Numerous articles of the Scientific Monthly Journal of the Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of the Human Sciences affiliated to the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies have been presented to the 17th "Book Review" Festival the same as the previous years, and a number of them were selected as chosen and praiseworthy papers.

After calling the Book House in May 2020 to the end of August, 176 articles in various fields including ethics, fiction, literature and literary criticism, communication, economics, history, religion, Arabic language and literature, language and linguistics, mysticism, social sciences, political sciences, law and jurisprudence, philosophy and theology, Quran and Hadith, generalities and information, children and adolescents, ancient texts and art were uploaded in the festival system. From late December to early January, 58 articles from the Journal of Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of the Human Sciences were announced as articles for the second round of the festival. Among them, 9 articles on social sciences, 8 articles on history and geography, 8 articles on linguistics, 6 articles on political science, 6 articles on philosophy, 4 articles on economics, 4 articles on literary criticism, 4 articles on art, 3 articles on law and jurisprudence, 3 articles on generalities of Islam, 2 articles on mysticism, and 1 article on generalities and information were introduced. Eventually, at the closing ceremony of the 17th "Book Criticism" Festival, which was held on January 10, 2021, in the presence of Mohsen Javadi, Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Ayyoub Dehghankar, Managing Director of the Iran Book and Literature House, Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani, Scientific Secretary of the Festival, and a group of selected winners, twelve articles from the Journal of Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of the Human Sciences was selected as the best article, of which 5 articles were chosen as selected articles, and 7 articles were introduced as praiseworthy articles, which include:

1. Generalities and information (selected): »Reviewing the Theoretical and Practical Principles of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Emphasizing Structural Review Based on "Division" Theory in Aristotelian logic)», Mustafa Hamadani, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 2, May 2019.

2. Religion at the Department of Law and Jurisprudence (selected):«A Critique on the Book “Civil Liability and Compensations”», Mohammad Mehdi Al-Sharif and Seyyed Mohsen Ghaemfard, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 12, March 2020.

3. Persian literature at the Department of literary criticism (selected): «The Requirements of Textual Exegesis: Looking at Gholamhussain Dinani’s Reading of Shams-e Tabrizi’s Ghazals», Rahman Moshtaghmehr, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 3, June 2019.

4. Persian literature at the Department of literary criticism (selected): «Uncertainties of Semiotics (A Review of the Semio-Semantics of Literature: Towards the Theory and Method of Literary Discourse Analysis)», Davood Emrati Moghaddam, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 3, June 2019.

5. History and Geography at the Department of Archeology (selected): «A Critical Review of “An Introduction to Genetic Archaeology”», Javad Hosseinzadeh Sadati, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 4, July 2019.

6. Philosophy, theology and mysticism (worthy of appreciation): «Hegel after Nietzsche», Mohammad Mehdi Ardebili, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 7, October 2019.

7. Social Sciences at the Department of social sciences (worthy of appreciation): «Book Review: The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City», Siavash Gholipour and Homayoun Marakhani, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 10, December 2019.

8. Social Sciences at the Department of Political Science (worthy of appreciation): «Identity Justice and Ethnic Minorities: A Critical Review of Kymlicka’s Multicultural Citizenship», Shahab Dalili and Mojtaba Maghsoudi, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 7, October 2019.

9. Social Sciences at the Department of Economics (worthy of appreciation): «The Position of “Economics and Society” in the Max Weber’s Thought», Ebrahim Tawfiq, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 10, December 2019.

10. Economics (worthy of appreciation): «A Critical Review of the Book “Poor Economics”», Seyyed Hossein Mirjalili, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 9, December 2019.

11. Language and linguistics at the Department of English language (worthy of appreciation): «Reviewing and Criticizing the Book the Effect of Persian Literature on English Literature», Mostafa Hosseini, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 6, September 2019.

12. Art (worthy of appreciation): «Theatrical Photography Analysis and Critique of the book “Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre”», Mohammad Khodadadi Motarjemzadeh, Journal of Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of the Human Sciences, Number 5, August 2019.