Intersemiotic translation 25-27 September 2013 Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the most recent research on intersemiotic translation, understood broadly here as comprising transfer from one semiotic mode to another, but also as interaction between the different modes. We invite contributions from linguists, literary…
28th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES
28th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES to be held in Imatra, Finland, June 8–12, 2013 We are pleased to announce the research seminars and International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies. The seminars will be organized by the International Semiotics Institute (ISI) at Imatra and open to any semiotician interested in…
On Youtube: Eero Tarasti lectures on music history
The lectures by Professor Eero Tarasti, University of Helsinki, on music history are now available in the youtube, entitled “Music History: Style Periods and Aesthetics”. The lectures (7) deal with classical composers, such as J.S. Bach. W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner; their main works are analyzed at piano, and connected to other…
CFP: Lexia n.17
CALL FOR PAPERS (download PDF: Call for papers _Lexia_ 17) Lexia n. 17: How to do Things with Images Lexia n. 17: Come fare cose con le immagini Lexia n. 17: Comment faire des choses avec des images Lexia n. 17: Cómo hacer cosas con imágenes Lexia, the international, peer-reviewed journal of CIRCE, the Center for…
Obituary for Décio Pignatari
On Sunday, December, 2, 2012, Décio Pignatari died of a respiratory illness in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a poet and contributed to disseminate Peirce´s semiotics in Brazil. In the 1950´s along with Haroldo de Campos and Augusto de Campos he created the movement called “Concrete Poetry”. One of the first professors of the Post-graduate…
SIG/ES Symposium 2012 Report
Special Interest Group for Empirical Semiotics – SIG/ES Symposium 2012 Report SIG/ES is devoted to the empirical science of semiotics and is the SSA’s oldest Special Interest Group. Our 35th Annual Symposium was very successful with more than 20 people in attendance to hear the five papers presented in two sessions. These were: Donna West: “The…
“Meetings on Meaning”, the doctoral seminar in semiotics of the University of Torino
Following the PDF program of the “Meetings on Meaning”, the doctoral seminar in semiotics of the University of Torino. Meetings on Meaning 2012-2013 Final
Obituary for Louis Panier
Louis Panier died on October 24th, at 1 p.m. His funeral took place on saturday, october 27th, at 10 a.m., at church of Francheville le Haut, in Lyon’s suburbs. Yours. B. L. Louis Panier was a professor at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (Science of Language Department) and researcher at CADIR (Centre pour l’analyse du discours religieux)…
2012 WATS Symposium Report
WATS stands for the World Association for Theoretical Semiotics, an affiliated member of the IASS. We had a very successful Second Symposium at IASS-2012 in Nanjing and now have about 30 members who are interested in developing, extending, criticizing, etc. semiotic theory and theoretical semiotics from a grounding in the empirical data. At the Business…
CFP: NASS VIII – SIGN EVOLUTION ON MULTIPLE TIME SCALES, Aarhus May 2013
NASS VIII: Aarhus May 2013 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND THEME SESSIONS OF THE EIGHTH CONFERENCE OF THE NORDIC ASSOCIATION FOR SEMIOTIC STUDIES (NASS): “SIGN EVOLUTION ON MULTIPLE TIME SCALES” We hereby invite submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentations for the Eighth Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS), to be held at…