Call for Papers: Video Games and Virtual Ethics Conference Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London July 21-22, 2017 Essay submissions due: 1 March 2017 Is it morally wrong to play violent video games? Academics across numerous disciplines have taken an interest in these issues. Excellent work can be found in philosophy, psychology, media studies, sociology, and literary studies. However academics within these disciplines often do not talk to each other about their shared interest in games. With this conference, our aim is to promote cross-disciplinary dialogue on these issues. Papers are invited that deal with issues…

Call for Proposals Language Game[s] Chelsea College of Arts London, UK Friday 5 May 2017 http://www.arts.ac.uk/chelsea/research/events/language-games-call-out/ Deadline: 6 March 2017 Call for proposals for Language Game[s], a one-day symposium that will look at the association between language and human consciousness, and how developments in technology might affect this relationship. At present, artificial language systems such as Siri and Amazon Echo mimic forms of human speech, but cannot replicate the cognitive processes which lie behind language. As technology develops and artificial language systems become ever more autonomous, how will this affect us? What is language, when it is no longer made…