The closing ceremony of the 8th Farabi International Festival was held on Sunday, February 12, 2017, in Summit Meeting Conference Hall with the presence of Dr. Hasan Rouhani, President of Islamic Republic of Iran; Dr. Mohammad Farhadi, Minister of Science, Research and Technology and other officials and thinkers in the field of humanities. In this festival, the Journal of Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of Human Sciences was recognized as the top journal in the field of humanities and appreciated by UNESCO and ISESCO.