The Success Story of ICOAH 2014
01st International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2014
1st Annual International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2014 was successfully completed with 33 participants from more than 15 countries. Countries are namely Sri Lanka, India, United Kingdom, Malaysia, China, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, United States of America, Philippines, Hong Kong, Iran, and Nigeria etc. The conference was organized by “The International Institute of Knowledge Management” (TIIKM) collaborative with University of Northern Colorado, USA. There were 33 oral presentations and more than 5 virtual presentations. Primary objective of this conference was to create a premier forum for the local and international researchers, scholars and academicians to share their research results in the fields of Arts and Humanities. We believed that we successfully achieved this objective during the conference. As per the schedule, conference was chaired by Prof. J. B. Disanayaka and Prof. Gary E. Swanson. Conference schedule divided in to 07 main themes namely, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies Culture, Region and Ethnic Studies – 01 Folklore and Ethno musicology Culture, Region and Ethnic Studies – 02 Film, Media and Graphic Designing Visual and Performing Arts – 01 Visual and Performing Arts – 02
Conference Committee
Dr. Eldad Tsabary Associate Dean
Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, Canada
Keynote Speaker
JENNIFER WICKS
Department of Art Education Concordia University, Canada
Prof. Paul Arthur
Chair in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Arts and Humanities Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Fatima Zahra
Assistant Professor Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
Dr. Preeti Tushar Joshi
Principal, School of Liberal Arts School of Humanities & Social Sciences His Holiness Dalai Lama FUR Fellow Sri Balaji University, India
Conference Features
Keynote
Speech Title: “Creative Practice as Reflexivity in Action”
JENNIFER WICKS
Department of Art Education Concordia University, Canada
Speech Title: “Seeing beyond what we see”: The role picture book illustrators play in the development of a child’s imagination
AILEEN PUGLIESE CASTRO
Senior Lecturer, Department of Art Education Concordia University, Canada
Plenary Forum
Speech Title : “Romanticism, Modernism, and the History of Imaginative Expression in the West: “I’m No Art Critic, But i Know What i Hate.”
PROFESSOR STEVEN J ZANI
American University of Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Speech Title : “What can neuroscience tell us about musical imagination?”
ASSOC. PROFESSOR GABRIELA PÉREZ-ACOSTA
Faculty of Music National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Speech Title : “Literature Over the Centuries”
PROF. GOLAM SARWAR CHOWDHURY
Notre Dame University, Bangladesh
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- António Costa Valente, Portugal
- Dr. Zeynep ERDOGAN, Ankara University, Turkey
- LI Siu Kit, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
- Anusha Jayasiri, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
- Mrudula Lakkaraju, Osmania University, India
- Priyantha Udagedara, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
- Indrani Edirisooriya, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
- Ceren Karadeniz, Ankara University, Turkey
- Margaret Thomas, Stella Maris College, India
- S.A. Shanavas, University of Kerala, India
- S. Anuzsiya, South Eastern University, Sri Lanka
- LEE Chi Kuen Martin, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
- K.P.L. Nishantha, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
- MIM. Jazeel, South Eastern University, Sri Lanka
- Rose Mary A, University of Keral, India
- Mangala Katugampola, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- Ricardo Dal Farra, Concordia University, Canada
- W. A. Premakumara Wickramasinghe, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
- Kamani Samarasinghe, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
- Lishanthi Wijewardene, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
- Ali Saberi, Iranian Researchers Network, Iran
- Prof. Aysem Yanar,Ankara University, Turkey
- LI Kin Ling, Michelle, Caritas Institute of Higher Education,Hongkong
- Chamba Nana, Institute of Fine Arts, Cameroon
- Golam Sarwar Chowdhury, Notre Dame University, Banglades
Partners
Co-hosting Partner
School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University Canada
Academic Partner
School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Faculty of Fine Arts Ankara University Turkey
