ Voices
- Learning Environment and the Study of French Language: NDA in Perspective
- A Study of Teachers’ Teaching Beliefs in Underachievers’ Learning
- Teaching the First Amendment: U.S. Media Censorship and You
- Teaching Global Issues: Approaching Urban Space from a Community Perspective Via SDG 11
- Community of Practice: Teachers' Perceptions Regarding its Value for ICT Integration in Curriculum Delivery in the Infant Classroom
- Human-Technology Relations in the Classroom: Postphenomenology-Inspired Field Notes from a COVID-Impacted Humanities Classroom in the Global South
- The Motivations and Experiences of Japanese Students Studying Medicine Abroad in English at Hungarian Universities
- The Application of Gamification in Economics Classrooms: Implications for Initial Teacher Education Curricula
- Global Perspectives on Digital Media Education: Cross-Cultural Differences and Influencing Factors
- Pair-reading Technique: Towards the Enhancementof Reading Fluency of Grade Six Students of Angelita Zobel Elementary School in Lucsuhin, Calatagan, Batangas
- Developing Online Educational Games for Visually Impaired Elementary Students: Insights from Braille Teachers
- International Baccalaureate Schools in Japan and Its Challenge
- Requirements for Designing an Immersive VR Tool for Inclusive-classroom Simulation with ASD Students
- Architecture(al) Education in the Screen Era
- Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning Through Āina-based Pedagogical Approach
- Exploring Methods for Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety in University Students Through Psychotherapy and Technology-based Activities
- Autopoiesis and Mythopoesis: How Live(d) Experience Contributes to Curriculum
- Infusing Critical AI Literacy into First-Year Writing Seminars
Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
- Exploring South Asian Immigrant Women’s Strategies to Construct Hybrid Identity: An Integrated Approach to Acculturation
- Invisible Hands: Personal and Critical Perspectives on Race, Multicultural Policies, and Demographics in South Korea
- La Blouse Roumaine: An Identity Marker
- Navigating Identity and Belonging: Young Adults from Mixed Serb-Hungarian Marriages in Serbia
- Race or Ethnicity! What Defines Me as a South African or an Individual Who Lives in South Africa? Case Studies on Conflictual Identity Descriptions in Societies and on Social Media
- Selena Gomez, Rosie Perez Are Accidental Heroines: Aging, Gender, Latinaness in Only Murders in the Building & the Flight-Attendant
- Life in the Community of Elderly People with Severe Cerebral Lesion Disabilities: Focusing on Photovoice
- Snow White Has a New Tan: Exploring Appreciation and Critique Through Cross-cultural Lenses and Context
- Towards an AutCrit Disability Acknowledgement: Critical PR and DisCrit in the Context of Communication and Autism Inclusion
Arts - Arts Policy, Management and Advocacy
- The Emergence and Influence of Early European Opera: A Historical and Analytical Study
- The Integration of Tang Poetry and Emotional Expression in Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde
Arts - Arts Theory and Criticism
- Mithila Painting: A Second Look, Continuity and Change
- Evaluating the Philosophical Concepts of the Works of Art of Various Art Movements and Igbo-ukwu Bronze Redefined
- Cognitive Nonconscious Assemblages in the Arts: Distributed Agencies and Rethinking Autonomy, Creativity, and Morality
Arts - Literary Arts Practices
- Let’s Do It with AI: Writing Poems in Authentic Collaboration with Artificial Intelligence
- The Poetic Container – An Integrated Arts Approach to Dialogic Poetic Explorations
- The Anglo-French Myth of Ophelia: Mythogenesis and Its Visual Reinterpretations in Contemporary Culture
Arts - Media Arts Practices: Television, Multimedia, Digital, Online and Other New Media
- Unmasking Digital Deception: Investigating the Role of BBC Verify in Countering Misinformation
- Epidermal Racialised Realities: Exposing Aggression & Calcifying Discourses on the Indian Body in Singapore
- Glitch: An Aesthetic of Failure in Music and Visual Arts
