Conference: Pictures and Texts – Pictures as Text. Iconicity and Indexicality in Graphic Communication

Multimodal analysis is an emerging research field, with more open questions than clear answers or fully established concepts (and methodologies). At the same time, it is a promising and exciting field that makes possible many interdisciplinary approaches, methods, and opportunities for collaboration. The conference aims at promoting this kind of exchange across disciplinary borders and…

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CFP: Semiofest Tallinn 2016

CFP: Semiofest Tallinn 2016

Semiofest Tallinn 2016 is waiting for paper proposals until Feb 1, 2016 Semiofest Tallinn venue is a reminder of powerful transitions and the spirit of Tarkovsky’s “Stalker” Semiofest Tallinn will open registration on Jan 27, 2016. Dear friends of Semiofest, Please do not forget to post your proposal for Semiofest Tallinn 2016,cfp@semiofest.com. We expect you…

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Conference: Mediation and Immediacy, the Semiotic Turn in the Study of Religion

Conference: Mediation and Immediacy, the Semiotic Turn in the Study of Religion

Mediation and Immediacy the Semiotic Turn in the Study of Religion an international conference 8-9-10 June 2016 sala “Principi d’Acaja“, palazzo del Rettorato via Verdi 8, Torino, Italy Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Interfaculty Program for the Study of Religion University of Turin CIRCe-Interdepartmental Centre for Research on Communication For more information: mediation-booklet-a5

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International Conference in Turin, Italy. THE MEANING OF CONSPIRACY Plot and Mystery in Communication

International Conference in Turin, Italy. THE MEANING OF CONSPIRACY Plot and Mystery in Communication

An international symposium on ‪‎conspiracy‬ theories, ‪‎plot‬ and ‪‎mystery‬in ‪communication‬. With Umberto Eco, Maurizio Ferraris, Paolo Heritier, Eva Kimminich, Massimo Leone, Peppino Ortoleva, Walter Quattrociocchi, Giuseppe Tipaldo, Ugo Volli, and many others. THE MEANING OF CONSPIRACY Plot and Mystery in Communication INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE June 8 – 10, 2015, University of Turin, Italy A cooperation between…

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Tartu Summer School of Semiotics – 2nd call of papers

Tartu Summer School of Semiotics – 2nd call of papers

SEMIOTIC (UN-)PREDICTABILITY  Second Call for Papers The paradoxical co-presence of predictability and unpredictability is a fundamental aspect of the dynamics of the semiotic world. Abduction, habit, explosion, (artistic) modelling, code, interaction, meaning-making, signification, innovation, uncertainty, change, order and disorder, entropy, translation, interpretation – there are numerous concepts that reflect this tension in different kinds of semiotic…

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Colloque international: Représentation de l’Autre dans les Arts et les médias – 04 et 05 décembre 2014

Sous les auspices de L’Association Marocaine de Sémiotique  La Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Meknès, Le Master spécialisé «Communication des organisations», le Groupe de recherche « Littérature et communication », le Groupe Marocain de Sémiotique et le Centre de Recherche en Ecritures de la Féminité et Genres/littératures francophones de l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris3 organisent les…

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