Papers are called from university academics, professionals, research fellows and research students in the discipline of related subjects of the Humanities and Social Sciences - Culture, Modernity and Social Transformation.

Authors are requested to align papers with the conference theme and indicate under which sub-theme the papers are presented. Papers should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other conference or publication.

Each submission must accompany with an author declaration statement. A soft-copy of this document should be sent with your extended abstract.

Forward your extended abstracts to ruichss@hss.ruh.ac.lk in MS Word format. In case of diagrams/ formulas developed in any other software are doubtful to appear properly in MS Word, you may send a PDF version together with your MS Word file.

It is required to submit the extended abstracts to the conference secretariat on or before 30th July 2021. Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) submitted will be subjected to a process of peer review prior to accept as a conference presentation. The authors of the accepted extended abstracts have to send their full papers to the organizing committee. Those full papers will be revised by a reviewing panel before publishing in the International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review (http://www.hss.ruh.ac.lk/JSSHR/index.html) .

Extended Abstract Templates (Doc / Pdf)

Full papers must contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), abstract and keywords (4-5 keywords organized alphabetically). The main text of the paper must include the introduction, review of the relevant literature, research problem, methodology, data analysis, and conclusion. Full paper must be consisted of 10000 words (including references and appendices).

Guidelines for Full Papers

Full Paper Template (Doc / Pdf)

The Author Declaration Form should be filled and attached with the Extended Abstract during the initial submission. The completed Author Declaration Form should be scanned and emailed to ruichss@hss.ruh.ac.lk

Author Declaration Form