Call for presentation proposals: gathering of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (KWG) Berlin, 16-19 September 2026 Criticism & Culture. Perspectives from Cultural Studies and Cultural History & Theory We face times of heightened crisis rhetoric, during which the concept of culture is once again being put to the test. Laden with connotations of belonging and homogeneity, ‘culture’ has…
Between Selves: Human and AI Subjectivity in Semiotic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives XXX EFSS, 4-7 September 2026, Sozopol, Bulgaria Recent developments in generative artificial intelligence have reopened a fundamental question for semiotics and the humanities: what does it mean to be a subject in a world where machines produce discourse, images, and narratives? In his recent…
Dear colleagues The French Association for Semiotics (AFS) is pleased to share the call for papers for its upcoming congress: Determination, Indetermination: Semiotics between Predictability and Unpredictability Université Paris Cité, Site 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, June 17–20, 2025 After dedicating its two most recent editions (2022 and 2024) to the crucial issues of…
Call for PhD Candidates and Early-Career Researchers Would you like to explore a more reflexive and critical form of academic writing? PhD candidates and early-career researchers are invited to submit an analytical book review of a volume published in one of the following series: Reviews may be written in English or French and should offer…
📢 Call for Papers | IRSL 2026 – Lille (France) 🧵 Textiles of Truth: Law, Language, and the Semiotics of Environmental Style The 26th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (IRSL) invites scholars and practitioners to explore how law, language, images, and style shape contemporary debates on environmental justice, sustainability, consumer culture, and animal protection. 📍 Lille University, Faculty…
CALL FOR PAPERS XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIOTICS Semiotics & Performance in Post-Digital Cultures Volos, University of Thessaly, 20-22 November 2026 Organized by the Hellenic Semiotic Society, and the Departments of Culture, Creative Media, and Industries (CCMI) and of Language and Intercultural Studies (DLIS) of the University of Thessaly Over the past decades, the intersections…
Dossier dirigé par Simon Levesque Cinquante ans après l’explosion sémiotique des années 1970, où dominait l’obsession d’une théorie unifiée capable d’embrasser tout phénomène de signification ou de communication, nous nous trouvons face à un paysage épistémologique radicalement transformé. La pensée décoloniale a émergé principalement d’Amérique latine, d’Afrique et d’Asie depuis les années 1990. Elle a…
Guest editors: Anna Rędzioch-Korkuz (University of Warsaw) Małgorzata Grajter (The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz) Deadline for submissions: the 30th of September 2026 Description Studia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies) invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written either in English or in Polish and prepared for blind review….
2–6 June 2026 • Helsinki, Finland The 16th International Congress on Musical Signification will be held at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2–6 June, 2026. Twenty-five years after ICMS 7 and forty years after the first edition in Imatra, the ICMS returns to Finland. Since 1986, the ICMS congress has been organised…
French and English below. La revue International Journal of Design Sciences and Technology (IJDST) lance un appel à articles pour un numéro spécial thématique intitulé “Médialité et environnement : interfaces, conception, et pratiques” à paraître en décembre 2026. Le dossier est coordonné par Federico Biggio, Rosa Cinelli, et Everardo Reyes. Si vous êtes intéressé·e, merci d’envoyer un…
