Call for Publications Theme: T(r)opophilia Subtitle: Haunting/Haunted Places Publication: Messages, Sages and Ages. Bukovinian Journal of Cultural Studies Date: Vol 5, No 1 (August 2018) Deadline: June 1, 2018 The academic journal Messages, Sages and Ages, based at the English Department, University of Suceava, Romania, invites contributions for an issue focusing on t(r)opophilia: sense/love of place.…

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference Human-Technology Relations: Postphenomenology and Philosophy of Technology @ DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands July 11 – 13th, 2018 https://www.utwente.nl/en/phtr/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 15, 2018 We are happy to invite you to a 3-day event around the topic of human-technology relations at the University of Twente. The conference intends to bring together scholars in philosophy of technology with the broader field of research in human-technology interaction. For this occasion, we are reaching out to philosophers, scholars, artists, designers, and engineers, in order to foster dialogue and creative collaborations around the…

Call for Papers 12th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL 2018) Hosted by the SKEMA, Sophia Antipolis, France 4-5 October 2018 http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ Abstract submission deadline:  15 March 2018 Over the past decade, the way in which education and training is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. One such technology that has increased in popularity is Game-Based Learning (GBL). ECGBL offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to GBL to share their thinking and research findings. Papers can cover a wide range of issues pertaining to GBL in education and training;…

Call for papers Assessing Agency, Moral and Otherwise: Beyond the Machine Question Part of the AISB Annual Convention 2018 University of Liverpool, UK 4-6 April 2018 The convention is organized by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). The deadline for submissions is 14 January. Submission details Program committee Easy Chair page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aa2018) Robotization and other forms of automation increasingly find themselves among the most-heard buzz words throughout the manufacturing sector and beyond. Beyond the mundane assembly-line robots, one hears about self-driving cars, “killer” battlefield robots, sex robots, prototype care robots. Laypersons and researchers…