Dear researchers, Following the call for papers for ICHoLS XVII, which will be held from 23 to 27 August 2027 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we are pleased to announce that the submission system for individual and co-authored papers (with up to 2 co-authors) will be available from 9 October 2026. All proposals must…
Call for Papers: Estudos Semióticos – Semiotics and the Global South: Meanings, Knowledge, and Power
Dear colleagues, Alexandre Marcelo Bueno (Universidade de São Paulo – USP) and Elder Cuevas (ULima) are organizing a special issue of the journal Estudos Semióticos titled “Semiotics and the Global South: Meanings, Knowledge, and Power” to be published in 2027. The link to the call is as follows: https://revistas.usp.br/esse/pt_BR/23_2_ dossier_sul_global_call Although the call for papers…
Call for Papers: International Congress of the German Society for Semiotics – Signs in Motion: Semiotic Perspectives on Migration
Although migration can be regarded as a “normal feature of civilization” (Bade and Oltmer 2004) and the term “migration” has been in use in the German-speaking world since the end of the 16th century, it played hardly any role in public or academic discourse as late as the 1970s. This changed fundamentally over the following…
Programme Séminaire Sémiotique Paris – Idéologies et séance du 4 novembre
Cher.e.s collègues, Maria Giulia Dondero et Juan Alonso Aldama sont ravis de vous transmettre le programme du Séminaire International de Sémiotique à Paris qui portera cette année sur « Les perspectives de l’idéologie :de la typification discursive à la politisation du regard ». Les séances (4 novembre, 25 novembre, 9 décembre, 13 janvier, 27 janvier, 10 février, 17 mars,…
Book Presentation: Algomedia.The Image at the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the volume Algomedia.The Image at the Time of Artificial Intelligence, edited by Pietro Conte, Anna Caterina Dalmasso, Maria Giulia Dondero, and Andrea Pinotti (Springer, 2026). The event will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. CEST (Paris time). The…
Journal Publication: Journal of Semiotics, Arts and Religion Volume 2
Dear colleagues Volume 2 (i) of Journal of Semiotics, Arts and Religion is now available online at www.jsar.au Submissions for Volume 2 (ii) are also welcome. Submissions are also welcome for the forthcoming issue of our associate journal Southern Semiotic Review.
Call for Papers: deSignis No. 48. Semiotics of Miths
deSignis invites submissions of articles, essays, and case studies for a thematic issue on “Semiotics of Myths.” The issue proposes a critical, interdisciplinary, and methodologically reflective approach to the ways in which myths produce, organize, transform, and contest meaning in past and contemporary cultures. Myth has historically constituted one of the privileged objects of semiotic inquiry. From the…
Reminder: 17th World Congress of Semiotics: Call for Panels and Papers
Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the Call for Papers and Panels for the 17th World Congress of Semiotics. Territorios semióticos: Saberes y caminos en la creación” (Semiotic Territories: Knowledge and Paths in Creation) is the title of the 17th World Congress of Semiotics. This IASS-AIS congress will be held in Cali, Colombia, from…
Call for Abstracts: Signs of (Mis)Trust: Dialogues across culture, media and technology
Call for AbstractsFirst Semiotic Symposium of Students (SemioSyS 2026) December 11, 2026 Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, HU SIGNS OF (MIS)TRUST: DIALOGUES ACROSS CULTURE, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY This symposium invites students to explore the signs, texts, and practices through which trust is performed, granted, contested, or eroded. Two fundamental questions emerge: What are the semiotic…
Journal Publication: Punctum (Volume 12, Issue 1). Semiotics of Dancing
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the new issue of Punctum (Volume 12, Issue 1), dedicated to the Semiotics of Dancing and edited by Valeria De Luca (University of Limoges, France). The issue is available at: https://punctum.gr/