Call for Proposals “XR Gallery”: Edges of Reality: Questioning the Truthfulness of our Digital RealitiesAt IEEE VR 2025: The 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User InterfacesMarch 8-12, 2025Saint-Malo, FranceIEEE VR 2025: https://ieeevr.org/2025/XR Gallery: https://ieeevr.org/2025/contribute/xrgallery/ Important Dates – ALL DEADLINES ARE ANYWHERE ON EARTH (AOE): October 31, 2024: Submission of abstracts November 28, 2024: Notification of acceptance January 28, 2025: Camera-ready version OVERVIEW The desire to replicate reality has been a long-lasting human endeavor. Images of the earliest cave drawings communicated about the important aspects of life at the beginning of human civilization.…

Call for Papers and Book Chapters Interactive Narratives: Rethinking Interactivity and Digital ArchivingSeminar at the 2025 American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conferenceand an edited volume to be published by RoutledgeACLA: May 29 -June 1, 2025; Onlinehttps://www.acla.org/interactive-narratives-rethinking-interactivity-and-digital-archiving Deadline for proposals for ACLA Seminar: October 14, 2024 Interactive storytelling has become a cornerstone of modern narrative forms, reshaping the processes by which stories are crafted and experienced. Drawing upon the discussions and insights from last year’s conference seminar, this year’s Interactive Storytelling Seminar seeks to undertake a deeper exploration of the concept of interactivity. Additionally, it will address the challenges posed by…

Call for Papers “Rethinking the digital virtual as a regime of action, experience and relationship” Study Day and thematic issue of the journal RESETStudy Day on January 28, 2025At the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS), FranceEHESS: https://www.ehess.fr/en/node/9861Call for Study Day: From the Air-L listserv of the Association of Internet ResearchersCall for issue of RESET: https://journals.openedition.org/reset/5411#tocto1n4 Deadline for submission of paper proposals for the Study Day: October 18, 2024Deadline for submission of paper proposals for RESET journal issue: December 20, 2024 Dear colleagues, As part of the “Digital…

Call for Abstracts Towards Novel Concepts of Social Presence for RobotsWorkshop @ ICSR 2024, the 16th International Conference on Social Robotics +AIOctober 23, 2024Odense, DenmarkICSR 2024: https://icsr2024.dk/ Important Dates:Abstract Due: September 30, 2024Notification of acceptance: October 5, 2024 We are interested in submissions of original HRI and Social Robotics research, or research in related fields, relevant to the topic of “Novel concepts of social presence for robots”. The submissions, in the form of an abstract (min 250, max 500 words), should be related to the investigation of one or more specific aspects of social presence of robots (e.g.…

Call for Proposals Humanizing Digital Learning Spaces: From High Tech To High TouchA conference sponsored by the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL)October 16-17, 2024The Eagle Institute – Air UniversityMontgomery, Alabama, USAhttps://isetl.org/conference-info/ Deadline for submissions: ??Enquiries: rogerscb@purdue.edu Join us at the upcoming ISETL Conference on “Humanizing Digital Learning Spaces: From High Tech to High Touch.” This conference promotes empathy and human connection as essential components in education. By leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, educators are empowered to focus on implementing robust pedagogical strategies and deliver engaging learning experiences.…

Call for Submissions “Sensuality and Robots: An Aesthetic Approach to Human-Robot Interactions”A topical issue of Open Philosophyhttps://philevents.org/event/show/118633 Edited by Adrià Harillo Pla (Konecta Global & University) Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2024 [NOTE: Article Publishing Charges (APC) may be required – see https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/publications/openaccess/open-access-articles/apcs –Matthew] Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyter.com/opphil) invites submissions for the topical issue “Sensuality and Robots: An Aesthetic Approach to Human-Robot Interactions,” edited by Adrià Harillo Pla. DESCRIPTION Can robots be sensual? In our era of technological advancements, the once clear demarcation between humans and machines is becoming increasingly blurred. As robotics and artificial intelligence continue to evolve, there is…

