Introduction Issue 6 http://www.southernsemioticreview.net/ It is a great pleasure to introduce the sixth edition of this journal. In its first six editions the journal has made use of its online format to publish a total of 50 papers – a grand outcome for what was, early in 2013, a start-up venture. All the more so…
New book: Sein und Schein : Explorations in Existential Semiotics
Eero Tarasti SEIN UND SCHEIN Explorations in Existential Semiotics [Being and Appearance: Explorations in Existential Semiotics] Existential semiotics is a new paradigm in the studies of signs, signification and communication. This book develops its theory further starting from the continental philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Jaspers, Heidegger, Arendt, Sartre) on one hand, yet remaining also faithful to the tradition of…
Obituary for Ladislav Tondl
Prof. Ladislav Tondl (1924–2015) The distinguished philosopher, semiotician and logician Professor Ladislav Tondl has died at the age of 91. Professor Ladislav Tondl was one of the founders of Czech semiotics, communication theory, philosophy of science and the initiator of the analytical line in Czech philosophical thought. Over long periods of political persecution in the…
Arabic translation of the book Sémiotique du Fondamentalisme Religieux by Massimo Leone
The Arabic translation of the book Sémiotique du Fondamentalisme Religieux by Massimo Leone is out.
CFP: Second Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics – IACS 2016
The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics and Institute of Philosophy, Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin are proud to announce: The Second Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS 2016) June 20-22, 2016 Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland http://iacs2016.umcs.lublin.pl iacs2016@bacon.umcs.lublin.pl Plenary speakers confirmed up to now: Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv University, Simon Kirby,…
Update on Bureau decisions and various issues arising for the Association in 2015
Items for discussion: 1. Voting procedure 2. Next two Congresses 3. IASS publications arising from the Sofia Congress 4. Honorary posts 5. Reporting regional activity 6. Website overhaul/online activities 7. Surveying the membership 8. Membership and renewal 9. Establishment of the Ecuadorean Semiotic Society/admit to EC Key KB = Kristian Bankov (Secretary General) PB =…
Preliminary Program: XXth International Early Fall School of Semiotics (EFSS) 2015 “Ways of Semiotic Research”
5-13 September, Sozopol, Bulgaria Updates for the XXth International Early Fall School of Semiotics (EFSS) 2015 “Ways of Semiotic Research” Preliminary program: http://www.sociosemiotics.net/files/EFSS_XX_preliminary_program_15_07.pdf There is still a possibility to register for participation, the deadline is 5 August. For more information infosociosemiotics.net
CFP: Cognitive Semiotics
Call for Papers – Cognitive Semiotics Cognitive Semiotics is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal devoted to high quality research, integrating perspectives, methods and insight from cognitive science, cognitive linguistics and semiotics, and placing meaning-making into the broader context of cognitive, social, and neurobiological processes. The journal is a platform for the study of meaning-making writ large: in our interactions with…
New issue 19-20 of Lexia Journal of Semiotics
Download presentation-PDF: Lexia 19-20_Presentation Materials Cibo e Identità Culturale Food and Cultural Identity à cura di Simona Stano http://lexia.to.it/ http://www.facebook.com/lexiasemiotica
Obituary for Prof. GU Jiazu
Dear colleagues, With great sadness, we announce that the former editor-in-chief of our journal Chinese Semiotic Studies, Prof. GU Jiazu, passed away in Jiangsu People’s Hospital on July 4, 2015, aged 74. Prof. Gu was born on July 14, 1941 in Soochow, Jiangsu. He graduated from Soochow University in 1964 and started teaching there upon…