[NOTE: The URL at the end of this post doesn’t seem to be active as of April 17, 2026; it may become accessible from this page: https://www.consultacinema.org/category/call-for-papers/ –Matthew] Call for Papers: Listening to the City. The Cinematic Metropolis and the Soundscape of ModernityFor the journal: Imago. Studi di cinema e media, no. 34, 2026http://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00577.html Editors: Lorenzo Marmo and Arianna Vergari Deadline for submission of abstract proposals: May 4, 2026 At the conclusion of his essay Modernity: The Troubled Trope (2011), Thomas Elsaesser underscores the necessity of a paradigm shift in the study of urban modernity, emphasizing the significance of the…

Call for Papers: Bodies in Digital TransitionA Student Research Conference presented by DiSCo (Digital Studies Collective) Network and Funded by the AHRC CHASE ConsortiumSeptember 8-9, 2026Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College Londonhttps://digitalstudiescollective.org/bodies-in-digital-transition Key Speakers: Dr Alfie Bown, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Culture and Technology, King’s College London Professor Ali Hossaini (Creative Practice Workshop leader), Professor in Digital Media and Culture, SOAS University of London / Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Engineering, King’s College London Deadline for abstracts: June 26, 2026 Machines glow, pulse, perform and think through metal, light, code, and living matter. The second Bodies in Digital Transition…

Call for Papers: Postgraduate Philosophy ConferenceStyles of Perception. From Historical Perspectives to the Digital AgeJune 30 – July 1, 2026University of YorkYork, Englandhttps://sites.google.com/view/stylesofperception/home Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1, 2026 What does the way you perceive the world say about yourself? While one might be tempted to treat perception as a passive reception of external stimuli, contemporary approaches conceive it as a form of activity. In other words, when we open our eyes, the way the world unfolds in front of us is not a mere matter of physiology or receptors. The activity of perception is an activity of…

Call for Papers: Workshop on Health, Wellbeing and Human-AI Interaction (HAII)At the 5th International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAII 2026)July 6-10, 2026Brussels, BelgiumWorkshop: https://hhai-conference.org/2026/elementor-6795/Conference: https://hhai-conference.org/2026/ Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2026 We invite paper contributions to an in-person workshop on the Health, Wellbeing and Human-AI Interaction (HAII) as part of the Hybrid-Human AI (HHAI2026) Conference in 6-10 July 2026 in Brussels. Artificial Intelligence is rapidly translating into health and care and has increasing relevance to individual wellbeing. It brings potentially transformative benefits together with new challenges. Example applications range from AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment support to wellness chatbots and…

Workshop on Human Expertise and Agency in AI-Supported WorkAt CHIWork 2026, the 5th Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for WorkJune 22, 2026Linz, Austria [remote participation is possible – see CFP in AI-SGES]Workshop website: https://agency-and-skill.github.io/Conference website: https://chiwork.org/26/ Deadline for submissions: May 4, 2026 A half-day, in-person workshop on June 22, 2026 in Linz, Austria, co-located with CHIWORK’26, the 5th Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. As algorithms suggest diagnoses, draft legal arguments, grade assignments, or review code, professions are not only supported, they are reshaped: Skills are redistributed, judgments recalibrated, and responsibility renegotiated. While short-term performance improvements are frequently documented, much less…

Call for Contributions: XR-Research SymposiumJune 17, 2026Rose Bruford CollegeSidcup, Southeast Londonhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ART-TECHNOLOGY;f0beb81a.2604 Deadline for submission of proposals: May 4, 2026 Rose Bruford College is hosting a symposium to bring together academics, artists and technologists using XR technologies for research in theatre and performance. The use of XR (augmented/mixed/virtual reality) tools and techniques is now well-established in many fields of artistic practice and academic enquiry, from their use to make various kinds of digital performance to VR reconstructions of historic theatres. Through this one-day symposium, we want to bring together academics and practitioners to share, discuss and explore how XR can be…

Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Teaching the Game, Second EditionPlay Story Presshttps://playstorypress.org/2026/04/07/call-for-proposal-teaching-the-game-second-edition/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1, 2026 (chapters due June 15, 2026) We are pleased to share this call for book chapter proposals for the second edition of Teaching the Game, to be published open access by Play Story Press. Abstracts are due May 1, 2026 . Authors will be notified by May 15, 2026. Accepted chapters will be due by June 15, 2026. Full details are below, but please feel free to contact us with questions or to submit your proposal at rferdig@gmail.com.…

Call for Papers: International Academic Conference: The Hybrid Subject: Navigating Human-AI CommunicationJune 28-30, 2026Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS)Shenzhen, Chinahttp://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/2026-April/195805.html Deadline for submission of full papers OR extended abstracts: April 30, 2026 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Against the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into social, organizational, and interpersonal communication, human-AI interaction has evolved from instrumental operation to hybrid subjectivity: AI systems participate as conversational partners, decision collaborators, and co-creators, reshaping identities, norms, power dynamics, and communicative practices. This conference convenes international scholars in communication, media studies, organizational behavior, digital sociology, human-computer interaction, and AI ethics to interrogate the hybrid subject in theory,…

[NOTE: See especially the section toward the end regarding the Fictional Identities In Digital Space panel. –Matthew] Call for Papers: Conference – ‘The Role of Journalism in Endangered Democracy’June 5-6, 2026Communication and Media Department, University of SplitSplit, Croatiahttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00527.html Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 25, 2026 RATIONALE: During the 2016 US presidential campaign the publication of inaccurate and, in particular of intentionally inaccurate information, through social media and fake websites became a salient reality of the digitized information world (Palczewski, 2017; Parkinson, 2016; Silverman & Singer-Vine, 2016). It further polarized American society and confused voting citizens. The proliferation of the…

Calls for Papers: Media and Emotion ConferenceThe Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice at Bournemouth UniversitySeptember 7-8, 2026Bournemouth, Englandhttps://necs.org/news/calls-for-papers/media-and-emotion-conferencehttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg00412.html Deadline for submissions: May 4, 2026 The Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice, in the Faculty of Media, Science and Technology at Bournemouth University invites scholarly and practice-based proposals for an in-person conference on media and emotion. [The conference will include:] 2 days with up to 100+ papers in 30+ panels, 4 keynote events, lunches and refreshment breaks for both days, optional self-funded conference meal, student rates (and lottery free spaces) and campus…

Call for Papers: 3rd Eudaimonia in Digital Games WorkshopAt the 2026 Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) ConferenceCopenhagen, Denmark Workshop: August 10, 2026https://sites.google.com/view/eudaimonia-in-games/home FDG 2026: August 10-13, 2026https://fdg2026.org/ Deadline for submissions: April 12, 2026 (extended) SUMMARY It’s clear that digital games like Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed or Call of Duty provide a different kind of emotional experience to games, such as Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Papers, Please and Journey. However, we stumble when we attempt to articulate exactly what that difference is. What is the difference between the first group (Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty) and…

Call for Papers: Animex Research and Innovation ConferenceNovember 18, 2026, Teesside University, UK (in person)November 25, 2026, presentations onlinehttps://www.tees.ac.uk/minisites/animexconference/index.cfm Deadline for submissions: June 26, 2026 The fourth Animex Research and Innovation Conference invites submissions of short 3,000- word papers for presentation and publication. The conference brings together both emerging and established scholars and practitioners working across animation, VFX, and games to share, debate, and celebrate their current research disciplines. This year, it is again a part of the Animex programme, allowing delegates to enjoy the wider festival. The event features experts in animation, VFX and games from across the world.…