Conference: Applying Peirce 2 (Tallinn and Helsinki, 21-23 April)

We are happy to announce that the second “Applying Peirce” conference will take place at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia (21 April) and the University of Helsinki, Finland (22-23 April). This second edition brings together scholars and researchers to explore and discuss Charles S. Peirce’s thought and applications in diverse fields. The year 2014 marks…

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Roundtable Marketing Semiotics at 12th World Semiotics Congress

Marketing Semiotics is becoming increasingly recognized as an emerging field of inter-disciplinary academic research and marketing practice. Marketing Semiotics is a tiger economy that fuels commercial signs’ growth. Seize the opportunity to be part of marketing semiotics’ growth by participating in the International Journal of Marketing Semiotics’ Roundtable at the forthcoming 12th World Semiotics Congress…

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CFP: 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication

Call for Papers 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and  Visual Communication 24-27 October 2014 University of Northampton, United Kingdom The 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual  Communication themed Culture of Seduction [the seduction of culture] will take  place from the 24th to the 26th of October 2014 at the University…

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CFP: The Semiotic Society of America – 39th Annual Meeting

The Semiotic Society of America 39th Annual Meeting October 2–5, 2014 Seattle, Washington   www.semioticsocietyofamerica.org DEADLINE for Abstract and Proposal Submissions: May 16, 2014 PDF version of CFP: http://semioticsocietyofamerica.org/images/stories/2014_SSA_Call_for_Papers.pdf   Paradoxes of Life* Challenge – Determination – Resilience   Ever since the paradoxes of Zeno (on the impossibility of motion) and Heraclitus (on the possibility of ever-present…

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Southern Semiotic Review Issue 3 and Call for Papers

SOUTHERN SEMIOTIC REVIEW – Issue 3 (2014) now available at www.southernsemioticreview.net This  journal welcomes papers with general semiotic methodology and subject matter, as well as ones with special themes. Current themes include media and video, religion, memory and performance and visual arts.  As well as peer-reviewed papers, less formal reviews, commentaries and work in progress are…

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CFP: Peirce and His Students – Tallinn, Estonia

Call for Papers: “Peirce and His Students“Tallinn, Estonia, 21 April 2014 Workshop in the 2nd Applying Peirce Conference (Tallinn-Helsinki, 20-23 April 2014)http://www.nordprag.org/ap2.html It has sometimes been claimed that, unlike many other classical philosophers, Charles Peirce had few or even no intellectual heirs at all. This event intends to establish the extent of relationships between Peirce…

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CFP: Ocula.it – Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media

Ocula.it is the oldest Italian online academic review in semiotics. It was founded in 2000 by a group of semioticians from Bologna University, all of them Umberto Eco’s disciples. Some of the group now hold positions in Italian Universities. The review has published its articles mostly in Italian, but it has recently adopted a double…

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12th World congress of IASS/IAS – Few days left for early registration discount

Few days left for the 20 Euro early registration discount for the next IASS world congress in Sofia, 16-20 September, 2014 (http://semio2014.org). The discount expires on 28 February. 12th World congress of IASS/IAS “New Semiotics: between Tradition and Innovation” Sofia, 16-20 September 2014, New Bulgarian University www.semio2014.org The registration form for the congress is now available. This is…

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CFP: Analitica / Online Journal of Music Studies

“Sound contacts” – Call for papers 2014 (Papers section) Music can be seen as a relational force binding musicians, listeners, instruments and sounds. Its functions are deeply embedded in the network of agents involved in its production, fruition and definition processes. Despite the rhetoric of music as the art of sentiment, spiritual force or universal…

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The 2nd International Conference of Semiosis Research Center (ICSRC), Seoul, Korea (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

Extended Deadline – Feb 16, 2014 The 2nd International Conference of Semiosis Research Center (ICSRC), Seoul, Korea The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to February 16 2014. Narrative and Multimodality The ICSRC is a premier international conference covering interdisciplinary dialogues on semiosis (sign processes). The Semiosis Research Center (SRC) is a research institute sponsored by…

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