- Buy Dynamite, Not Bread: the Politics of Spaghetti Westerns
- Beyond the Map: Exploring the Concept of Space-Time Continuum Using Multiple Exposure Photography in Presenting Triggered Memory
- "We Are China Chic Music": Associated Nationalism and Post-War Trauma in Ling Remix Within the Sinophone ACG Digital World
- Mind the Gap: Questioning the Existence of a “Knowledge Deficit” in Conservation Social Media Messages
Arts - Other Arts
- (Neo)Orientalism in the Work of Moroccan Pop Artist Hassan Hajjaj: Subverting Dominant Representations in the Media
- Green Tea Through the Ages: A Comparative Study of Classical Texts from China and Japan
Arts - Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music
- The Impact of the Research on Immersive Theater in China Based on Facial Motion Capture
- Saigon Musical Life During the Sixties and the Seventies
- Kiwi Treasures: Music by New Zealand Composers and Collaborative Performances
- Possession, Performance and the Passing of Time: The Global and Historical Contexts for Ritual Theatre in South West India
- Transformation of Javanese Women’s Role from Domestic to Artistic: An Interpretation of KothÈkan Lesung
- Encountering Theatre Practice and Performances in Nigerian and Finnish Theatres
- Promoting Inclusion Through the Performing Arts: Strategies Implemented by a Community College Performing Arts Department
Arts - Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts
- The Body of Dissent: Political and Aesthetic in Contemporary Chinese Art
- The Evolution of the Architectural Awards Guiding Excellence in Profession
- Navigating Emotional and Informational Needs: AI vs. Search Engines Among Chinese Youth
- Social Cohesion in Education: The Benefits of Embedding Art and Design in a Learning Environment
- Sining Saysay a Philippine History in Art: Political Ideologies of Its Selected Paintings in Gateway Gallery
- Art as Activism: the Life and Work of Richard Hunt in the Context of the American Civil Rights Movement
Arts - Teaching and Learning the Arts
- MILMESA: Objectives, Structure and Evaluation
- Quality Assurance Practices in Internal Examinations in Selected Eswatini Primary Schools
- Take Up Space, You Matter: Fostering (Re)Connection After the Pandemic Through Trauma-Informed Community Arts Programming
- How to Apply Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Dialogue with the Self” to Classroom Practice
- Unlock SDG 3 and 4 Disruptive Education in Wellness and Art / Culture
- The Role of Spiritualism in Collegiate Private Lessons
- Wired for Connection: Leveraging AI to Foster Deeper Human Connections in Professional and Creative Spaces
- An Experimental Study on Methodology for the Use of Picture Comprehension of Sewing Technology
- The Unfolding of Talent: Innovative Integration of Soundscapes and Improvisational Performance in Early Childhood Music and Art Education
Arts - Visual Arts Practices
- The Appropriation of Middle-Range Theory to Practice-Based Research in Visual Culture
- An Ongoing Visual Turn About Contemporary "Green Screen" Painting
- Tufting the Magnified Natural World
- Queer Iconography in Hindu Mythology
- Reimagining Creativity: Artificial Intelligence’s Influence on Contemporary Artistic Practices
- Grafiko Filipino: A Study on Philippine Visual Language and Graphic Design Culture
History/Historiography
- Abrogation of the Cameroon Federation: Perspectives and Enduring Ramifications in Anglophone Cameroon
- Re-Framing the Past: Using Film and Cinema to Write Architectural History
- The Myth of Meritocracy and Its Correlation to Europe and America from 1800 to 1930
- Origins of Professional Photography in Izmir During the Ottoman Era
- From Land Acquisition to Nation-Building: Exploring the Jewish Agency’s Diverse Actions in Establishing Israel
- Unearthing the Relics of Bigotry: A Historical Examination of Racial Prejudice and Intolerance Towards South Asian Communities in Australia
- An Appraisal of President Ahmadou Ahidjo’s Economic Bases for Dismantling the Cameroon Federation
- "An Overall Lack of Able Gifted People": The Debate over Teachers' College Instructors Suitability for University Academic Appointments (Ontario: 1965-1975)
