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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…
Hongwei Jia, talented Chinese semiotician and translator, passes away at 44.
By Hongbing Yu Dr. Hongwei Jia, a linguist-turned Chinese semiotician and translator, died on May 24 in Harbin, China. He was 44 and lived in Beijing. The cause of his passing was complications from severe pneumonia due to overfatigue, according to his brother Hongtao Jia. At his death, Dr. Jia was Associate Professor of Linguistics…
Wanted: Book Review Editor for the Semiotic Society of America
The American Journal of Semiotics (TAJS), the scholarly journal of the Semiotic Society of America (SSA), welcomes applications for Book Review Editor. This position will support the editorial work of The American Journal of Semiotics in the following ways: assisting the TAJS editorial team in identifying books worth reviewing, soliciting publishers for a copy (print or…
Book presentation: “Mediatization(s). Theoretical conversations between Europe and Latin America”, edited by José Luis Fernández, Carlos Scolari and Mon Rodríguez-Amat
Dear all, I hope that this mail finds you well and resisting the covid 19 with good spirit. Next Thursday we will present “MEDIATIZATION (s). THEORETICAL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA”, a book that we edited with Carlos Scolari and Mon Rodríguez-Amat in order to @IntellectBooks . You can read the INTRODUCTION in: https://buff.ly/3o4ldt6. In…
“Who is John Deely?”, video of lecture by Farouk Seif
On behalf of the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the Philosophy Department, and Br. Norman Hipps of the Deely Project, Saint Vincent College, we invite you to use the link provided below to view a recording of the April 29, Farouk Seif lecture, entitled “Who is John Deely?” https://saintvincentcollege-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/mike_hustava_stvincent_edu/EekLbIQx8ARIomtLo4ZrYQcBZatWp2hDG-fKcLLgzKgknw?e=LytUjF
Nouveau livre: “La cochenille, de la teinture à la peinture. Une histoire matérielle de la couleur”, de Georges Roque
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution du livre de Georges Roque (CRAL-EHESS), La cochenille, de la teinture à la peinture. Une histoire matérielle de la couleur, qui vient de paraître aux Éditions Gallimard, collection « Art et Artistes ». Le livre porte une certaine attention à la sémiotique visuelle et se positionne dans…
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…
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…
Call for papers: Revista deSignis, “Mediterráneo. Intersecciones simbólicas”
Serie Intersecciones Coordinación: Teresa Velázquez García-Talavera (LAPREC/MIM-UAB) teresa.velazquez@uab.catRicardo Carniel Bugs (LAPREC/MIM-UAB) ricardo.carniel@uab.cat Con la colaboración de: Eliseo Colón Zayas (UPR) eliseo.colon@upr.edu Fecha límite de recepción de artículos: 31 de diciembre de 2021 Ver condiciones de presentación de los artículos en http://www.designisfels.net/ Un número dedicado a las intersecciones simbólicas entre el Mediterráneo y América Latina se…