We live in troubled times. The refugee crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the crisis of liberal democracies deeply affect individuals, societies, and the environment. Societas Ethica’s 62nd Annual Conference 2026, “Crisis & Recovery: Ethics in Interdisciplinary Dialogue” (August 20–23, 2026, University of Tartu, Estonia) warmly welcomes semioticians to join…
Call for Contributions: Semiofest Warsaw, 2026 – Viscosity – Extended deadline: 29 November 2025
Semiofest Warsaw, 2026 | 20-23 May 2026 Extended deadline: 29 November 2025 Call For Contributions is now open! Theme: Viscosity Viscosity belongs to the language of physics, but it also offers a way to think about contemporary culture – neither solid nor liquid, neither fluid nor fixed, but characterized by thickness and stickiness.We invite you…
Call for Papers: Inheriting Eco. Umberto Eco, the University of Bologna and all the knowledge in the world
The year 2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of Umberto Eco’s death on 19 February 2016. Ten years during which Eco himself had asked not to organise any conferences about him, so as to better determine and appreciate what to forget, what to keep, and what to build on. Indeed, a decade is an adequate…
Call for Papers: TAMGA-Turkish Journal of Semiotic Studies
Dear colleagues and friends, As you know, TAMGA-Turkish Journal of Semiotic Studies (https://e-tamga.com/index.php/pub) is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal that has been active in Türkiye for two years. The journal is now accepting contributions for the next issue -December 2025. Download Call for Papers
Call for Contributions: 14th Conference Association for Visual Semiotics / Association Internationale de Sémiotique Visuelle
Next Conference of AISV/IAVS (February 2026) Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce, in collaboration with the board of the Association for Visual Semiotics / Association Internationale de Sémiotique Visuelle, that its 14th Conference will be held in São Paulo (Brazil), hosted by the Escola de Comunicação e Artes (ECA) of the University of São Paulo (USP). It will take…
Call for Papers: Carte Semiotiche
On behalf of the editorial board of Carte Semiotiche, we are pleased to share with you the open call for our upcoming monographic issue, dedicated to the concept of the “Theoretical Object” forty years after the publication of La macchina della pittura by Omar Calabrese. Download the Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio. Issue 19, no. 3/2025
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