Call for Papers: General call for the journal Philosophy of Photographyhttps://www.intellectbooks.com/philosophy-of-photography#call-for-papers Philosophy of Photography is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the understanding of photography, published twice yearly since 2010. The journal provides a forum for debate on theoretical issues arising from the historical, political, cultural, scientific and critical matrix of ideas, practices and techniques that constitute photography as a multifaceted and changeable form. In a contemporary context remarkable for its diversity, rate of transformation and political challenges, the conjunction of the terms ‘philosophy’ and ‘photography’ in the journal’s title is intended to act as a provocation to serious reflection on…

Call for Papers: ICIDS 202619th International Conference on Interactive Digital StorytellingTHEME: Adapt | abilitiesNovember 30 – December 4, 2026Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand and onlinehttps://icids2026.ardin.online/ Deadlines for submissions:Long and Short Papers: June 22, 2026Late-breaking Works: September 14, 2026 This year’s ICIDS (International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling) will return to Southeast Asia, having last been hosted in the region in Singapore in 2014. The hosting city is Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, a country with a rich history as a cultural crossroads, where diverse traditions from across its varied landscapes have intertwined to create a complex and non-homogeneous society.…

Call for Book Chapters: Parasocial Griefhttps://telegra.ph/CALL-FOR-SUBMISSIONS-Call-for-Book-Chapters-Parasocial-Grief-05-01 Editors: Katie Thomas (Virginia Tech) and Alex Boesch (Ohio University) Deadline for proposals: July 30, 2026 We are seeking chapter proposals for an edited academic volume exploring the multifaceted phenomenon of parasocial grief. This book examines how individuals experience grief in relation to parasocial relationships/breakups with media figures, fictional characters, influencers, and other public personalities. This volume has interest from a publisher and seeks to advance scholarly understanding of parasocial relationships by centering grief as a meaningful and underexplored dimension of media engagement. Parasocial grief may emerge in response to a range of experiences,…

Call for Papers: At the Crossroads of Mind and Machine: Neuroethics Reshaped by LLMs (LLM-Neuroethics)A special issue of the journal Neuroethicshttps://link.springer.com/collections/jfcjdddgdd Editors:  Shengbai Chen, Xiaojun Ding, Jianhua Mei, Hao Zhan and  Mirko Farina Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2026 We are witnessing an unprecedented explosion in Large Language Models (LLMs), shifting the integration of generative AI and mind sciences from theoretical speculation to immediate practical application. As LLMs are increasingly deployed to decode neural data, model human cognition, and act as therapeutic agents, establishing robust philosophical and ethical frameworks is no longer a future goal but an urgent necessity.…

Call for Proposals: Museums Computer Group (MCG)’s Museums+Tech 2026 ConferenceTheme: Using our spaces for authentic interactionsNovember 27, 2026M Shed – Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol BS1 4RN, United Kingdom and Onlinehttps://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/mcg-museumstech-2026-using-our-spaces-for-authentic-interactions/ Deadline for submission of proposals: June 29, 2026 Something that unites and affects all museums is place. Some museums are sited where they are to help tell the story of the place they are in, occupying the sites of former works or heritage buildings. Others are designed to tell our stories to the people in and around the place they are in, such as many of our cherished local…

[Note that this journal requires a publication fee, which may be payable by your institution. For more information see the last section below. For general information about publication fees, see AJE Scholar’s “Understanding Submission and Publication Fees” and Wikipedia’s entry on Article Processing Charges. –Matthew] Call for Papers: AI-Mediated Communication: Emotion, Interaction, and Public MeaningA thematic issue of the journal Media and Communicationhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/issue/futureissues#i577 Editor: Don Shin (Texas Tech University) Important dates: Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 1-15, 2026 Submission of full papers: October 15-30, 2026 Publication of the Issue: January/June 2027 ABOUT THE ISSUE This thematic issue examines how…

Call for Papers: Lockdown and its (Digital) AfterlivesMedia, Infrastructure, and Everyday Life in Regenerative PerspectiveA preconference of AoIR 2026, the annual conference of the Association of Internet ResearchersOctober 13, 2026Hyatt Regency HotelMexico City, Mexico[From a May 19, 2026 post by Eszter Zimanyi on the AoIR mailing list] Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 15, 2026 In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic instantiated waves of lockdowns of varying severity across the globe. As nations struggled to reach consensus over how to best contain and manage the spread of the highly contagious and deadly disease, tech entrepreneurs and platform companies positioned their digital…

Call for Papers: Hypermedia Warfare and Techno-Legal Entanglements: Media, Technology, and Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Zones (Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan)July 10, 2026, 9:30–18:00Audit Room, King’s CollegeCambridge Digital HumanitiesUniversity of CambridgeCambridge, UKhttps://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/41366/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 30, 2026 (extended) Convenors: Ryan Heuser, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, Cambridge Digital Humanities Wesam Amer, CDH Affiliate and Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge DESCRIPTION The last years have witnessed intense and overlapping global conflicts, in particular in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan – each with distinct geopolitical contexts but shared patterns in the intersection…

Call for Book Chapters: Scary Levels: Designing Fear in Games and Interactive Mediahttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00722.html Editor: Zlatko Bukač (Assistant Professor, Department of English Studies, University of Zadar, Croatia) Deadline for submissions of 400-500 word proposals and short bio statements: July 1, 2026 Space and place continuously serve as sources of inspiration in video games and various other interactive media, within which they have a specific way of representing and operationalizing fear and dread. Interactive works can turn fear into a set of narrative and game design sequences that are problems and solutions for the experience of playing and reading. For example, how…

Call for Participation: Human-Machine Narration (HMN) Seminar: Methods, Storytelling, and Generative AIOctober 6-9, 2026Aarhus University’s Sandbjerg EstateSouthern Denmarkhttps://necs.org/news/events/hmn-seminar-methods-storytelling-and-generative-ai Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 15, 2026 The aim of this interdisciplinary scholarly retreat is to bring together researchers from all fields working with the intersection of AI and storytelling to reflect on and discuss how we study narratives that are no longer authored, circulated, or experienced exclusively by humans. New practices of storytelling are emerging and existing ones are transformed with the popular uptake of LLM-based chatbots across professional, public, and recreational settings. Today, LLM-infused storytelling impacts all forms of…

Call for Papers: HCSE 202611th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software EngineeringCo-located with the 2026 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)September 29 – October 2, 2026Paderborn, GermanyHCSE 2026: http://www.hcse-conference.orgVL/HCC: https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2026 Deadlines for submissions:Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results: May 22, 2026 (extended)Demos, Posters, and Discussion Forum: July 3, 2026 HCSE is a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design. We aim at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in strengthening the scientific foundations of interactive system and user interface design, examining the relationship between software engineering,…

Call for Papers: A Letter to Video Games: The Mechanisms of EmotionsAn international, interdisciplinary online conferenceAugust 28-29, 2026 (via Zoom)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eeAvnB1FuET4nZsdgjTDKRFYVBOOBnC0/view Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 5, 2026 This conference explores how video games evoke, construct, and regulate emotional experiences. As an interactive medium combining narrative, audiovisual design, and player agency, video games offer unique ways of engaging emotions—from joy and empathy to fear, nostalgia, and moral tension. We approach this theme from two interrelated perspectives: Player reception and subjective emotional experience Game design mechanisms that produce and shape emotional responses We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines…