IASS-AIS supports the Stand up for Science movement

In March 2025, The New York Times published a list of more than 200 words and phrases, whose use is now strongly discouraged in the U.S.A’s public policy documents, drawn up by the current US administration. This list serves, among other things, as a guide for ongoing budget cuts and layoffs. Attack against language is…

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Membership Letter

PRESIDENTIAL ADRESS OF THE IASS/AIS Helsinki, Feb 1st, 2011 English – Française – Español – Deutsch Dear semioticians, As you may know, the IASS/AIS was established over 40 years ago in Paris as a result of the work some leading semioticians of the time: Benveniste, Sebeok, Lévi-Strauss, Jakobson, Greimas, Eco, Kristeva and others. From the…

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Membership Letter (Deutsch)

PRESIDENTIAL ADRESS OF THE IASS/AIS Helsinki, Feb 1st, 2011 English – Française – Español – Deutsch Sehr geehrte Semiotiker, wie Sie vielleicht wissen wurde die IASS/AIS vor über 40 Jahren in Paris als Ergebnis der Arbeit von einigen der zu jener Zeit führenden Semiotikern gegründet: Benveniste, Sebeok, Lévi-Strauss, Jakobson, Greimas, Eco, Kristeva und anderen. Zu…

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Membership Letter (Française)

PRESIDENTIAL ADRESS OF THE IASS/AIS Helsinki, Feb 1st, 2011 English – Française – Español – Deutsch Chers sémioticiens, chères sémioticiennes, Comme vous le savez déjà, l’IASS/AIS a été fondée il y a plus de 40 ans à Paris, suite au travail d’éminents sémioticiens tels que Benveniste, Sebeok, Lévi-Strauss, Jakobson, Greimas, Eco, Kristeva et bien d’autres….

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Membership Letter (Español)

PRESIDENTIAL ADRESS OF THE IASS/AIS Helsinki, Feb 1st, 2011 English – Française – Español – Deutsch Estimados semióticos, Como saben, el IASS/AIS fue establecido hace 40 años en París como resultado del trabajo de algunos semióticos destacados de aquel tiempo: Benveniste, Sebeok, Lévi-Strauss, Jakobson, Greimas, Eco y Kristeva, entre otros. Desde el inicio, se pretendió…

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Towards the IASS11 in China

Towards the IASS11 in China Eero Tarasti Semiotics lives in historical times.  Namely, what Thomas A. Sebeok envisioned when he entitled his last book Global Semiotics, is no longer a utopia, challenge or prophecy; it is the reality in which we dwell in the contemporary world.  One would even call it a ‘technosemiotic’ stage of…

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