International Journal of Arts & Sciences

Online submissions accepted until September 19, 2012

The sobering monument to Giordano Bruno at Campo dei Fiori.

IJAS welcomes you to Rome, the world capital of multidisciplinary studies, influential worldwide in subjects such as architecture, art, culture, politics, literature, law, philosophy and religion. Due to its centrality on many levels and powerful city-status, Rome has been nicknamed Caput Mundi (Latin for Capital of the World) and The Eternal City. The city bearing so many architectural and archaeological marvels tops the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Its global influence in politics, literature, high culture, the arts, music, religion, education, fashion, cinema and cuisine makes it an Alpha-World City.

Since the 1957 Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community, the metropolis has served as a centre for international co-operative activities, with worldwide organizations such as the World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and NATO Defense College being headquartered in the city.

Rome is the third most visited city in the European Union, and the first on IJAS' list of conference venues for the 2010/2011 academic year.

The IJAS Conference Series takes place annually in several cities across Europe and North America. The series has three primary aims.

The first aim is to provide opportunities for academics from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research both through the conference podium and IJAS' double-blind refereed publications. All IJAS conferences are inter- and multi-disciplinary.

The second aim of the Conference Series is to provide opportunities for academics to receive informal in-depth feedback through discussions, and to enable them to establish contact with professionals in other countries and institutions. The tours are the main way of "breaking the ice" away from the formalities of the conference hall, providing an informal setting for discussing different points of view. Even in an increasingly networked world of internet and satellite conferences, there is no substitute for personal interaction—what Edward R. Murrow calls "the last three feet of communication."  It is individuals, not data streams, who must ultimately build the connections that in turn create lasting international research partnerships.

The third aim of the Conference Series is to introduce academics to educational premises in locations that are suitable for study abroad programs and which may meet their students’ educational needs. IJAS draws its inspiration from the Fulbright Program, an integral part of the United States' foreign educational relations, where face-to-face exchanges have proven to be the single most effective means of engaging international publics while broadening dialogue between academics and institutions.

The accepted submissions will be clustered around their common topics and areas of interest. As is typical of multidisciplinary conferences, the final program - released about three weeks before the conference - will mirror the research agendas of the delegates rather than a pre-conceived list of arbitrary topics. The program will consist of consecutive one-hour sessions running in parallel in two conference rooms, from about 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Each oral presentation will be 15 minutes or less in duration unless a delegate requests otherwise.

It is up to each delegate how much to submit or publish. Some authors may publish only an abstract in the proceedings. Others may prefer to publish a full-length manuscript in the journal.

Delegates may also attend a conference without submitting or publishing any research in their role as audience members.

Authors may deliver their work during the conference either as (i) a regular presentation, (ii) a poster session, (iii) a panel, or (iv) a workshop.

Art, music and wine flow in Frascati

The Castelli Romani ("Castles of Rome") is a group of communes south-east to Rome, at the feet of the Alban Hills. The area of the Castelli occupies an ancient, fertile volcanic area which has allowed since ancient times a flourishing agriculture. The former crater is occupied by two lakes.

The water flows at Villa d'Este

Tivoli is situated on the Aniene river to the east of Rome, in the Monti Tiburtini hills. As the town was on a major trading route from Rome to Abruzzi, Tivoli has always been an important settlement. Modern Tivoli has around 50,000 inhabitants, and spreads out far beyond the crumbling picturesque historical centre. In the suburb of Bagni di Tivoli, on the plains below the town centre, it is still possible to bathe in natural thermal springs. The fourth century BC town wall is still visible, as are temples from the second century BC.

For those with an interest in antiquities, the Villa D'Este is worth a day to itself. The Villa, a masterpiece of the Italian Garden, is included in the UNESCO world heritage list. With its impressive concentration of fountains, nymphs, grottoes, water, and music, constitutes a much-copied model for European gardens in the mannerist and baroque styles.

There is more than meets the eye behind these bus tours.

To find out why these tours are conducive to study abroad programs and joint research, please click here.

