<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><span style="color: rgb(14, 40, 65); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Liebe Kolleg*innen,</span></div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);">sehr gerne leite ich Ihnen / Euch den Call zur ersten internationalen „FrankenstAIn Conference“ weiter, die auf Initiative von Professor Norbert Paulo (Stiftungsprofessur für Philosophie und Ethik der Digitalisierung an der „School of Transformation and Sustainability“, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) im Oktober in Ingolstadt stattfindet. Wir sind mit dem Deutschen Medizinhistorischen Museum als Kooperationspartner beteiligt – und würden uns sehr über Beiträge aus der Medizin-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte freuen!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);">Beste Grüße in die Runde,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);">Marion Ruisinger<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);">P.S.: Ich hänge auch das Programm der Frankenstein-Ringvorlesung an. Die Vorträge finden zum Teil hybrid statt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 40, 65);">----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FrankenstAIn Conference</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ingolstadt, October 22-23 (2026)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At a glance:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">* Inaugural<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">two-day philosophy of AI and technology conference in Ingolstadt, Germany</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">* Call for Abstracts</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">* Essay Prize</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">* Link to website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Keynotes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">● Eileen Hunt (Notre Dame)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">● Nolen Gertz (Twente)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">● Michael Zichy (Bonn)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Overview of FrankenstAIn Conference:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In Mary Shelley’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Frankenstein<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>novel, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, creates an artificial agent that ends up escaping the control of its creator. The analogy with AI is clear. And the novel can therefore be read as a cautionary tale about the rapid and unpredictable consequences of creating agents that we do not properly understand and that do not align with our values.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The novel thus raises a host of questions that are today relevant for the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence, as well as the responsible use of technology more generally. Shelley sets her novel in Ingolstadt. And Victor Frankenstein would have studied in the very buildings in which the conference will take place. These include the 15th-century Hohe Schule (High School) and the 18th-century Old Anatomy building, home to the Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Ingolstadt (DMMI). The conference, organized by KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in cooperation with the DMMI, aims to bring together academics from various disciplines working in the philosophy of AI and technology. The event is set against the backdrop of Shelley’s novel. And participants will have the opportunity to participate in a ‘city walk’ and a visit to the DMMI where they will learn more about the historical and technological context in which the novel is set. The conference marks the first in an annual conference-series on the topic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Call for Abstracts (250-500 words)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We welcome submissions on the philosophy of AI and the responsible development, deployment, and use of technologies. The idea is to use Shelley’s novel as a source of inspiration to explore new and important areas of AI research, or to offer different perspectives on current ones. Talks need not explicitly engage with the novel (though this is of course very welcome) as long as they tackle themes, questions, and formats that are to some extent relevant to the novel.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In addition, we welcome submissions that contextualize these debates within a broader cultural and historical framework, as well as work on topics in the philosophy of fiction/film/sci-fi and philosophical aesthetics. We hope that the conference will allow for an historically-informed philosophical exploration of the future of AI through the images and ideas that determine our relationship to the things we create – especially when they develop a dynamic of their own and seem to escape our control.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are open to submissions from a range of different disciplines and perspectives. The only necessary criterion being that papers must be philosophically informed. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· What does it mean to create things or beings whose capabilities and effects are fundamentally unpredictable?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· What do we owe – if anything – to the artificial agents that we create?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· How can ethical responsibility be conceived under conditions of radical uncertainty?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· To what extent is AI a modern ‘creature’ in Shelley's sense?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· What continuities exist between myth (Prometheus), literature (Shelley), and modern technological development?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· How can literature/sci-fi/film (etc.) help with the investigation of AI and the philosophy of technology?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Which metaphors and narratives promote understanding of current developments in the field of AI, and which are misleading?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· What new insights – if any – does<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Frankenstein<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>bring to the ‘value alignment problem’?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· How should we define sentience, awareness, and similar in artificial intelligence, or should we not define them in such systems at all?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>is</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>technological progress?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*<b>Abstracts should be submitted as a PDF attachment in English to:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="mailto:frankenstAIn-conference@ku.de" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">frankenstAIn-conference@ku.de</a></span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Please anonymize abstracts by removing any identifying information about the author(s)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Please include your full name and affiliation (if applicable)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>in the body of the email</u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Deadline for submission is<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>May 1st (2026), 23:59 (CET)</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Applicants will be notified by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>May 15th</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Applicants who wish to be considered for the essay prize, please indicate that when submitting the abstract; for more info on the essay prize see below</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Further information can be found on the website:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Essay Prize (3000 words)</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We also welcome submissions for the associated<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>FrankenstAIn Essay Prize</u>. The prize is sponsored by the “Förderverein Georgianum”.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The prize is aimed at early career researchers – master’s students, doctoral students, and postdocs (no more than four years after PhD defense) – with a strong research interest in:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Philosophy (ethics, philosophy of technology, epistemology, political philosophy, aesthetics)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· History of philosophy and history of ideas</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Science and technology studies (STS)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">History of science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Computer science, AI research, human-computer interaction, mathematics</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Behavioral sciences focused on human relation to technologies</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· Philosophical aesthetics, including philosophy of fiction, film, and sci-fi</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A cash prize of €1,000 will be awarded to the author of the essay that combines philosophical depth, clarity of argument, originality, and relevance to current philosophy of AI debates in an interesting and novel way. Reflections on other cultural-historical themes, as well as connections to Mary Shelley's novel will also be well-received. The essays will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary jury consisting of, among others, the keynote speakers invited to the conference. The winner will also have the opportunity to partake in a panel discussion dedicated to their essay.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*<b>Applicants who wish to be considered for the essay prize please indicate this in the body of the email when submitting your abstract</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*If your abstract is accepted, you will then be invited to submit an essay</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Deadline for submission of the essay is<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>September 4th (2026), 23:59 (CET)</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Applicants will be notified by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>September 25th (2026)</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Further information can be found on the website:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ku.de/en/frankenstein/events/conference</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; 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