Founded in 2003, the New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities while at the same time developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

The Twenty-Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

• 2025 Special Focus—Oceanic Journeys: Multicultural Approaches in the Humanities
• Theme 1: Critical Cultural Studies
• Theme 2: Communication and Linguistics Studies
• Theme 3: Literary Humanities 
• Theme 4: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
• Theme 5: Past and Present in the Humanistic Education