At the beginning of 2013, the Working Group of Theoretical Semiotics has started its work in the framework of the IASS-AIS. Its activity aims first of all at boosting research in the field of theoretical semiotics. It wants to foster this objective by means of the regular exchange of information, the ranking of research topics…
WATS stands for the World Association for Theoretical Semiotics. We had a very successful organizational meeting at IASS-2009 in Coruña and now have about 20 members who are interested in developing, extending, criticizing, etc. semiotic theory and theoretical semiotics. Our officers are: President: Charls Pearson, USA Vice-President: Gu Jia-zu, PRC Secretary: Søren Brier, Denmark Director: …
The Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (CCS), amalgamates the theoretical and empirical heritage of Semiotics, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Anthropology, in order to be able to address the following key questions: * What distinguishes human beings from other species, and how did this specificity evolve? * What aspects of the human mind are universal, which…
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands Summary of Research Project The main goal of this research is to address, from a new theoretical perspective, the problem of the historical evolution in the arts. The project revives a tradition of research that was based upon the assumption that the historical evolution of the arts is determined by general…
NEST Pathfinder ‘What it means to be human The 6th Framework Programme of the European Union A project in collaboration between Goldsmith College, London, UK; CNRS Marseille, France; University of Portsmouth, London, UK; Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany; Department of linguistics, Department of semiotics and Department of Cogntive Sciences, University of Lund, Sweden; CNRS Rome,…
Research Projects at Lund University, financed by the Faculty of Humanities, as a collaboration between the Department of semiotics, the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Cognitive Studies, started in Autumn 2002 Summary: The purpose of the project “Language, Gestures and Pictures in the Perspective of Semiotic Development“ is to elucidate the manner in…
Estimados colegas: Con gran satisfacción estamos terminando el año en que se cumple el décimo aniversario de la fundación del Programa de Semiótica y Estudios de la Significación (SeS) de la BUAP, centro de investigación y docencia adscrito a la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Estudios de Posgrado de esta institución. El SeS fue creado a…
The Master’s Degree Programme in Semiotics is a new graduate programme hosted by the Insti-tute for Art Research at the Faculty of Arts. Participating partners at the University of Helsinki are the Department of Sociology, the Department of Slavonic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, and the Christina Institute for Women’s Studies. Close co-operation through exchange…
Announcing English language MA in Semiotics at Tartu University Tartu University is home for a unique centre of semiotics, based in the Department of Semiotics, one of the oldest in the world, established already by Juri Lotman. It has long-term traditions in research, and teaching in BA, MA, and PhD level. Now we are glad…
