Call for Papers

IX International Conference Storytelling Revisited:

Artificial Intelligence and Gender

UNIVERSITY OF VIC – CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA

Vic (Barcelona), 25th November 2026

This International Conference aims to provide a forum for researchers to reflect on the role of Artificial Intelligence as a creative tool in contemporary storytelling, with a particular focus on gender perspectives, representation and diversity.

This academic meeting will explore how AI reshapes storytelling practices and how algorithms may reproduce, reinforce or challenge gender stereotypes, opening new possibilities for inclusive and diverse narratives. The Conference seeks to encourage critical reflection on the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of AI-mediated storytelling.

The Conference will address the ways in which AI-driven technologies—such as chatbots and generative systems—are transforming narrative production and reception. Special attention will be paid to the processes of automated story generation, the ethical and aesthetic implications of shared authorship, and the cultural impact of algorithmic creativity.

The Conference will be held in hybrid format. Face-to-face in Sala Segimon Serrallonga (University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia – Vic) and online via ZOOM.

The organizing committee is composed of several research groups across UVic-UCC, i.e. GLOSSA, GETLIHC and TRACTE from the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology (FETEP), EMPREN, from the Faculty of Business and Communication Studies (FEC), and ISaMBeS, from the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare (FCSB).

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The IX International Conference Storytelling Revisited: Artificial Intelligence and Gender will cover, among others, the following topics:

  • Automated storytelling and generative narratives

  • Chatbots and narrative interaction

  • Shared and hybrid authorship (human–AI collaboration)

  • Ethical implications of AI in storytelling

  • Aesthetic challenges of AI-generated narratives

  • Gender representation in AI-generated stories

  • Algorithms, bias and gender stereotypes

  • Inclusive and diverse storytelling through AI

  • AI, creativity and cultural production

  • Reception of AI-generated narratives

  • AI and contemporary narrative practices

  • AI, educational perspectives and/or gender implications

Proposals addressing related topics are also welcome.

LANGUAGE

English

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Deadline June 20th, 2026. Follow this link for more information on how to submit your abstract: (Available soon)

Notification of acceptance: June the 30th, 2026.

All submissions will be reviewed anonymously. All accepted papers will be allocated 15 minutes, with a further 5 minutes to be spent on discussion.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

All conference participants are invited to publish a paper in this monographic issue and should explicitly mention it in the abstract form.

Be that the case, full papers should be sent before October the 15th.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Presentation of abstracts: June 20, 2026

• Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2026

• Registration (no charge): July 1 – November 15, 2026