Call for Papers: Image, Imagination, Communication: Exploring the Ethical as Natural or Artificial, Real or SurrealMay 28-30, 2025Duquesne Universityhttps://www.duq.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/liberal-arts/departments-and-centers/communication-and-rhetorical-studies/conferences.php Deadline for submissions of abstracts: April 1, 2025 The 18th Biennial Communication Ethics conference and the Silver Jubilee Anniversary Conference (2000-2025) of the International Communicology Institute will explore current research on the “image” and “imagination,” broadly conceived, across the human sciences. Our focus is on the phenomenological, semiotic, rhetorical and ethical foundations of communication in the experience of embodied thinking, speaking and inscribing. We seek to explore the frontiers of natural and artificial sign-systems, encounter diverse manifestations of concrete reality and…

Call for Abstracts Ludo2025 – Conference on Video Game Music and SoundUniversity Square Stratford Campus, University of East London [and online; see below]July 10-12, 2025https://www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/ludo2025-call-for-papers/ Submission deadline: February 28, 2025 The organizers of Ludo2025 are accepting proposals for research presentations. We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games. This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Rhythm, vibes, and beats’. Papers on this topic may include: Rhythm games Rhythmic entrainment and gameplay Story beats and narrative rhythm Vibes, styles, and genres Voices and vibes Music, sound, and embodiment in games…

[More information about Pedagogic Research at the University of Leeds is available on the website of the University’s School of Music. –Matthew] Call for Papers: Screen Music Pedagogies – Study DaySeptember 3, 2025School of Music, University of Leeds, UKhttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2025-all/msg00033.html Deadline for submissions: March 28, 2025 What is distinctive and discipline-specific about teaching and learning in screen music? And how might pedagogic practices relating to screen music inform — and be informed by — teaching and learning in other areas of the curriculum (both within Music, Film and Media Studies, and other disciplines)? Despite the popularity of screen music as an…

Call for Papers: The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI)Affiliated with HRI 2025March 3, 2025Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaVAM-HRI 2025 Workshop: https://vam-hri.github.io/HRI 2025 Conference: https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2025 KEY DEADLINES: Early Notification Deadline: January 17, 2025 (AoE) Final Submission Deadline: February 13, 2025 (AoE) ROLLING SUBMISSIONS: To accommodate the early registration deadline for HRI, we have introduced rolling submissions with updated deadlines. Make sure to submit by Jan 17th if you want notification before the HRI 2025 early registration deadline. Final submissions will close February 13, 2025 AoE. The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality…

Call for Abstracts: “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies“A panel at the 10th STS Italia ConferenceJune 11-13, 2025Milan, ItalyPanel: https://stsitalia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/22.Redefining-Relationships_-Human-Vulnerability-and-AI-driven-Technologies-ID_44.pdfSTS Italia: https://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/ Deadline for submissions: February 3, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for the panel “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies”, which will be held as part of the 10th STS Italia Conference – Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring, and Reconfiguring. KEY INFORMATION Deadline for submission: 3 February 2025 Abstract submission:  here Complete call for abstract:  here Conference date: 11-13 June 2025 Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milano, Italy PANEL OVERVIEW…

[NOTE: See the 4S website for more open panels and other submission opportunities. –Matthew] Call for Abstracts: Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025Open panel: ‘Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experience of disability and/or chronic illness’September 3-7, 2025Seattle, Washington, USAhttps://www.4sonline.org/about_the_conference_seattle.php Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to take part in our panel at the next conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025 (Seattle, 2025 3-7 September): Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experiences of disability and/or chronic illness (Panel ID Number: 43)…