Call for Abstracts Conference on Ethics and Aesthetics of Artificial Images (EA-AI 2025)Università Iuav di VeneziaVenice, ItalyMay 8-10, 2025https://tinyurl.com/EA-IA2025 Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2024 The  Ethics and Aesthetics of Artificial Images (EA-AI) conference invites submissions from scholars across relevant disciplines, including but not limited to media theory, philosophy, art history, visual culture, new media studies, computer science, and artificial intelligence research. We also welcome contributions from practitioners in design and architecture, as well as legal experts. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to examine issues arising from the generation and dissemination of images created by artificial intelligence (AI) systems.…

Call for Papers:Health & New Media Research (HNMR) – Volume 8, Issue 2https://www.hnmr.org/newsletter/call_for_papers.html Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2024 We are pleased to invite submissions for Volume 8, Issue 2 of Health & New Media Research (HNMR), an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the Health & New Media Research Institute at Hallym University, South Korea. AIMS & SCOPE HNMR focuses on the roles of new media (such as the Internet, mobile devices, games, and virtual reality) in public and environmental health. We encourage interdisciplinary research that tests theory, extends knowledge, or provides innovative solutions in the following areas:…

Call for Abstracts/Papers Ethics of Cyborgs, Robots, and the Posthuman: Reflections from Ancient Greece and Rome to the Present Day12th John Cabot University (JCU) Posthuman Studies WorkshopOctober 19, 2024Rome, Italyhttps://calendar.johncabot.edu/event/ethics-of-cyborgs-robots-and-the-posthuman Organizer: Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: www.sorgner.de Deadline for submission of abstracts: September 15, 2024 OVERVIEW: The rapid advancement of technology has propelled humanity into an era where the boundaries between humans, machines, and the posthuman are increasingly blurred. As we integrate more intimately with technology—through robotics, artificial intelligence, and cyborg enhancements—urgent ethical questions arise. How should we navigate these transformations, and what can we learn from the past to inform…

Call for Papers Human-Machine Communication Interest GroupInternational Communication Association (ICA)75th Anniversary ConferenceJune 12-16, 2025Denver, Colorado, USAHMC Interest Group: https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/HMC_CFPICA: https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA25-theme Deadline for submissions: November 1, 2024 (at 12:00 noon EDT) The Human-Machine Communication (HMC) Interest Group supports and promotes scholarship regarding communication between people and technologies designed to enact the role of communicator. Such technologies include, but are not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI) software and devices, robots, digital and home assistants, automated-writing software, Large Language Models and smart agents. HMC research focuses on the meaning-making that unfolds when people engage directly with technology as a communicative subject rather than…

Call for Submissions “Philosophical Approaches to Games and Gamification: Ethical, Aesthetic, Technological and Political Perspectives”A topical issue of Open Philosophyhttps://philevents.org/event/show/116366 Edited by Giannis Perperidis (Panteion University, Greece) [NOTE: Article Publishing Charges (APC) may be required – see https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/publications/openaccess/open-access-articles/apcs –Matthew] Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2024 DESCRIPTION This special issue of Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyter.com/opphil) aims at exploring innovative philosophical approaches on games and gamification. Numerous philosophers in various historical periods attempted to explore the ontological, ethical, political and economic foundations of play and games. From Heraclitus to Kant, Nietzsche and most recent scholars, play and games are related to aesthetic, temporal,…

Call For Papers Cosmoramas and Other Peep Practices 1800-1880Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culturehttps://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/08/07/cosmoramas-and-other-peep-practices-1800-1880 Deadline for expressions of interest: October 15, 2024 Before virtual reality, peeping has long been a widespread media practice. Since the 18th century, the world has been presented in lensed and boxed apparatuses that aroused wonder and seduced audiences. Our contemporary culture of immersion was initially launched by peepshows and cosmoramas: one of the earliest media systems in Europe that produced and distributed views. The cosmorama was one of the major formats in the evolving diversity of 19th-century peep practices, evident in telescopic paper versions,…