Call for Papers: Digital Religion V: Interfaces of Discourse, Society, and PoliticsInternational ConferenceNovember 19-21, 2026University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology, Department of PragmaticsLodz, Polandhttps://www.ethicsinmedia.eu/digital-religion-2026http://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg01095.html Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: September 30, 2026 Positioned within contemporary struggles over public meaning, social affiliation and political legitimacy, digital religion is articulated through mediated practices in which claims about faith, community, authority and truth become resources for negotiating belonging, morality, identity and power. Digital Religion V invites papers that examine these practices at the interfaces of discourse, society and politics, with a focus on digital religious discourse both as product and…

[NOTE: Visit the link directly below for detailed Calls for this conference in 37 submission categories based on the organization’s divisions and interest groups. This post contains highlights from Calls for categories particularly related to presence. –Matthew] Call for Papers: ICA 202777th Annual Conference of the International Communication AssociationJune 3-7, 2027Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomhttps://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA27-calls-for-papers Deadline for submissions: November 2, 2027 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Daylight Time Why Attend ICA27? The Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference is one of the biggest global gatherings for communication scholars, practitioners, and students. Cutting-Edge Research: Hear the latest findings before they’re published, across every…

Call for Abstracts: II EPEA: International Seminar on the Public Sphere in the Age of AlgorithmsUnder the theme: Artificial Intelligence and Political CommunicationOrganized by the Media Studies Group at LabCom – the Communication Laboratory of the University of Beira Interior (UBI) in Covilhã, PortugalDecember 10-11, 2026Onlinehttps://labcom.ubi.pt/epea/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: September 30, 2026 OVERVIEW The rapid popularisation of generative artificial intelligence through easily accessible platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude has introduced challenges related to the automated production of content, the authenticity of information, the concentration of technological power, and transformations in communicative practices.…

Call for Abstracts: Learning & Teaching ConferenceA Focus on Pedagogy 2026Across Teaching, Theory, Technologies & TimesNovember 18-20, 2026Onlinehttps://amps-research.com/conference/learning-teaching/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 10, 2026 Education can be seen as a practice in constant flux. Today, AI is transforming how we teach and learn. A few years ago, it was online teaching that reshaped classrooms worldwide. Before that, social justice movements were shifting our focus away from the ‘canon’ and, for several decades now, new theories like transformative learning and connectivism have been reshaping our roles as teachers. Teaching and learning then, are clearly phenomena in continual evolution.…

Call for Chapters: Human-Agent Synergy in Modern Video GamesIGI Global Scientific Publishinghttps://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/10261 Editors:João Paulo Sousa, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, PortugalRogério Tavares, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, PortugalEmmanoel Ferreira, Fluminense Federal University, BrazilRodrigo Domingues, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil Deadline for submission of proposals: September 27, 2026Deadline for submission of full chapters: November 29, 2026 INTRODUCTION The video game industry and the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) are undergoing a paradigm shift. We are rapidly moving past static, reactive generative AI tools toward Agentic AI, which consists of autonomous, proactive systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing complex workflows.…