Call for papers: XLIX Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici, “Semiotica e turismo” (Milano, 1-3 ottobre)

Semiotica e turismoXLIX congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici Milano, 1-3 ottobreIn collaborazione con l’Università IULM L’interesse del turismo per uno sguardo semiotico è certamente fuori di dubbio.Il turismo ha rappresentato infatti (certamente fino all’inizio del 2020!) la prima industria culturale al mondo, una potente “macchina” di valorizzazione, comunicazione, condivisione e socialità. Ha fissato, spostato,…

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Call for papers: XII Chilean International Semiotics Congress (24-26 November 2021)

Second Call MAIN GROUND It is a time of storms and in-depth socio-cultural transformations. Semiotics is a discipline that studies signs in the bosom of social life (from the subconscious of the socio-historical subject, Saussure, to the Peirce interpretation). Because, at the level of science is a discourse interpretative reflexive necessary to grasp the emerging…

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StudSemioticDay (June 30, 2021)

On June 30, 2021, the International Center for Semiotics and Intercultural Dialogue (State Academic University for the Humanities – GAUGN, Moscow), under the leadership of Associate Professor Inna Merkoulova, came up with an initiative to establish on this date the first International Day for Students of Semiotics #STUDSEMIOTICDAY. The event is held with the informational…

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15th World Congress of Semiotics IASS – AIS (August 30 – September 3, 2022 / Thessaloniki, Greece)

Semiotics in the Lifeworld The 15th World Congress of Semiotics aims to foreground semiotics as the socially engaged, critical investigation of the sign- and meaning-making processes forming the core of human worldmaking. Semiotic investigation is grounded in the historical lifeworld, in concrete timescapes and semioscapes, in the dense and dynamic weave of semiotic practices that structure…

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Reminder: International Congress “Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” (25 – 28 February 2022, Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia)

2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Juri Lotman (28 February 1922), renowned Russian-Estonian semiotician, literary scholar and cultural historian. To celebrate this anniversary and commemorate his distinguished contribution to humanities and beyond, the University of Tartu, Tallinn University, Juri Lotman’s Semiotics Repository and the Estonian Association of Semiotics will be hosting an International Congress “Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere”. Confirmed plenary speakers are Aleida Assmann (University…

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4th Conference on Epistemology, “Epistemology and Semiotics: Information and Sign” (3-5 December 2021, Kavala, Greece – virtual)

The Laboratory of Semiotics of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in collaboration with and the Association of Ancient Greek Philosophy ‘syn Athena’ is organizing the 4th Conference on Epistemology ‘Epistemology & Semiotics’ dedicated on Information and Sign, which will take place virtually in 3-5 December 2021. After the 1st conference…

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Symposium: “Digital Pinocchio. Face and Fake in Contemporary E-Technological Societies” (CYAS, Paris-Cergy Institute of Advanced Studies)

Stemming from ERC Project FACETS (Face Aesthetics in Contemporary E-Technological Societies), led by CYAS 2020/21 Senior Fellow Massimo LEONE, the symposium revolves on the intersection between the face and the fake, with particular attention to new digital technologies of communication and artificial intelligence.

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Graduate Seminar: “The Semiotics of Artificial Intelligence”, University of Turin / Shanghai University (Shanghai, 21 June – 2 July, 2021)

Graduate Seminar, Shanghai University Massimo LEONE & FACETS, University of Turin / Shanghai University Shanghai, 21 June 2021 – 2 July 2021 Seminar Contents Artificial intelligence is increasingly present in contemporary human existence. Its applications are everywhere, in private as well as in public life, in entertainment as well as in education. The course aims…

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Séminaire International de Sémiotique à Paris (séance du 31 mars)

La prochaine séance du séminaire international de sémiotique à Paris aura lieu le mercredi 31 mars à partir de 13h 45 en ligne. Le séminaire s’intitule: ROLES ACTANTIELS ET HORIZONS ECOLOGIQUES DES FORMES DE VIE. PARADOXES ET PIECES MANQUANTES DANS LE PARADIGME ECOLOGIQUE (II) Nous écouterons: – Sémir Badir (FNRS – Université de Liège), «Écologie…

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Symposium “Facing Narratives: Tales of the Visage across Cultures” (Virtual), January 29, 2021

FRIAS, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies Stemming from ERC Project FACETS (Face Aesthetics in Contemporary E-Technological Societies), led by FRIAS 2020/21 Senior Fellow Massimo LEONE, the symposium revolves on how the human face acquires specific cultural meaning in narratives, in literature, through visual means, and in present-day digital simulacra. The visage is the most important…

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