Bacteria to AI Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts N. Katherine Hayles A new theory of mind that includes nonhuman and artificial intelligences. The much-lauded superiority of human intelligence has not prevented us from driving the planet into ecological disaster. For N. Katherine Hayles, the climate crisis demands that we rethink basic assumptions about human Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Winter 2025, Vol. 35, No.1 (January 25) *SLSA 2025: Risk (Oregon State University, Corvallis)—proposal deadline 2/17/25 *SLSA Travel Grants *Executive Meeting Notes *Call for Essays; Configurations special issue: “Out of the Past” *New Book Series: Proximities: Experiments in Nearness *Call for Volunteer Ombudspersons*Social Media & Website Continue Reading »
Call for essays for a Configurations special issue Out of the Past: Reconsidering Nineteenth-Century Literature, Science, and Technology Contributions are sought for a Special Issue of Configurations analyzing examples of nineteenth-century literary or visual texts about science and technology that are relevant to our current concerns.[i] The text can come from any literary or artistic Continue Reading »
Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Liberal Arts FACULTY POSITION POSTING FORM DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION: The Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology (https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/department-english) invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Interactive Narrative and Emergent Digital Media Practices starting in August 2025. Prospective Continue Reading »
The Department of Science & Technology Studies (STS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) seeks a teaching-track Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, or Professor of Practice in the area of design and society. We seek a versatile educator who can teach in studio, introductory, and seminar classrooms. The selected candidate will teach required and elective courses for the Continue Reading »
The Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the areas of equitable design, sustainability and design, design justice, collaborative or participatory design, product design, industrial design, or object design. The person hired for this position Continue Reading »
Interplay by Will Freudenheim and William Morgan examines five unique experiments in the field of game design –Schema, Vivarium, Biotopy, Interplay and Nephila. In the course of the book, each is explored as a vehicle to apprehend the unconventional configurations of intelligences that are today emerging from innovations occurring within the field of game design. Continue Reading »
Call for Papers SLSAeu 2025 The Lifespan: Perspectives on Ageing and the Life Course from the Medical Humanities, the Health Sciences and Age Studies Conference of SLSAeu European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts and The Sciences of Ageing and the Culture of Youth 4th–6th June 2025 The Great Hall, King’s College London Dr Continue Reading »
DECODINGSSociety for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2024, Vol. 34, No.4*SLSA 2024: Climate Diasporas (Dallas)*2024 Awards and Prizes*Executive Meeting Notes 11/2024*SLSA 2025: Risk (Corvallis)*Social Media & Website Redesign*Policies:Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech & Volunteer Ombudspersons*Call for Papers: Medical and Health Humanities Global Perspectives 2025*Call for Papers: SLSAeu 2025 “The Lifespan: Perspectives on Continue Reading »
To apply, click here. Overview New York Institute of Technology’s six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of Continue Reading »
