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This panel examines how technologies AI, robots and digital media intersect with religion, acting as spiritual agents, mediating metahuman presence and authority, and reshaping practice and belief. The call for papers closes at 23:59 CET on 26 January 2026. networks.h-net.org

We welcome presentations on all aspects of Oceanic and Maritime History across all periods, including (but not limited to): Encounters – maritime worlds, cross-cultural interactions, the subaltern sea; Spaces – litoral, coastal, and insular communities, the terraqueous globe, sacred maritime geographies; Exchanges – migration and trafficking, flows of goods and ideas, maritime knowledge networks; Cultures – maritime identities, seafaring traditions; Environmental Histories – human-sea ecologies, oceanic transformations. To apply to present a paper, please email us with your title, abstract (200-300 words), and biographical details by 20 January 2026. networks.h-net.org

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers (abstracts) for the International Spatial Humanities 26 (SH26) Conference, which will be hosted at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, 23-25th September 2026. SH26 international conference is guided by the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Geotechnologies for Human Experiences”. We welcome submissions on all aspects of using geospatial technologies in humanities research by different research fields, including (but not limited to) geography, history, literature, archaeology, economy, geology, sociology, education, literary studies, classics, linguistics, art history, anthropology and religious studies. The main aim is to explore and demonstrate the contributions to knowledge enabled by geospatial technologies, approaches and methods within and beyond the digital humanities. Deadline for abstracts: 15th, January 2026. geografia.uminho.pt

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Kansas (KU) invites submissions for its annual spring symposium, to be held in a hybrid format—both virtually and in person—on April 3–4, 2026, at the KU Lawrence campus. This year’s theme, “Environmental and Economic Challenges in Global Asia,” examines how countries and communities across Asia are responding to intensifying environmental pressures, climate change, natural disasters, resource scarcity, energy transitions, and economic volatility. By focusing on long-term planning, infrastructure development, and regional cooperation amid global uncertainty, the symposium seeks to explore how Asian societies—both at micro and macro levels—work toward more sustainable, resilient, and equitable futures. We welcome individual paper abstracts from faculty, independent scholars, and students across disciplines. Please submit a 250-word abstract no later than January 15, 2026. You will be notified of your paper’s acceptance status by January 26, 2026. Read more at: networks.h-net.org

The Global Digital Humanities Working Group of Central New York Humanities Corridor is pleased to host a 1-day workshop on creativity and artificial intelligence at Hobart and William Smith Colleges on March 28, 2026. This workshop responds to recent calls in digital media scholarship to examine generative AI as a technology and cultural practice. Despite the known racial, gender, linguistic, and geographical biases in AI’s datasets as well as its widely acknowledged extractive labor and environmental impacts, fictional writers, visual artists, translators, game designers, and filmmakers are exploring ways of integrating AI into their creative processes. Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2026. networks.h-net.org

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Kansas (KU) invites submissions for its annual spring symposium, to be held in a hybrid format—both virtually and in person—on April 3–4, 2026, at the KU Lawrence campus. This year’s theme, “Environmental and Economic Challenges in Global Asia,” examines how countries and communities across Asia are responding to intensifying environmental pressures, climate change, natural disasters, resource scarcity, energy transitions, and economic volatility. By focusing on long-term planning, infrastructure development, and regional cooperation amid global uncertainty, the symposium seeks to explore how Asian societies—both at micro and macro levels—work toward more sustainable, resilient, and equitable futures. We welcome individual paper abstracts from faculty, independent scholars, and students across disciplines. Please submit a 250-word abstract no later than January 15, 2026. You will be notified of your paper’s acceptance status by January 26, 2026. networks.h-net.org

The 34th Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference: Auburn University, May 7-9, 2026 “Collections & Collectives”. Keynote Speakers: Elizabeth Miller (UC Davis), Julie Park (Penn State), and Julian Whitney (Wabash College). Proposals for individual papers and panels are due January 15, 2026.

For the submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyzaC2PYRl_tsU9QJNNg3OGeM75ZK7AlK3KOdEfPyehcFBTA/viewform

Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte (gtg) 2026. LWL Museum Zeche Zollern (Zollern Colliery), Dortmund, Germany, 7–9 May 2026. The Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte gtg invites abstracts (max. 300 words in German or English) and CVs (max. 1 page) for individual contributions, sections or – by arrangement – formats other than the traditional presentation. Please send your proposal by 11 January 2026 to: jahrestagung@gtg2026.de networks.h-net.org

Ethnographies of geoengineering have recently looked at discourse (Bellamy and Lezaun 2015, Whyte 2019, Paudel 2024), public perception (Merk 2019, Raimi 2021, Baum 2024), and relations of geoengineering with various ontologies (Hulme 2015, Bellamy and Palmer 2018, Bulk 2019), but rarely at practice and the role of experiment (Stillgoe 2015) in a field of science that is deeply critiqued for its relationship with experimenting. How can ethnographers of geoengineering fill this gap? Because ethnography is often co-created with our interlocutors, the panel seeks to explore two sister questions: First, how do scientists involved in geoengineering think with experiment? Second, how must ethnographers experiment with their own practice in order to properly capture the everyday lives of geoengineering? The Call for Panels closes Jan 15, 2026, so please send your proposal (paper title, 150-word abstracts, name, contact, and affiliation) to alexandra.cotofana@gmail.com by Jan 10, 2026.