Our conference will be held at the American University of Rome (AUR), outside the Vatican walls. For a map and video featuring AUR, click here.

IJAS is grateful for the University of AUR's cooperation in hosting a multidisciplinary conference within its Italian campus and welcoming the promotion of study abroad programs in Rome.

AUR is at Via Pietro Roselli 4, 00153 Rome. It's in the Trastevere neighborhood, just south of the Vatican walls.

To book your lodging close to AUR, we recommend clicking on Booking.com. After you type in "Rome, Italy" as your destination, make sure you check the word "Trastevere" in the District section on the left-hand margin. Practically all the hotels in this district would be within walking distance of AUR.

Delegates getting to know each other at AUR's garden.

If you prefer a hotel in the very heart of Rome, across the river and about a 25-minute walk away, select the "Navona" and Pantheon" neighborhoods instead. This would put in the midst of the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Navona Square and its nearby Campo dei Fiori open-air market.

Rome is very well connected by a subway system, and cheaper hotels further away from the center would make viable lodging facilities as well. For the lowest priced lodging click here for hostels, and here for guesthouses.

The buses for the educational programs will depart from (A) the AUR campus - for those who lodge in Trastevere - and  (B) Ponte Sisto (i.e., Sisto Bridge), on the banks of the river, for those whose Trastevere hotel may be closer to this bridge, and also for the benefit of those who lodge in the Navona and Pantheon neighborhoods. For a map highlighting the two pick-up points, marked as balloons "A" and "B" respectively, click here. The two pick-up points are a 17-minute walk apart.

Submit Your Research

• Submit your abstract through the above online submission form until September 19, 2012.
• Pay the registration fee by September 27, 2012.
• The conference will run from October 29 to November 1, 2012.
• Email your formatted manuscript to ManuscriptSubmission@gmail.com by December 15, 2012.
• The proceedings and journal will be published in late March 2012.

There is no page limit on articles. We welcome both short and lengthy submissions. We don't impose a financial penalty on lengthy manuscripts.

Each registered author, irrespective of whether he or she submits a formatted abstract or paper, will receive a Certificate of Participation.


PowerPoint Presentations
At the conference, each presentation room will be equipped with a laptop, a digital projector and a projector screen. The laptop will be set up for PowerPoint presentations. Linux and Mac users are asked to save their presentations in a compatible format. In the evolving world of Microsoft, save down to the 97-2003 format in order to ward off any problems. You may bring with you about 15 hard copies for the attendees, and a memory "stick" or CD for your PowerPoint presentation.

Questions about your submission and presentation should be emailed to: conference@internationaljournal.org.

Conference Registration Payment
Registration is open to everyone, not just to research presenters.
For all alternative ways of paying the registration fee, click here.
Registration fees do not include food and lodging. 

$360 - Rome (Oct. 2012) Conference Registration: 
Valid for all 4 days.
Valid for one person for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours.

$240 - Rome (Oct. 2012) Conference Registration:
Valid for 1 day only.
Valid for one person, for one day only, on conference premises. Does not include any tours.

$560 - Rome (Oct. 2012) Conference Registration for 2 persons:
Valid for all 4 days.
Joint registration for yourself and a fellow co-author or guest, valid for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours. There is no such thing as a "free child" or "free spouse." Also, children under 6-years old are not allowed.
This option is not available for two authors with two or more research presentations.

$105 - How to Organize a Study Abroad Program
A one-credit hour graduate level course with the University of San Diego.
For information and separate registration click here.

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The world's most famous fountain, Trevi Fountain. In the above picture, two visitors are about to jettison coins over their shoulders into the water behind them. Tradition holds that those who do so would one day return back to the fountain. The main beneficiary of this tradition is the Red Cross which is responsible for collecting the coins at the bottom of the fountain.

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To book your lodging in Rome, we recommend the Booking.com search engine. If your budget allows it, look for lodging in the Trastevere, Navona and Pantheon sections of Rome. However, the city is very well connected by a subway system, and cheaper hotels further away from the center would make viable lodging facilities as well. For the lowest priced lodging click here for hostels, and here for guesthouses.