Imagining Human Worlds Online Symposium, 27–28 January 2027

2027 Imagining Human Worlds Online Symposium, 27–28 January 2027

We invite proposals for 2027 Imagining Human Worlds, an annual online symposium in the Common Ground Imagining Futures Series, taking place 27–28 January 2027, online on CGScholar.

The symposium brings together scholars, researchers, educators, humanities scholars, learning specialists, technologists, practitioners, and community-engaged professionals working across questions of culture, learning, identity, meaning, communication, ethics, and human development. We welcome proposals that explore how human worlds are formed, interpreted, taught, experienced, mediated, and transformed.

For 2027, New Directions in the Humanities Research Network serves as the host Network, helping shape the symposium’s emphasis within the wider theme of Imagining Human Worlds.

Hosted by the Common Ground Media Lab @ Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the symposium is also part of Common Ground’s ongoing research into the knowledge experience: exploring how online environments can support focused dialogue, continuous exchange, publication pathways, and new forms of scholarly communication.

Symposium Themes
Theme 1: Culture, Meaning, and Human Experience
Theme 2: Learning, Pedagogy, and Educational Change
Theme 3: Learners, Communities, and Lifelong Development
Theme 4: Technology, Knowledge, and Human-Centered AI