The XXI Early Fall School of Semiotics (EFSS 2016) Ways of Semiotic Research (Sozopol, Bulgaria, 4-11 September 2016) Keynote speakers: Jacques Fontanille is a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Limoges, founder of the Centre de Recherches Sémiotiques (CeReS), Institut Universitaire de France. A former student and collaborator of the founder of the Paris School of Semiotics,…
11th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature, 6-8 April 2017 The eleventh in a series of biennial international and interdisciplinary symposia organized by the Iconicity Research Project since 1997, this meeting will once again focus on iconicity – resemblance mappings between form and meaning – in language and in literature. The theme of…
APPEL À CONTRIBUTION http://www.revuecygnenoir.org/contenu/appel-a-contribution Sémiotique et écologie Depuis quelques années, les cigognes blanches que l’on observe au Portugal, qui normalement migrent vers le sud l’hiver venu, se sont partiellement sédentarisées. Cet important changement dans leur comportement migratoire ne serait pas dû aux seuls changements climatiques ; on en impute la faute à la multiplication des décharges…
Call for papers Semiotics and Fieldwork: On critical enthographies Special issue of Punctum Guest Editors: Eleftheria Deltsou (University of Thessaly) and Fotini Tsibiridou (University of Macedonia) The cross‐fertilization between anthropology and semiotics, stretching back to Levi‐Strauss’s structural anthropology, has repeatedly reinvigorated both disciplines, all the while encouraging rapprochments and interdisciplinarity across a wide range of disciplinary fields. Ethnography,…
Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture July 4-15, 2016 (including dates of arrival and departure) in Tartu, Estonia The aim of the course is to give an intensive introduction to Lotman’s semiotic theory of culture, its theoretical background and context as well as new developments and applications of his theory in current semiotics and cultural sciences….
Call For Papers Semiotic Society of America 41st Annual Meeting September 28–October 2, 2016 / Delray Beach, Florida The Semiotic Society of America welcomes abstracts on any subject with a connection to semiotics. We apply semiotic theories and insights to disciplines as diverse as anthropology, the arts, biology, cognitive science, communication, cybernetics, education, ethics, law,…
YouTube Conference: Call for Papers 23/4 September 2016, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London. Keynote speaker: Professor Jean Burgess Please send an abstract of 350 words plus a short bio of 100 words for single papers or 500 words and individual bios for group panels by email attachment to youtube@mdx.ac.uk <mailto:youtube@mdx.ac.uk> . Deadline for receipt…
A special section of the Chinese Journal of Semiotic Studies devoted to Peirce, his work, and his contributions to semiotics and logic is being organized by Charls Pearson. Papers must be unpublished, in English and the topic must pertain to Peirce’s theory of inquiry and/or his semiotics. Deadlines: 2016-03-31 for an abstract 2016-04-30 for the full paper…
Technologies of Law and Religion: Representation, Objects and Agency We invite proposals for papers at an international symposium over three days, including two days of papers, in a plenary roundtable format, and a one day tour of Prato and Florence where Italian specialists in art, architecture, technology and planning will illustrate the symposium’s themes in…
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SEMIOSIS IN COMMUNICATION Knowing and Learning BUCHAREST, 16-18 JUNE, 2016 http://centrucomunicare.ro/semiosis/semiosisc_2016.html Conference description The first edition of the International Conference Semiosis in Communication: knowing and learning will be organized by the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania (NUPSPA) in participation with Roehampton University (London), UK and under the auspices of…
