[Commlist] CfP: Hypermedia Warfare and Techno-Legal Entanglements

Call for Papers: Submit by 30 May 🗓️
Hypermedia Warfare and Techno-Legal Entanglements: Media, Technology, 
and Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Zones (Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan)

Friday 10 July, 09:30–18:00 | Audit Room, King's College, Cambridge
Convenors: Dr Ryan Heuser, Dr Wesam Amer, Professor Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
The last years have witnessed intense and overlapping global conflicts, 
in particular in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan – each with distinct 
geopolitical contexts but shared patterns in the intersection of media, 
technology, and violence. In Gaza, decades of occupation and the Israeli 
war following the October 7th Hamas attacks have produced a humanitarian 
catastrophe, with civilians and journalists bearing the brunt of 
military campaigns with high-tech weaponry and AI-powered targeting 
data. In Ukraine, the ongoing war since 2022 has combined conventional 
military operations with sophisticated information campaigns, targeting 
domestic and international audiences. In Sudan, protracted and brutal 
conflicts amongst waring military fractions have exposed journalists and 
civilians to systematic violence, state and non-state surveillance, and 
information suppression, limiting independent reporting and 
international awareness.

The contemporary conflict in all three zones unfolds across hybrid 
spaces – physical, digital, legal and symbolic – where algorithms, data, 
and images operate as both instruments of coercion and means of 
narrative control. Such ‘hypermedia warfare’ blurs distinctions between 
combat operations, computational propaganda, and the shaping of public 
perception, transforming how conflicts are fought, documented, and 
understood.

Across these zones, AI and hypermedia warfare intersect with legal, 
ethical, and technological frameworks, raising urgent questions about 
accountability, protection of journalists, and the governance of 
information in conflict. This context demands interdisciplinary 
engagement, bridging media studies, AI ethics, international law, and 
political philosophy, to address the evolving challenges of conflict, 
narrative control, and techno-legal entanglements.

Please submit your abstract of 300-500 words, outlining the paper’s key 
argument, methodology, and relevance to the symposium themes, by 30 May.

Find out more and submit your abstract via the CDH website: 
https://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/41366/

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