Call for Papers: “Disciplined Bodies, Transgressive Bodies, Transformed Bodies”Siren! Magazine Second Issuehttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg01241.html Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: by October 31, 2026 Bodies are shaped by the worlds we inhabit, the stories we tell about them, and the institutions through which we learn what a body is, what it should look like, how it should behave, and what it is permitted to become. Yet bodies are often treated as merely biological facts: fixed, self-evident, and prior to politics. This distinction matters because once something is understood as natural, the expectations attached to it can begin to appear inevitable.…

Call for Chapters: Experiential Learning in Journalism Educationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1pUfHLT_51DGeUy-YwtKKj2Cfv3AJuERc83wryuOiOtA/edit?tab=t.0 Editors:Tracy Everbach, Ph.D. and Hoda Emam, M.A., Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: December 18, 2026 We are seeking chapter contributors for an edited collection on experiential learning in journalism education. By experiential learning we mean learning by doing and practicing in real-world situations, as articulated, for example, by David A. Kolb (1984), who theorized four steps in a learning cycle: experiencing, reflecting, thinking and acting. Other theoretical approaches to teaching/learning and education (such as Bloom’s Taxonomy or similar) are welcome. The idea for…

Call for Papers: Social Robotics and Embodied AI: New Frontiers in Remote Presence and Human-Robot InteractionFor the International Journal of Social Roboticshttps://link.springer.com/collections/jdhbbejeeb Deadline for submissions: December 18, 2026 This Topical Collection explores the next generation of robotic telepresence, advancing from remote communication toward embodied presence. It examines how physical robotic avatars — enriched with AI, haptic feedback, and multimodal interfaces — can transform interaction in healthcare, education, disaster response, and collaborative work. The collection covers telerobotics, shared autonomy, human-robot interaction, cognitive architectures, and the ethical implications of AI-mediated presence. It aims to establish a common language for embodied telepresence bridging…

Call for Abstracts: Morgan Centre Conference: ‘Living Stories’June 21-22, 2027Manchester, UKhttps://lists.aoir.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/FLJOH2BWQ3AFK3RSUWS4SDCLAGWKJ6OL/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 18, 2026 Dear all, We are hugely excited to let you know that our next Morgan Centre conference will take place at the University of Manchester, UK, 21-22 June 2027. We are delighted to share our call for abstracts with you. The theme of the conference is ‘Living Stories’. With this conference, we want to create space to discuss, and build scholarship around, the intimate entanglement between stories and life. Broadly conceived, we want to consider how stories are not only narratives we…