Call for Papers: The Body and Embodiment in the Arts and Arts-Based ResearchA Transdisciplinary ConferenceJune 20, 2026: At the Association of Jungian Analysts’ Centre in London and OnlineJune 21, 2026: Online onlyhttps://labrc.co.uk/2026/01/25/body-and-embodiment/ Deadline for submissions: April 26, 2026 “The body is our general medium for having a world.”– Maurice Merleau-Ponty The London Arts-Based Research Centre (LABRC) invites proposals for its forthcoming conference, Embodied Aesthetics: The Body and Embodiment in the Arts and Arts-Based Research. This transdisciplinary event will explore the role of the body – as subject, medium, and site of inquiry – in artistic practice, performance, and arts-based research.…

Call for Contributions: Information on studies for a meta-analysis of deepfake vs. authentic video effectsPosted February 21, 2026 by Bumju Jung on the International Communication Association (ICA) Public Channelhttps://link.icahdq.org/discussion/call-for-studies-for-a-meta-analysis-deepfakevs-authentic-video-effects Hello ICA colleagues, My name is Bumju Jung (@ U of Southern California). Dr. Lynn Miller and I are conducting a meta-analysis examining how deepfake, compared to authentic videos, shape credibility-related evaluations (e.g., perceived credibility, accuracy, authenticity, believability). First – Are we missing your study?If you have a study that matches the criteria below (published, in press, working paper, or unpublished), I would be grateful if you could contact me.…

Call for Papers: 2026 Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations ConferenceTheme: The collective in the seemingly individual: Highlighting the world in human-technology relationsSeptember 21-23, 2026TU DelftThe Hague, the Netherlandshttps://www.aanmelder.nl/phtr26 Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 20, 2026 We are happy to invite you to the 4th international Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations (PHTR) conference, to be held in person at TU Delft’s Campus Spui in The Hague (the Netherlands), on September 21-23, 2026. This edition’s theme aims to highlight the collective dimension of seemingly individual human-technology relations. We invite submissions in different formats: individual paper presentations, design and multimedia contributions, panels, and interactive…

Call for Abstracts: artifices: technology, thought, art6th interdisciplinary Ereignis conferenceGdynia, Poland and onlineAugust 8-9, 2026https://www.ereignis.no/events/conference/2026http://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00312.html Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2026 Our contemporary world is increasingly enamored by artificiality, yet the Artificial Intelligence moniker of the latest dot-com bubble triggers profound anxieties. The idea that we can create an artificial intelligence by way of machinic technology is by no means novel in the history of culture. In the Iliad, for example, Homer speaks of Hephaestus‘ “handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids”, characteristic by their intelligence, speech and strength. To Aristotle, technê was a craft grounded in knowledge, and…

Call for Papers: The End: Finality and Renewal in CultureThe 16th Annual Lotman Days ConferenceJune 10-12, 2026Tallinn UniversityTallinn, Estoniahttps://www.tlu.ee/en/lotman-days-conference2026 Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 28, 2026 (extended) “The end” is one of the most powerful and unsettling notions in culture. Human beings are endlessly fascinated by endings, whether of life, text, or civilisations, because they entail both the threat of general destruction and the possibility of rebirth where something completely new emerges in the place of the old. For the semiotician and cultural theorist Juri Lotman, this striving is inherent to human nature, arising from the desire to comprehend…

Call for Papers: Besides the Screen Ningbo 2026: Audiences, Subjects & AgentsJune 4-6, 2026University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)Ningbo, Zhejiang, Chinahttps://besidesthescreen.com/ Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026 In 2026, the Besides the Screen conference returns to the city of Ningbo to explore the ways audiences, subjects and agents are distributed and negotiated across borders – whether institutional, spatial, linguistic or technological. This year’s conference begins from the premise that the concept of the passive media audience has always been a myth. Nowadays, it would be difficult to find a situation where viewers are not doing anything, even if it is just…