Sebeok’s millennium webinar (this week – slight change)

16 December 2021SEBEOK AND EAST ASIA(commences 21.00 Nanjing; 15.00 Helsinki/Tartu; 14.00 Wroclaw; 13.00 London; 08.00 New York; 10.00 Buenos Aires) 21.00-21.30: Hongbing Yu, ‘Sebeok’s Chinese connection’ 21.30-22.00: Questions and comments. Join Zoom Meeting https://ryerson.zoom.us/j/98471349968?pwd=VTVSM0JHMGZOWmMxU0RiMHZxbG45dz09Meeting ID: 984 7134 9968 Passcode: 936968

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Call for papers: Critical Arts. South-north cultural and media studies

Call for papers: Post-doctoral recruitment Critical Arts is a peer-reviewed journal publishing 6 issues a year. Three of the six numbers are reserved for general issues and single submissions. Three are allocated to theme issues. In collaboration with the National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), Critical Arts calls for submissions from post-doctoral researchers….

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Call for papers: LEXIA n. 43-44 (Editors: Simona Stano & Massimo Leone)

LEXIA n. 43-44 (Scopus, A-Ranked ANVUR Journal) Call for papers Ideology / Ideologia / Idéologie / Ideología Editors: Simona Stano (University of Turin) & Massimo Leone (University of Turin, Shanghai University) Lexia, the international, peer-reviewed journal of CIRCe, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication of the University of Torino, Italy, invites contributions to be…

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Extended Call for Papers: 13th International Symposium in Language and Literature (31 May- 2 June 2022, Sorbonne University, Paris)

Call for Papers 2022 Sorbonne The 13th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature 31 May-2 June 2022 at the Sorbonne University, Paris Extended Call for Papers: Deadline 31 December 2021 Conference website: https://ill13.sciencesconf.org/  We invite the submission of abstracts to the 13th Biennial International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature initiated by the…

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International Open Seminar on Semiotics, a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing

We are delighted to announce the opening ceremony of the  International Open Seminar on Semiotics, a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing . We would be honoured if you could join us in this exciting beginning of our mutual journey and deliver a short speech sharing your insights in semiotics…

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Publication of CSS special issue “Thomas A. Sebeok for the 21st century”

Chinese Semiotic Studies is proud to present a special issue, edited by Hongbing Yu, in memory of Thomas A. Sebeok. Sebeok was not only a master semiotician, but more importantly a grand artist in semiotics. As one of the most important contemporary figures in semiotics, linguistics, ethnology, and cultural studies, Sebeok made profound contributions to…

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In Memory of Per Aage Brandt (26 April 1944 – 11 November 2021)

Per Aage Brandt seemed to be fuelled by vital energy sources much different from those upon which other common mortals rely. Nothing could keep him from playing yet another set, writing or discussing yet another poem, translating yet another text, founding yet another publishing house or gallery or journal, writing yet another article or developing…

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SEBEOK SEMINARS

The International Association for Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS) is proud to present ‘Sebeok’s millennium’ – a webinar series celebrating the work of Thomas A. Sebeok 20 years after his death and 101 years after his birth. In 1999, John Deely telephoned Tom Sebeok at his Bloomington home to announce that the following year’s meeting of the…

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Sebeok seminars this week

24 November 2021SEBEOK AND FINNO-UGRIC SEMIOTICS(commences 15.00 Helsinki/Tartu; 14.00 Wroclaw; 13.00 London; 08.00 New York; 10.00 Buenos Aires; 21.00 Nanjing) 15.00-15.15: Paul Cobley, ‘Opening speech’15.15-15.45: Kalevi Kull, Anti Randviir, ‘Sebeok and the Estonian connection’ 15.45-16.15: Vilmos Voigt, ‘Th. A. Sebeok the Hungarian.  The road to semiotics’ 16.15-16.45: Eero Tarasti, ‘A Life for Semiotics’ 16.45-17.15: Zdzisłav Wasik, ‘Tom Sebeok’s way to…

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