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….
CFP: Intersemiotic translation
Intersemiotic translation 25-27 September 2013 Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the most recent research on intersemiotic translation, understood broadly here as comprising transfer from one semiotic mode to another, but also as interaction between the different modes. We invite contributions from linguists, literary…
28th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES
28th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES to be held in Imatra, Finland, June 8–12, 2013 We are pleased to announce the research seminars and International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies. The seminars will be organized by the International Semiotics Institute (ISI) at Imatra and open to any semiotician interested in…
On Youtube: Eero Tarasti lectures on music history
The lectures by Professor Eero Tarasti, University of Helsinki, on music history are now available in the youtube, entitled “Music History: Style Periods and Aesthetics”. The lectures (7) deal with classical composers, such as J.S. Bach. W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner; their main works are analyzed at piano, and connected to other…
CFP: Lexia n.17
CALL FOR PAPERS (download PDF: Call for papers _Lexia_ 17) Lexia n. 17: How to do Things with Images Lexia n. 17: Come fare cose con le immagini Lexia n. 17: Comment faire des choses avec des images Lexia n. 17: Cómo hacer cosas con imágenes Lexia, the international, peer-reviewed journal of CIRCE, the Center for…
Obituary for Décio Pignatari
On Sunday, December, 2, 2012, Décio Pignatari died of a respiratory illness in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a poet and contributed to disseminate Peirce´s semiotics in Brazil. In the 1950´s along with Haroldo de Campos and Augusto de Campos he created the movement called “Concrete Poetry”. One of the first professors of the Post-graduate…
SIG/ES Symposium 2012 Report
Special Interest Group for Empirical Semiotics – SIG/ES Symposium 2012 Report SIG/ES is devoted to the empirical science of semiotics and is the SSA’s oldest Special Interest Group. Our 35th Annual Symposium was very successful with more than 20 people in attendance to hear the five papers presented in two sessions. These were: Donna West: “The…
“Meetings on Meaning”, the doctoral seminar in semiotics of the University of Torino
Following the PDF program of the “Meetings on Meaning”, the doctoral seminar in semiotics of the University of Torino. Meetings on Meaning 2012-2013 Final