The 5th edition was scheduled to take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25-27 February 2022. However, due to the global Coronavirus pandemic, the ICARSH organizing committee decided to hold the conference entirely online. The Virtual presentations were delivered via an online electronic forum (Webinar), by experts from Germany, Croatia, USA, Israel, Pakistan, Germany, Ethiopia, Thailand, Italy; The participants engaged in lively discussions such as:

• Cross-Cultural Identity and Gender Role Conflicts
• Autoethnographic Literary Studies (e.g. The Handmaid's Tale)
• Social Media Hate Speech in Political Contexts
• Work-Life Balance