TRANSLATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN AUDIOVISUAL AND DIGITAL CULTURE XXV EFSS

(3-6 September 2021, Sozopol, Bulgaria) (Deadline for the proposals: 15 July 2021) REGISTRATION FORM For more information: efss_xx@nbu.bg Plenary speakers and distinguished semioticians: Prof. Paul Cobley – Making sense of the e-reading debates Prof. Evangelos Kourdis – The Semiotics of Shifting Sensorium and Audiovisual Translation Prof. Dario Martinelli – Chekhov’s guitar – or: on the…

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II International meeting of young early-career (IASS-AIS): “Paths, scenarios, and methodologies semiotics routes”

PATHS, SCENARIOS AND METHODOLOGIES SEMIOTICS ROUTES II International meeting of young early-career IASS-AISX International Congress of Semiotics of Colombia ASCColloquium 30 years Master in Semiotics UIS Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa Since its genesis, semiotics has been proposed as an axis of multidisciplinarity. This character of semiotic studies is expressed in all fields of science and…

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15th World Congress of Semiotics IASS – AIS (August 30 – September 3, 2022 / Thessaloniki, Greece)

Semiotics in the Lifeworld The 15th World Congress of Semiotics aims to foreground semiotics as the socially engaged, critical investigation of the sign- and meaning-making processes forming the core of human worldmaking. Semiotic investigation is grounded in the historical lifeworld, in concrete timescapes and semioscapes, in the dense and dynamic weave of semiotic practices that structure…

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Reminder: International Congress “Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” (25 – 28 February 2022, Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia)

2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Juri Lotman (28 February 1922), renowned Russian-Estonian semiotician, literary scholar and cultural historian. To celebrate this anniversary and commemorate his distinguished contribution to humanities and beyond, the University of Tartu, Tallinn University, Juri Lotman’s Semiotics Repository and the Estonian Association of Semiotics will be hosting an International Congress “Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere”. Confirmed plenary speakers are Aleida Assmann (University…

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4th Conference on Epistemology, “Epistemology and Semiotics: Information and Sign” (3-5 December 2021, Kavala, Greece – virtual)

The Laboratory of Semiotics of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in collaboration with and the Association of Ancient Greek Philosophy ‘syn Athena’ is organizing the 4th Conference on Epistemology ‘Epistemology & Semiotics’ dedicated on Information and Sign, which will take place virtually in 3-5 December 2021. After the 1st conference…

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Call for papers: Revista deSignis, “Mediterráneo. Intersecciones simbólicas”

Serie Intersecciones Coordinación: Teresa Velázquez García-Talavera (LAPREC/MIM-UAB) teresa.velazquez@uab.catRicardo Carniel Bugs (LAPREC/MIM-UAB) ricardo.carniel@uab.cat Con la colaboración de: Eliseo Colón Zayas (UPR) eliseo.colon@upr.edu Fecha límite de recepción de artículos: 31 de diciembre de 2021 Ver condiciones de presentación de los artículos en http://www.designisfels.net/ Un número dedicado a las intersecciones simbólicas entre el Mediterráneo y América Latina se…

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Call for papers for a Thematic Issue: “What’s so special about faces?”, Topoi. An International Review of Philosophy

Guest editors: Marco Viola & Massimo Leone (University of Turin) Faces, or at least T-shaped face patterns, grab human beings’ attention since the very earlier days of life. And they remain the most relevant stimuli of the social environment. Possibly, since (quoting William James 1984) “the most important part of my environment is my fellow-man”,…

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Call for papers: Panel “Semiotics of Religion: Religion in the Semiosphere” at the International Congress “Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” (25-28 February 2022, Tallinn & Tartu, Estonia)

The multipart panel is intended to be a platform for presenting and discussing papers related explicitly to the topic of religion with reference to the legacy of Juri Lotman. Lotman’s works belongs among the classics of 20th century semiotics. His published materials arguably represent a unified and distinct paradigm or approach to semiotics in the…

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Call for papers: Journal of the New Techno Humanities, “Interactivity and Virtual Reality”

Journal of the New Techno Humanities Call for Papers Title: New Media, Interactive Audiences, and the Virtual. Next Generation Narratives Short title: Interactivity and Virtual Reality  Guest Editors Keyan G Tomaselli: keyant@uj.ac.zaDamien R Tomaselli: damientomaselli@gmail.comUniversity of Johannesburg Dr Keyan G Tomaselli is Distinguished Professor, Humanities Dean’s Office, University of Johannesburg, a Laureate Fellow of the International Communicology Institute,…

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