Quo vadis interdisciplinarity?

Humanities conference

27.-28. March 2025

Tallinn University

The Humanities are unimaginable without the interplay of different disciplines in the 21st century. It is becoming especially challenging for the upcoming early career researchers, as project grants and positions in research institutions are looking for new, combined and interdisciplinary methods to be applied to topics stemming from linguistics, history, philosophy and other traditional humanities fields. As both possibilities and problems of interdisciplinarity in humanities have sparked discussions among humanities students at Tallinn University School of Humanities, we are eager to broaden this discussion by organising the first international conference for PhD students and early career researchers.

The topic of this year's conference, "Quo Vadis, Interdisciplinarity?" was chosen to encourage a dialogue on integrating diverse methodologies within the humanities, acknowledging the growing trend towards interdisciplinary research. During the conference, we will address the challenges associated with interdisciplinary research in humanities, such as combining methods across fields and overcoming obstacles posed by the established traditional academic structures. Participants will be encouraged to discuss their experience in applying interdisciplinary research in their work, but also experiences of such obstacles as limited funding, and additional time and effort required to bridge disciplines.

The conference aims to bring together PhD students and early career researchers from different fields of humanities and provide a platform for exchanging ideas, approaches, and experiences, meanwhile establishing important academic connections.