Focus and Scope

The International Conference on Culture, Language, and Literacy (ICOLL) is an annual international scholarly conference organized by the Faculty of Adab and Humanities (Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora), Universitas Islam Negeri Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi, Indonesia.

ICOLL provides an interdisciplinary forum for academics, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to present and discuss the latest innovations, trends, challenges, and solutions in the fields of culture, language, literature, and literacy studies, with a special emphasis on Southeast Asian and Islamic perspectives.

Conference Scope & Sub-Themes:

  • 1. Cultural Studies & Local Wisdom: Islamic Culture and Civilization, Malay-Jambi Local Heritage, Traditional Arts, Cultural Preservation, Intercultural Communication, and Folklore.
  • 2. Linguistics & Applied Linguistics: Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Arabic & English Language Teaching (ELT), Translation Studies, Corpus Linguistics, and Pragmatics.
  • 3. Literary Studies: Classical & Contemporary Literature, Comparative Literature, Children's Literature, Islamic Literature, and Digital Humanities in Literature.
  • 4. Literacy & Digital Media: Information Literacy, Digital Literacy in Higher Education, Library and Archival Science, Media Studies, and Literacy Pedagogy.
  • 5. Religion, Ethics, and Society: Islam and Modernity, Religious Moderation, Humanities in the 21st Century, and Cultural Identity in the Digital Age.