We are pleased to announce the publication of issue 265 of Semiotica, a distinguished special volume entitled “Mystics and Politics”, expertly edited by Juan Alonso-Aldama and Denis Bertrand. The issue features contributions by Michel Costantini, Mohamed Bernoussi, Jean-François Bordron, Jacques Fontanille, Sémir Badir, Joël Clerget, María Luisa Solís Zepeda, Jenny Ponzo, Francesco Galofaro, Juan Alonso-Aldama, Ivan…
Ventsel, Andreas; Selg, Peeter (Eds.). Power of Emotions: On the Affective Constitution of Political Struggle. A Multidisciplinary Approach. Springer International Publishing, 2025. The emergence of political identities and communities in (social) media is largely driven by affective responses to current events—a tendency facilitated by the dominance of emotionally and visually oriented communication. However, this mode…
We are pleased to annonce the publication of Revista deSignis No. 43, titled Peirce y la Semiótica Contemporánea, which was released on July 1, 2025. This number was Coordinated by Claudio Guerri and Lucia Santaella, with the collaboration of Lucrecia Escudero Chauvel, this special monograph gathers contributions from leading semioticians across Latin America and elsewhere and explores the ongoing…
We are delighted to announce the publication of the latest issue of Semiotica. It features contributions by Volkhard Krech, Zoe Hurley, Kyriakos Demetriou, Gyeyeon Park, Sung Do Kim, Xi Wang, Zhixia Bo, Jiashuai Li, Jiangping Zhou, Charles H. Lineweaver, and Annick Farina. Spanning topics from religious metaphor and gendered significs to biosemiotics, translation studies, and visual semiotics in…
Gorlée, Dinda L. (Eds.). Wittgenstein & Semiotics. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004708723 Wittgenstein’s philosophy is directly related to the semiotic discipline to understand the signs, their processes, and signalling. Wittgenstein’s nervous system was a semiotic model of control and power to make choices. To examine this critical question, Wittgenstein & Semiotics discusses the cultural…
Acim, Rachid. Style, Meaning and Pedagogy. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Art and Science Inc. 2025. A practical handbook for Stylistics classrooms. Through lucid explanations and illustrative examples, it demystifies the process of stylistic analysis, empowering students to navigate the complex landscape of English style, and explore the myriad ways in which language can be shaped and…
Roberto FLORES (Cord.). Ocho ensayos para una arqueosemiótica. Ciudad de México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2025 La arqueosemiotica, disciplina novedosa, propone instrumentos tanto conceptuales como metodologicos, ofrece metodos de ordenamiento y lectura que favorecen la interpretacion materiales para el analisis significativo del pasado.
Dear colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to the book presentation of Sphere of Understanding: Tartu Dialogues with Semioticians, published by De Gruyter in the “Semiotics, Communication and Cognition” series. The event will take place online on 12 May 2025, from 6PM to 5PM (Paris time)/ 7PM to 8PM (Tartu time)/ 5PM to 6PM (London time)/ 12PM…
Mohamed BERNOUSSI. Le chercheur modèle. Cinq étapes clefs de la carrière d’Umberto Eco. Éditions Capital, 2025. Réunir dans un ouvrage pratique et détaillé les conseils et les règles suivis par Umberto Eco pour réussir un travail de recherche, mais surtout donner des exemples d’illustration à travers les propres recherches menées par Umberto Eco depuis son…
