Candidate for Secretary General Kristian Bankov Kristian Bankov (born 1970) is full professor in Semiotics at New Bulgarian University and director of the Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies. He is the leader of the organizing team of the congress. His interests in semiotics started during the early nineties when he was studying in Bologna,…
IASS Election: Anne Henault Presidency Statement
CANDIDACY STATEMENT ANNE HENAULT IASS/AIS can be proud of the considerable task accomplished since its foundation. Those who were at Vienna and Budapest will recall the luminous presence of Roman Jakobson and Umberto Eco and well know to what degree Thomas Sebeok was the soul of the 1979 Congress. They are aware of his considerable…
IASS Election: KIM Sung Do Vice-President Candidature
Candidat au poste de vice-président KIM Sung Do Lettre de candidature Je présente dans cette lettre ma candidature au poste de vice-président de l’association internationale de sémiotique pour un mandat 2014-2019. J’ai effectué la fonction du membre du comité d’exécution depuis 1999. Je suis actuellement le président de l’association coréenne d’études sémiotiques et je dirige…
IASS Election: Mohamed Bernoussi Vice-President Candidature
Objet candidature pour Vice-Président AIS Afrique Mohamed Bernoussi Cher collègue, J’ai l’honneur et le plaisir de m’adresser à vous en tant que secrétaire général de l’AIS et à tous les collègues qui collaborent à cette honorable association pour présenter ma candidature à vice-président AIS Afrique. Pour vous donner une idée des motifs et des raisons…
IASS Election: Jacques Fontanille Presidency Statement
Présentation candidature Jacques FONTANILLE I am professor of semiotics at the University of Limoges, and senior chair holder in the Institut Universitaire de France. I am also Honorary President of the International Association of Visual Semiotics, and Honorary President of the French Association of Semiotics. I was also appointed as Chevalier of the Legion of…
IASS Election: Paul Cobley Presidency Statement
Paul Cobley is Professor in Language and Media at Middlesex University and has been publishing in the field of semiotics and contributing to its administration for over twenty years. He is the author/editor of a number of defining books, including The Communication Theory Reader (1996), Introducing Semiotics (1997; with Litza Jansz), The American Thriller (2000),…
Tarasti nomination as Doctor Honoris Causa of Aix-Marseille University
We are happy to announce that Professor Eero Tarasti has been nominated as Doctor Honoris Causa of Aix-Marseille University. The ceremony will take place on Nov. 18, 2014 at 5 pm during the “Soirée Scientifique” at Aix-Marseille University. Our congratulations to Prof. Tarasti.
Obituary for Eliseo Verón
La Asociación Argentina de Semiótica comunica con pesar el fallecimiento de Eliseo Verón (1935 – 2014), socio fundador y primer presidente de esta asociación. Perdemos un referente, un maestro, un brazo clave para sostener la antorcha del conocimiento semiótico, pero quedan los múltiples equipos de investigación que utilizan sus enfoque y herramientas para seguir indagando sobre…
Obituary for Pino Paioni
El director y el comité científico del CISISM (Centro Internacional de Estudios Interculturales de Semiótica y Morfología) anuncian con profundo pesar el fallecimiento del profesor Pino Paioni, un colega y un amigo que ha dirigido durante muchos años, con competenca y coherencia, el Centro Internacional de Semiótica y Lingüística de la Universidad de Urbino Carlo Bo. Este…
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…