[NOTE: For presence-related context see, e.g., “Virtual collaboration as co-enacting intercorporeality” by Simeon P Vidolov. –Matthew] Call for Abstracts ‘Intersubjectivity and Collective Memory’ WorkshopCenter for Subjectivity Research, University of CopenhagenCopenhagen, DenmarkApril 24-25 ,2025https://cfs.ku.dk/calendar-main/2024/intersubjectivity-and-collective-memory/ Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2024 We invite submissions for a workshop to be held at the Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, 24-25 April 2025. THEME:Although collective memory has been predominantly studied in the field of humanities, the topic has lately received increased attention from psychologists, particularly in relation to the link between collective memory and processes of conversational remembering. Empirical research found that the…

Call for papers Designing for Bodies: Practices, Imaginaries and DiscoursesInterdisciplinary ConferenceFebruary 6-7, 2025Kolding, Denmarkhttps://event.sdu.dk/designingforbodies2025/conference Deadline for submission of long abstracts: November 1, 2024 The objective of the conference is to explore design as a somatic expertise: How do designed things and design practices address users’ bodies? How is the body conceived and conceptualized, in a contemporary as well as historical perspective, as a central, formative element of design practice and design culture? To explore this question, we invite you to the international academic conference, Designing for Bodies: Practices, Imaginaries and Discourses. We welcome scientific contributions in the form of papers,…

Call for Papers Role-Play in Games ConferenceApril 9-10, 2025PAIDIA space at Tampere University in Tampere, Finland and onlinehttps://gamesasartcenter.com/roleplayingamesconference/ Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2025 What are the roots of role-playing? This conference opens up a space for scholars to come together to discuss the foundations of role-playing in a game: Historical, Cultural, Theoretical, and Critical. Historically, it is common to describe a shared history where Lord of the Rings and Wargaming came together to create a fantasy combat game genre typified by titles such as Chainmail and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. However, several elements of role-playing in games, including interactive…

Call for Participation Workshop on AI DeceptionAt the AI for Humanity and Society 2024 conferenceOrganized by Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS)November 19, 2024Lindholmen Conference CentreGöteborg, SwedenWorkshop: https://wasp-hs.org/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2024-workshop-6-is-ai-deception-deception/Conference: https://wasp-hs.org/event/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2024/Other Workshops: https://wasp-hs.org/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2024-workshops/WASP-HS, a national research program in Sweden: https://wasp-hs.org/about/ Registration accepted on rolling basis, but deadline: November 10, 2024 DESCRIPTION: The visual and literary arts are rife with narratives of AI systems ‘manipulating’ humans or ‘lying’ to them to further their own aims. Some recent academic studies also seem to indicate that AI systems can induce non-ideal mental states (e.g.,…

Call for Papers Emotions and Fiction: Philosophical and Psychological PuzzlesSpecial issue of Rivista di Estetica (1/2026)https://labont.it/labont/rivista-di-estetica/https://www.eurosa.org/event/call-for-papers-rivista-di-estetica-1-2026/ Guest editors: Giulio Sacco (University of Turin), Iris Vidmar Jovanović (University of Rijeka), Marco Viola (Roma 3 University) Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2025 Feeling emotions for fiction is a common experience. However, it raises a number of questions which, since the 1970s, have been at the center of the debate in the analytic philosophy of art. Why do events that we know to be fictitious elicit emotional reactions in us? Are they genuine emotions, i.e., analogous to the ones of our daily life,…