Joint Events

Cultural and regional dimensions of global sustainability.

This conference is specially organized to discuss responses from the Humanities to the current pandemic crisis, imposed by COVID-19.

At its 207th session, in 207 EX/Decision 42, the Executive Board recommended “that UNESCO’s General Conference, at its 40th session, proclaim 14 January “World Logic Day”, in association with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH)”.

In early 2019 a process was set in motion by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy & Human Sciences (CIPSH), the Humanities for the Environment global observatory network and the Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) to establish a framework enabling the launch of a global sustainability science coalition under the name of BRIDGES, which stands for Building Resilience In Defense of Global Environments and Societies.

Close to 1,800 participants from all over the world will seek to redefine the foundations, roles, and responsibilities of the humanities in contemporary society at the World Humanities Conference, which will take place in the city of Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August.

Liege will host the World Humanities Conference from Sunday, the 6th, to Saturday, the 12th of August, 2017. Co-organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences(CIPSH), and the World Humanities Conference–Liège 2017 Foundation, this congress will gather about 1800 participants from all over the world working in the fields of science, politics, art, and communication, as well as representatives of international, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Under the auspices of CIPSH, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences, and UNESCO, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) will host the International South American Humanities Conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from 4th to 7th October 2016.

Greetings friends and colleagues. Keep reading to go over the most important events, updates, and developments for the IYGU!

To launch preparations for the World Humanities Conference, which will be held in Liege from 6 to 12 August 2017, UNESCO convened a presentation meeting for permanent delegations, non-governmental organizations, and specialized media at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 21 June 2016.

Ce 21 juin 2016 s’est tenue à l'UNESCO une réunion de présentation de la première la « Conférence mondiale des Humanités » qui aura lieu à Liège du 6 au 12 août 2017.

On 18 January 2016, UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme organized an information meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris […]

The Silk Roads have connected civilizations and brought peoples and cultures into contact with each other from across the world […]

Introduction of IYGU R.B.Singh ISRS Delhi Chapter Dr. Rabi N. Sahu Secretary,  Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Delhi Chapter Chief […]

The International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) jointly announced that 2016 will be the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU).

The 28th Session of the ISSC General Assembly (Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 December 2010) and the 30th Session of the CIPSH General Assembly (Nagoya, 11-12 December 2010) were followed by a Joint Scientific Symposium on ‘Changing Nature – Changing Sciences? The challenges of global environmental change for the social sciences and the humanities,’ 13-14 December 2010.

XXXth General Assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) to be held in conjunction with the XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and A Joint Scientific Symposium on "Changing Nature – Changing Sciences? The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for the Social Sciences and Humanities."

XXIXth General Assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) to be held in conjunction with the XXVIIth General Assembly of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and a Joint Scientific Symposium on "Knowledge and Transformation: Social and Human Sciences in Africa."