Welcome on the website of the International Journal of Culturology

Culturology Press is an independent, international scholarly network committed to advancing the scientific understanding of culture. Founded in 2010, it brings together researchers from around the world who share a common vision: that culture can—and should—be studied with the same intellectual rigor and systemic coherence as other complex human phenomena.

Culturology is not simply an extension of traditional “cultural studies.” It seeks to go further, providing a scientific framework for analyzing culture as a dynamic and multidimensional system. Culture is not viewed as a disembodied realm of ideas or symbols, but as a concrete, living process—rooted in the actions, institutions, beliefs, and interactions of human beings situated in time and space.

Culturologists study cultural systems by situating them within their broader economic, political, social, ecological, technological, geographical, and historical contexts. They investigate how cultural patterns emerge, persist, evolve, or dissolve—across local communities and global networks alike. They analyze belief systems, ideologies, rituals, languages, institutions, and the material bases of culture with an aim to clarify their function, logic, and consequences.

What distinguishes the International Journal of Culturology is its systemic and materialist orientation. It encourages interdisciplinary work grounded in scientific reasoning and open to theoretical innovation and empirical experimentation. Contributions to the journal must demonstrate methodological clarity, theoretical depth, and a willingness to rethink established paradigms.

Since its inception in 2010, the journal has operated as a tight-knit research network, prioritizing intellectual depth, internal dialogue, and the development of a coherent epistemological framework for culturology. Rather than rush into publication, the founding members deliberately chose to invest time in building a solid conceptual foundation, testing hypotheses, and exploring uncharted territory—often across disciplinary boundaries and cultural contexts.

This extended incubation period also allowed the network to avoid premature institutionalization, ensuring that culturology could emerge with full intellectual independence, free from prevailing academic fashions and resistant to reductionist trends. During this phase, the journal served as a collaborative platform for methodological innovationand strategic foresight, preparing the ground for a new scientific paradigm of culture capable of addressing the complexities of the 21st century.

Today, as the global landscape of knowledge shifts and demand grows for more integrative approaches to culture and society, the International Journal of Culturology is entering a new phase. A comprehensive digital platform is currently in development, which will host its first public contributions, open calls for papers, and provide access to resources that reflect the evolving scope of the field.