Journal Publication: Signata 17 – Sémiotique de l’IA générative / Semiotics of GenAI

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution du numéro 17 de la revue Signata Annales des sémiotiques / Annals of Semiotics dont le dossier, intitulé “Sémiotique de l’intelligence artificielle générative : transductions, styles et énonciations / Semiotics of Generative Artificial Intelligence: transductions, styles and enunciations”, a été dirigé par Maria Giulia Dondero et Massimo Leone.  Le numéro est…

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New Research Center: SERTO (Semiotic Research in Torino) 

We are pleased to inform you of the establishment of a new centre for semiotics at the University of Turin. In June 2026, SERTO (Semiotic Research in Torino) was established as the University of Turin’s new research centre entirely devoted to semiotics. The term “serto” refers to a garland, a wreath of foliage, a commemorative collection of poetry or,…

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Book Publication: Machine-Readable Faces : Pixels, Proxies, Praxes

Voto, Cristina. 2027. Machine-Readable Faces : Pixels, Proxies, Praxes. London: Routledge. Machine-Readable Faces: Pixels, Proxies, Praxes investigates how facial images have been operationalised, reshaping the conditions under which identity becomes intelligible and computable. Moving across visual semiotics, digital humanities, and computational studies, the book traces the emergence of facial data—from early digitisation experiments to dataset-driven…

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Book Publication: Lire l’espace: déployer les articulations sémantiques (agglomérations, privatisation, propriété, morphologie)

Hammad, Manar, 2026. Lire l’espace: déployer les articulations sémantiques (agglomérations, privatisation, propriété, morphologie). Paris: Geuthner Les quatorze essais de ce recueil font suite à Lire l’espace, comprendre l’architecture (2006), Sémiotiser l’espace, décrypter architecture et archéologie (2015) et Lire l’espace, étendre le domaine sémiotique (2021) afin de mettre en place les concepts et méthodes nécessaires pour…

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Book Publication: l senso incantato. Soavità e stridori della risonanza

Leone, Massimo (ed.), 2026. l senso incantato. Soavità e stridori della risonanza Roma: Arcane Il volume esplora l’incanto come forma complessa dell’esperienza contemporanea: modalità attraverso cui il senso torna a vibrare fra voce, corpo, memoria, tecnologia, arte, religione e spazio sociale. Muovendo dalla tensione moderna fra disincanto e reincantamento, i contributi raccolti interrogano la consonanza…

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Obituario: Dra. Julieta Haidar (1944-2026)

Marisol Cárdenas comparte con nosotros la triste noticia del fallecimiento de nuestra colega, la Dra. Julietta Haidar. Nos sumamos a este homenaje a una de las más importantes académicas latinoamericanas del campo del Análisis del Discurso, la Semiótica de la Cultura, la Transdisciplinariedad y la Complejidad; formadora de por lo menos cinco décadas de alumnos,…

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Book publication: New publications from “Semiotics, communication and cognition” series

Dear colleagues, The editors of the Semiotics, Communication and Cognition series, Paul Cobley and Kalevi Kull, are delighted to announce the publication of two new books in the series. The first is Forms of Living by Jacques Fontanille, an expanded version of Formes de vie, translated with the help of Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou. The second is Semiotic Investigations by the late…

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Call for Papers: Extended deadline – 54th AISS Conference “Minor Senses” (Milan, 26–28 Nov 2026)

French and Spanish below Dear colleagues, dear friends, We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for the 54th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Semiotic Studies (AISS), “Minor Senses. Aesthesia, Passions, Cultures”, to be held at IULM University, Milan, from 26 to 28 November 2026.  The submission deadline has been extended to 15 July 2026 (firm…

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Early Carrer Researchers Scholarships (ECR) – Nanjing Normal University Semiotics Symposium 2026

The call for papers of the Nanjing Normal University Semiotics Symposium 2026 is open, Dimensions of Trust: Signs, Interpretation, and Reconstruction (23-25 October 2026). It is an event under the auspices of the IASS-AIS. Abstract submission Deadline: 23:59 PM, Sunday, August 16, 2026, Beijing Time (15:59 PM, Sunday, August 16, 2026, UTC). The symposium is the culmination of…

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