Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR): GRDS International Conference Summary held at London, UK, September 2017

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

GLOBAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (GAHSSR)

23rd International Conference on Social Science and Humanities (ICSSH)

South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London | London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

This summary captures a two day programme with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) conference is one of best academic event in Humanaties and Social Science theme, which took place on 11-12 September 2017 at South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London | London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. The event brought together around 70 Participants from around 23 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Humanities and Social Issues. Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) is known to have valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further cooperation among the participants of different countries.

The conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Social Issues.

The main aim of this conference was:

To discuss latest challenges/researches being faced by the Society regarding Social Issues
Generating academic and professional relationships
Boosting morale and confidence of researchers in an international platform
Networking among the participants
Providing a holistic experience of academic tourism

We would begin with session 1. The details are as below.

Session 1: Welcome and opening Speech

In the Opening of the conference, Our Honourable Keynote speaker enlightened the participants with their Speech to the conference highlighting the problem emerging all around the world.

Ahmad Raji Yaakub (Plenary Speaker)

( Chief Operating Officer, Irshad HR Consulting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia )

Highlighted the context related to Social Science and Humanities issue emerging all around the world and help us to understand the society in a better way.

Session 2: Technical Session

In this technical session Participants of Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) presented their papers related to their Research and Study. Some of the major issues that were discussed can be outlined as:

1. "Re-membering the Future: Speculative fiction by Eben Venter and Lauren Beukes" Presented by Ken Barris Affiliated to Faculty of Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.

2. "The ambition to create a new world order while feeding political instability: Iran’s expansion intoLatin America during Ahmadinejad’s era" Presented by Hanan Alhajeri Affiliated to Political Sciences Department College of Social Sciences,Kuwait University, Kuwait

3. "The Prospects for an Independent West Papua" Presented by David Stott Affiliated to The Center for Fundamental Education,The University of Kitakyushu,Kitakyushu, Japan.

In order to Promote Young Researchers, GRDS International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events.

In each, GRDS International conference, Best paper award is given to best researches. In Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR), Best paper award is given to the participants with best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference. In Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) conference, Best Paper Award was given to paper :

1. "Cinematic Representations of Partition of India" Submitted by Dr. Manoj Sharma Affiliated to Department Of History, Kirori Mal College,,University Of Delhi,Delhi, India

2. "Portrayal of Gender in the Iranian High School EFL Textbooks" Submitted by Shapour Vahdatinejad Affiliated to Department of English & Literature,Rustaq College of Education,Al Rusaq, Oman.