Call for Papers: Beyond Artificial: Exploring the Socio-Emotional Landscape of AISpecial issue of Communication and Change (C&C)https://link.springer.com/journal/44382/updates/27706964 Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2025 Communication and Change (C&C) is accepting submissions to a forthcoming special issue themed “Beyond Artificial: Exploring the Socio-Emotional Landscape of AI.” Dazzling – and daunting – are the possibilities in a future where love, friendship, and even our sense of self might be redefined by the machines we create. Even today, conversational agents and digital personal assistants are increasingly participating in daily lives throughout technologically advanced societies. And as enthusiastically as they are being embraced currently, the…

Call for Papers: 19th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL 2025)Nord University, Norway [and online; see NOTE below]October 1-3, 2025http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ecgbl-call-for-papers/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 12, 2025 NOTE: ECGBL 2025 will primarily be a physical event in Norway, but there will be an option to present online for those unable to attend in person. OVERVIEW Game-Based Learning (GBL) has significantly transformed how education and training are delivered. The ECGBL provides a unique opportunity for scholars and practitioners to share their research and insights on GBL. Papers are invited on a broad range of topics, including but not limited…

Call for Papers: Videogame TheoryA special issue of Media Theoryhttps://mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp-videogame-theory/ Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: February 1, 2025 Media Theory is an independent (scholar-led), online and (libre) open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. This special issue will commission articles on videogame theory from scholars in the humanities and social sciences, especially those working in the field of videogame studies. Videogame scholars have drawn on a range of theories to analyse and interpret the medium, including affect theory (Anable 2018), queer theory (Ruberg 2019), visual theory and critical race theory…

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…