Call For Book Chapters Cyber-Ethics, Techno-Ethics and Digital MediaEmerald Publishinghttps://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/cyber-ethics-techno-ethics-and-digital-media-call-book-chapters Proposed book editors: Dr Adelina Mbinjama, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Dr Janelle Vermaak-Griessel, Nelson Mandela University, Prof Bianca Wright, Coventry University Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2024 The digital media space is not immune from rapid advances in technology and changes spawned across society.  The evolution of technology has occasioned notable ethical considerations that users should take into cognisance. This results in the rise of fields such as techno-ethics and cyber-ethics, which address the moral implications of digital technologies and media (Tavani, 2012). Techno-ethics is a field…

Joint Call for Abstracts The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP)andThe Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)Philosophy of Computing and AI ConferenceJuly 1-3, 2025University of TwenteEnschede, Netherlandshttps://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2025/cfp Deadline for submission of Symposia proposals: December 1, 2024Deadline for Extended Abstracts for individual Presentations, Posters, and Workshops: December 20, 2024 Keynote Speakers: AISB Keynote – Philip Brey IACAP Covey Award Address – To be announced. Nominations: https://www.iacap.org/2024/10/02/call-for-nominations-the-covey-award-2025/ IACAP Simon Award Address – To be announced. Nominations: https://www.iacap.org/2024/10/02/call-for-nominations-the-simon-award-2025/ The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) and the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) will host…

Call for Book Chapters Book title: Reimagining the Nature of Work: A Comprehensive Analysis of Interpersonal Communication, Generational Dynamics, and Leadership in the Post-Pandemic EraEditor: Leigh Maxwell, Edgewood CollegePublisher: Vernon Presshttps://telegra.ph/CALL-FOR-SUBMISSIONS-Call-for-Book-Chapters-on-the-Evolving-Nature-of-Work-in-a-Post-Pandemic-Era-10-07 Deadline for submissions of abstracts: December 1, 2024 We are inviting scholars, researchers, and practitioners to contribute chapters to an upcoming edited volume that explores the evolving nature of work in the post-pandemic era. This book will provide a comprehensive analysis of the critical issues surrounding interpersonal communication, generational dynamics, and leadership within a distributed workplace. We seek original, high-quality research that addresses the implications of these changes across…

Call for Chapters The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Cultureshttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2024-all/msg01481.html Edited by:Grant Bollmer (University of Maryland, College Park)Katherine Guinness (University of Maryland, College Park)Yigit Soncul (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London) Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2024 The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Cultures seeks to provide a comprehensive reference for the varied methodologies, historical frames, and theoretical perspectives essential for the study of Digital Culture today. As Digital Culture moves from a general term for the changes wrought by digital media to an interdisciplinary intellectual subfield guiding many curricula at countless universities around the globe, drawing…

[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,…

Call for Papers Game Studies AreaNational Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association ConferenceApril 16-19, 2025New Orleans. Louisiana, USAhttps://pcaaca.org/members/group.aspx?id=250600 Deadline for submission of paper and panel proposals: November 30, 2024 The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held on April 16-19, 2025, in New Orleans. The deadline for proposals is November 30th. I. TOPICS OF INTEREST The organizers seek proposals and papers covering all aspects of gaming, gaming…

Call for Abstracts Experiencing Environments – Human Perspectives in the Changing WorldXVI International Summer Conference of the International Institute of Applied AestheticsJune 10–12, 2025Lahti, Finlandhttps://iiaacongress.fi Submission deadline: November 15, 2024 Keynotes:Mădălina Diaconu (University of Vienna)Jeff Malpas, online keynote (University of Tasmania)Ted Toadvine (Pennsylvania State University) Panel on Arnold Berleant’s Work in Environmental AestheticsPanelists:Max Ryynänen (Aalto University)Fotini Vassiliou (University of Athens)Arto Haapala (University of Helsinki)Harri Mäcklin (University of Helsinki)and Arnold Berleant (Long Island University) The International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA) invites paper and panel proposals for the 16th International Summer Conference, “Experiencing Environments – Human Perspectives in the Changing World.”…

Call for Presentation Proposals SCSMI 2025 – Annual conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving ImageJune 4-7, 2025Edmonton, CanadaCo-hosted by the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridgehttps://scsmi-online.org/conferencehttps://scsmi-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CFP-2025_V2.pdf Submission deadline: December 13, 2024 The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) invites proposals for presentations at its annual conference to be held June 4 to June 7, 2025, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. SCSMI is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars interested in cognitive, philosophical, aesthetic, historical, psychological, neuroscientific, and evolutionary approaches to the analysis of film and other moving image media.…