Special issue on biosemiotic ethics now open access The special issue of Zeitschrift für Semiotik on biosemiotic ethics guest-edited by Morten Tønnessen, Yogi Hendlin and Jonathan Beever is now freely available online, downloadable in PDF format. It includes contributions by the editors, John Deely, Andreas Weber, Hans Werner Ingensiep, Jessica Ullrich, Konrad Ott, Gerald Ostdiek…
New Book: A Literary Semiotics Reading: Kuyucaklı Yusuf
New Publication: A Literary Semiotics Reading: Kuyucaklı Yusuf. A Literary Semiotics Study Last week, a semiotical analysis written about Kuyucaklı Yusuf, a quite well-known novel in Turkey was published in Turkish. This novel was translated into French twice. It was first published in Editions de Publications Orientalistes in 1977, then it was published in Éditions…
International symposium: Sources of Creativity. From Local to Universal.
Sources of Creativity. From Local to Universal. An international symposium around Eero Tarasti’s work in the eve of his 70th birthday. Event organized by the Academy of Cultural Heritages and the Semiotic Society of Finland, in Mikkeli, Finland, 8-10 August 2018. The symposium will be arranged at the place of genius loci of Eero Tarasti’s…
New issue: Digital Age in Semiotics & Communication, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2018
New issue: Digital Age in Semiotics & Communication, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2018 Digital Age in Semiotics & Communication is a journal from the Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies at the New Bulgarian University. It explores the new forms of knowledge, social and linguistic interaction, and cultural phenomena generated by the advent of…
Final CFP: Peirce Essay Prize
The deadline for submitting to the Peirce Essay Prize is August 1, 2018. The 2018–2019 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize Topic: Any topic on or related to the work of Charles Sanders Peirce. Awards: $1000 cash prize; presentation at the Society’s next annual meeting, held in conjunction with the Eastern APA (in New York…
Distance learning program: Semiotics and Philosophy
A new continuing education program in distance learning form “Semiotics and Philosophy” by Prof. Ivan Mladenov and Prof. Anita Kasabova For more information: http://ebox.nbu.bg/semiotics2018/ “
New Book: A Cultural Semiotics of Religion, Massimo Leone
Massimo Leone 2018 – A Cultural Semiotics of Religion – Presentation PDF
Colloque international: Points aveugles et points borgnes en sémiotique: concepts impensés ou à repenser, Toronto
POINTS AVEUGLES ET POINTS BORGNES EN SÉMIOTIQUE: CONCEPTS IMPENSÉS OU À REPENSER Colloque international Voici le lien vers le programme et le recueil des résumés des communications du colloque Points aveugles et points borgnes en sémiotique : concepts impensés ou à repenser, qui se tiendra à Toronto du 15 au 17 août 2018: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KtcxRFisGVyJ9J8WFTCeNceOj5yrwZe3/view?usp=sharing
New Book: Interdiscursive readings in cultural consumer research, George Rossolatos
Interdiscursive Readings in Cultural Consumer Research George Rossolatos (MSc,MBA,PhD) (c) 2018 The cultural consumption research landscape of the 21st century is marked by an increasing cross-disciplinary fermentation. At the same time, cultural theory and analysis have been marked by successive ‘inter-’ turns, most notably with regard to the Big Four: multimodality (or intermodality), interdiscursivity, transmediality (or intermediality), and…
New issue: Biosemiotics Volume 11, Issue 1, April 2018
In this issue (11 articles) Knowledge Is Never Just There Jesper Hoffmeyer Pages 1-5 Freedom in Captivity: Managing Zoo Animals According to the ‘Five Freedoms’ Nelly Mäekivi Pages 7-25 Object Discernment by “A Difference Which Makes a Difference” Jaime F. Cárdenas-García, Diego Romero Castro, Bruno Soria de Mesa Pages 27-40 Umwelt and Ape Language Experiments:…