- Musical Activism in the U.S. and Japan in the Post-9/11 Era
- The Evolution of the ‘People': Confucian Contexts and Contemporary Challenges in Modern Chinese Civil Society
Humanities - Science, Environment and the Humanities
- Does Air Pollution Impact Consumer Sentiment in Pakistan: A City-Level Analysis
- Environmental Sustainability Evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ecological Footprint, Energy Consumption and Environmental Degradation
- Mitigating the Psychosocial Problems of Rescued Child Labour Victims Through Physical Education and Sports as Psychosocial Tool
- The Functional Role of the AmaXhosa Traditional Songs of ‘Umgidi’ (Post-circumcision Celebration)
- Wilderness/Wildness: What Nineteenth-Century Depictions of the Hudson Valley Reveal About the American Pioneer Identity
- Socio-Spatial Implications of Housing-Employment Mismatch: Evidence from Labor Market Outcomes and Subaltern Realities of Households in Southville 8
- Willingness to Pay for Mortality Reduction in Coal Dependent Regions of Poland: The Value of Clean Air
- Competing Factors in the Global South to Understand Improved Rice Variety Adoption Decisions Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
- Infrastructure Quality, Governance, and Globalization: A Panel Comparative Study of Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Examining Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions of Irrigation Access in the Volta Region, Ghana
- Climate Change Challenges and Gender Dynamics in the Pacific Region: The Role of the Pacific Islands Forum
- Factors Influencing E-Health Literacy Among Older Adults Using the Internet
- Evolution of the Human Diet: Nutrition and Lifestyle Diseases
- Urban Framing in Modern Cities: Aquaponics as a Solution for Food Insecurity
Literature/Literary Studies
- Monster in Frankenstein and Edward Hyde: Eugenics and the Politics of Appearance
- Nature and Eco-Poetry in Niyi Osudare's ‘Ours to Plough Not to Plunder ‘ and Joe Ushie's ‘Hills Songs ‘
- Challenging Conventions: A Critical Analysis of Approaches in English Translation of Persian Invocations in the First Mystical Tradition
- The Religion of a Poet: Rabindranath Tagore’s Belief in Brahman and Devotion to Buddha
- A Preliminary Exploration of Pizarro’s Notion of Poetic Indecorum in Villa’s Selected Poems
- The City Turns Spring, Deep with Plants and Trees: "China" in Hong Kong Literary Works in the Early 1980s
- Lesbian Existence in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees
- Decolonizing History Through Fiction: A Digital Visualization of Laila Lalami’s the Moor’s Account
- Re-Imagining Muslim Identities in Laila Lalami’s the Other Americans: A Novel (2019)
- The Church, the Bible, and the Metaphor of the Black Female Bondservant in American Literature
- Characters and Motifs of Gods in Mongolian Heroic Epics
- The Last White Man: Search for a Centralized Identity in a Post-Apocalyptic World
- Decolonising the Teaching and Assessment of IsiXhosa Literary and Cultural Studies Module Through the Lens of Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Socio-Ecological Framework
- Symbolism of Birds in Australian Poetry: A.D. Hope’s Metaphorical Flight
- What You See May Not Be What It Is: On Metaphoric Expressions in Zhang Zhihao’s Poetry
- The Effects of Culturally Relevant Library Resources on Young Boys of Color Attitudes Toward Reading
- Joseph Conrad’s Ukrainian Footprints
- From "Villon's Wife" to "Villon’s Woman": The Portrayal of Japanese Women in English Translations from the Works of Osamu Dazai
- Subverting Femininity and Maternal Spaces: An Analysis of Gestation and Domesticity in Yōko Ogawa’s Pregnancy Diary
- Reimagining Isabella Bird’s Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation
- Aotearoa New Zealand Histories: A National Narrative, a National Identity
- Psychosocial Stressors Latinas Face in Education
- Leaving No One Behind in Suburban Japan’s Internationalization: Language Teaching for Community Integration and Empowerment
- Barriers to Education: The Struggles of Myanmar Refugee Parents in Supporting Their Children in the U.S.