Call for Papers: 2026 Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations ConferenceTheme: The collective in the seemingly individual: Highlighting the world in human-technology relationsSeptember 21-23, 2026TU DelftThe Hague, the Netherlandshttps://www.aanmelder.nl/phtr26 Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 20, 2026 We are happy to invite you to the 4th international Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations (PHTR) conference, to be held in person at TU Delft’s Campus Spui in The Hague (the Netherlands), on September 21-23, 2026. This edition’s theme aims to highlight the collective dimension of seemingly individual human-technology relations. We invite submissions in different formats: individual paper presentations, design and multimedia contributions, panels, and interactive…

Call for Abstracts: artifices: technology, thought, art6th interdisciplinary Ereignis conferenceGdynia, Poland and onlineAugust 8-9, 2026https://www.ereignis.no/events/conference/2026http://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00312.html Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2026 Our contemporary world is increasingly enamored by artificiality, yet the Artificial Intelligence moniker of the latest dot-com bubble triggers profound anxieties. The idea that we can create an artificial intelligence by way of machinic technology is by no means novel in the history of culture. In the Iliad, for example, Homer speaks of Hephaestus‘ “handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids”, characteristic by their intelligence, speech and strength. To Aristotle, technê was a craft grounded in knowledge, and…

Call for Papers: The End: Finality and Renewal in CultureThe 16th Annual Lotman Days ConferenceJune 10-12, 2026Tallinn UniversityTallinn, Estoniahttps://www.tlu.ee/en/lotman-days-conference2026 Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 28, 2026 (extended) “The end” is one of the most powerful and unsettling notions in culture. Human beings are endlessly fascinated by endings, whether of life, text, or civilisations, because they entail both the threat of general destruction and the possibility of rebirth where something completely new emerges in the place of the old. For the semiotician and cultural theorist Juri Lotman, this striving is inherent to human nature, arising from the desire to comprehend…

Call for Papers: Besides the Screen Ningbo 2026: Audiences, Subjects & AgentsJune 4-6, 2026University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)Ningbo, Zhejiang, Chinahttps://besidesthescreen.com/ Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026 In 2026, the Besides the Screen conference returns to the city of Ningbo to explore the ways audiences, subjects and agents are distributed and negotiated across borders – whether institutional, spatial, linguistic or technological. This year’s conference begins from the premise that the concept of the passive media audience has always been a myth. Nowadays, it would be difficult to find a situation where viewers are not doing anything, even if it is just…

Call for Papers: “Performing Conflict. Theatre, Art, and Performative Media Forms in Wars and Protests”For the Artivism (Media Activism, Network as Art) section of an issue of the journal Connessioni remote (Remote Connections)https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/connessioniremote/announcement/view/1007 Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 10, 2026Deadline for submission of full papers: May 10, 2026 Contemporary wars, conflicts, and political protests exist in a condition that is increasingly inseparable from their representations. Current media and artistic ecosystems do not merely influence how these phenomena circulate but actively shape the very ways in which struggle is enacted. Performance is no longer simply a “medium” through which violence,…

Call for Papers: ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP)August 26-27, 2026Hosted by Inria Rennes, Francehttps://sap.acm.org/2026/ Deadline for abstract submission: April 21, 2026Deadline for paper submission: April 28, 2026 The ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. This includes such disciplines as cognitive psychology, perceptual psychology, psychophysics, behavior-analysis, and neuroscience on the perceptual side and computer graphics, computer vision, visualization, virtual reality and human-computer interfaces on the visual computing side. The interdisciplinary focus of this conference acknowledges that the various scientific…

Call for Papers: International Communication Conference on “Global Communication and Global Governance”May 29-31, 2026Xiamen UniversityXiamen, Fujian Province, Chinahttps://telegra.ph/CALL-FOR-SUBMISSIONS-Xiamen-University-Announces-an-International-Communication-Conference-on-Global-Communication-and-Global-Go-02-03 Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026 Xiamen University is pleased to announce an international communication conference on “Global Communication and Global Governance,” organized in collaboration with members of the National Communication Association (NCA) and leaders from the Communication University of China (CUC). The conference will be held at Xiamen University, China, from May 29 to 31, 2026. Under this overarching theme, we invite research presentations that engage broadly with the communication discipline, particularly within the following three thematic tracks: Theme 1: Digital…

Call for Papers: Strangeness and Oddity: Embracing the Extraordinary in Arts-Based ResearchA Transdisciplinary ConferenceMarch 10-11, 2026Onlinehttps://labrc.co.uk/2025/12/08/strangeness-and-oddity-2026/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 15, 2026 “Blessed are the weird people – poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters and troubadours – for they teach us to see the world through different eyes” – Jacob Nordby What happens when we look beyond the ordinary? Can the strange and the peculiar hold the key to deeper truths about our world and ourselves? In what ways does the “bizarre” serve as a mirror for societal norms, fears, and desires? Throughout history, the extraordinary has often been…

Call for Papers: Cross-sensory Futures: Rewiring Perception in HCIA Workshop at ACM CHI 2026, The Association of Computing Machinery conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsBarcelona, SpainWorkshop: April 13, 2026, https://xsensoryfutures.ousmet.com/CHI 2026: April 13-17, 2026, https://chi2026.acm.org/ Deadline for submission of statement of interest or position paper: February 16, 2026 MOTIVATION Sensory HCI is at a crossroads. Human–Computer Interaction has long explored how technology can engage more sensory modalities than just vision and sound. In recent years, a growing body of work has gone further, intentionally leveraging how stimulation in one sensory modality can alter perception, cognition, or experience in another;…

Call for Papers: Human Work Interaction Design 2026 (HWID 2026)Theme: Harmonisation of human and machine intelligence in the 5th Industrial Revolution (5IR) Workplace8th Working Conference of the IFIP WG 13.6 Human Work Interaction DesignJune 17-18, 2026University of West London, St. Mary’s Road, London (United Kingdom)https:/wg6.ifip-tc13.org/human-work-interaction-design-2026-hwid-2026 Deadline for submissions: February 23 (extended) Technologies in work settings are increasingly underpinned by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This means that applications and platforms such as those in the Metaverse, Digital Twin (DT) systems, and Industry 4.0 and 5.0 are becoming increasingly autonomous and intelligent. While these developments promise efficiency and innovation, they also present risks of…

Call for Papers: Serious Play Europe 2026 and Serious Play North America 2026From the Gamesnetwork mailing list Hello colleagues, I am writing to share an update on Serious Play 2026. This year we are running two in-person events and we would love to welcome more games scholars and research teams into the program. Serious Play Europe 2026 June 18–19, 2026 | Mainz, Germany (KUZ Kulturzentrum Mainz) Call for Speakers is now open (February 15th deadline) 20% early bird registration discount until February 15 with EARLYBIRDNA20 code. Serious Play North America 2026 August 5–7, 2026 | Duke University, Durham, North Carolina…

Call for Papers: SOUND OF GAMESFifth International Video Game Studies Conference (SVI2026)November 12-13, 2026Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland [and online]https://sviconference.org/ Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2026 The fifth edition of the SVI video game conference, Sound of Games, is dedicated to the study of sound, music, and voice as fundamental yet still insufficiently examined dimensions of video games. Building on the long-standing dialogue between academic research and industry practice that characterizes the SVI series, the conference aims to bring together scholars, composers, sound designers, voice actors, and other practitioners working with game audio. Focusing on issues such as the aesthetics…