We invite submissions for the international conference, “Digital Subjectivities: Culture, Experience, and Knowledge Production,” which will take place at Freie Universität Berlin on May 21-22, 2026.

The conference will explore the impact of digital technologies on subjective experience, knowledge production, culture, and politics.

We welcome contributions from early-career researchers, including doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars, from a variety of disciplines.

Conference Description

Digital technologies have become integral to our everyday lives, fundamentally reconfiguring how the self is conceptualized and lived. This conference will address how the proliferation of these technologies plays out at the level of culture, research, and everyday experiences.

We welcome contributions from fields including (but not limited to):

• Philosophy
• Sociology
• Digital Humanities
• History
• Literature & Cultural Studies
• Media Studies
• Sound Studies
• Game Studies

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Theorising the digital subject
• Collective solidarities and political organisation on online platforms
• Academic knowledge production and the impact of digital technologies
• Immersive experiences of digital technologies
• Labour, lethargy, and ludic capitalism
• Representations of digital technologies in contemporary culture (film, TV, literature)
• Video games and play
• Sonic renderings of the digital realm

Submission Guidelines: Please submit abstracts of up to 350 words and a short biography (up to 100 words) to: digital-subjectivities@fu-berlin.de

The deadline for submissions is 31st December 2025.

For any questions, please contact the organizing committee at the same email address.

We would be grateful if you could circulate this Call for Papers to any interested colleagues, students, or relevant networks.

Thank you,

“Digital Subjectivities” Conference Organising Team