AISV-IAVS International Association of Visual Semiotics Bulletin, Feb 2013. Xme Congrès / 10° Congreso / 10th Congress (Buenos Aires 2012) The 10th Congress of the AISV-IAVS was held from September 4 to 8, 2012, at the Faculty of Law of Buenos Aires University, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the theme “Contemporary dilemmas of visuality”. Some numbers of the…
The Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress
The Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress Invigorating Philosophy for the 21st Century July 16–19, 2014 – University of Massachusetts Lowell In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of C. S. Peirce, The Charles S. Peirce Society and The Peirce Foundation invite the submission of new papers and panel proposals for The Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress, to be…
Doctorate positions at Lund University
The Department of Semiotics at Lund University announces the availability of one or more doctorate positions in semiotics at Lund University. According to Swedish law, doctorate positions are 4-year long salaried positions. For more information and to apply electronically, go to: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=523993&Type=E For information about the Department of Semiotics at Lund University, see http://www.sol.lu.se/en/semiotik/…
CFP: Signs and Society, a new journal of semiotics published by the University of Chicago Press
Call for Papers The journal is now accepting submissions for a supplementary issue, “Representing Transcendence” (Winter 2014)Students of semiosis have long realized that signs and symbols, in their “standing for” function, are normally more “evident” (perceptible, experiential) than what they represent (or re-present). In fact, one of the classic definitions of the sign stresses that they need to “reveal”…
“Representing Transcendence” Call for Papers for Supplementary Issue (Winter 2014)
Signs and Society The University of Chicago Press “Representing Transcendence” Call for Papers for Supplementary Issue (Winter 2014). Students of semiosis have long realized that signs and symbols, in their “standing for” function, are normally more “evident” (perceptible, experiential) than what they represent (or re-present). In fact, one of the classic definitions of the…
Summer School 2013 – Autocommunication in Semiotic Systems: 40 years after the Theses on the Semiotic Study of Culture
Summer School 2013 Autocommunication in Semiotic Systems: 40 years after the Theses on the Semiotic Study of Culture Summer School 2013 is five-day event taking place from August 18 to 23 in a secluded Kääriku in South Estonia. Theses on the Semiotic Study of Cultures first appeared 40 years ago, in 1973. The title of this publication indicates that alongside…
CFP: Guiyang Secondary Symposium of the China Semiotics Forum
The Call for Papers (please refer to the Chinese version for details) http://wxy.gznu.edu.cn/xwgg/2013hy1.htm The Guiyang Secondary Symposium of The China Semiotics Forum (Under the auspices of the IASS) The Title: Semiotics and Modernization of Chinese Human Sciences The Place: The College of Chinese Literature and Language, the Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China 550001 The…
Final CFP: The Eighth Conference of the Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies
Final Call for Papers and Theme Sessions of the Eighth Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS): NB: Notice that we have extended the deadline for theme session proposals to Jan 31st and we added another plenary speaker: Nicolas Fay (University of Western Australia) Sign evolution on multiple time scales We hereby…
VIII Congreso Internacional Chileno de Semiótica
CONVOCATORIA SEMIÓTICA, EDUCACIÓN Y CULTURA 9, 10 y 11 de octubre de 2013 CONVOCAN Asociación Chilena de Semiótica Universidad del Bío-Bío. Departamento de Artes y Letras PATROCINAN Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Comunicación Social Universidad de Chile. Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen Universidad Austral de Chile. Instituto de Comunicación Social Universidad de La Frontera….