112016Apr
In Congress & Call for Papers

CFP: Semiotics and Fieldwork: On critical enthographies. Special issue of Punctum

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,…

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232016Mar
In Semiotic Publications

Publication of the 2nd issue of PUNCTUM-International Journal of Semiotics

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2nd issue of PUNCTUM- International Journal of Semiotics, the online, open access journal of the Hellenic Semiotic Society. This issue is devoted to the ‘Semiotics in translation, translation in semiotics’, providing a forum for the interaction between semiotics and translation and semiotically-informed translation studies. The articles…

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232016Mar
In Congress & Call for Papers
Summer Course in Tartu: Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture

Summer Course in Tartu: Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture

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….

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182016Mar
In Bulletin Board Announcements

Obituary Solomon Marcus

A true polymath and a fitting representative of semiotics’ inherent interdisciplinarity for so many years – Solomon Marcus seemed to be a ubiquitous presence in semiotics. A prominent Romanian mathematician, he coupled rigour and logic with a comprehensive vision that is the privileged possession of only the most far-seeing historians of ideas. Here, we would…

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72016Mar
In Congress & Call for Papers
CFP: Semiotic Society of America 41st Annual Meeting, Sept 28 – Oct 02, Delray Beach, Florida

CFP: Semiotic Society of America 41st Annual Meeting, Sept 28 – Oct 02, Delray Beach, Florida

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,…

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12016Mar
In Congress & Call for Papers

CFP: Youtube Conference

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…

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282016Feb
In Congress & Call for Papers

CFP: Special section of the Chinese Journal of Semiotic Studies devoted to Peirce

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…

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202016Feb
In Bulletin Board Announcements

Obituary_Umberto_Eco

Novelist, philosopher, historian, public intellectual – underpinning all of these, Umberto Eco was a semiotician, our spiritus rector.. In the coming days and weeks, the news agencies and wider media will track Eco’s achievements, paying tribute to his intellectual might and his forging of paths into hyper-reality and the limits of interpretation. Here, we would…

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152016Feb
In Congress & Call for Papers

CFP: International Symposium – Technologies of Law and Religion

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…

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22016Feb
In Congress & Call for Papers
CFP: International Conference – Semiosis in Communication, Knowing and Learning – Bucharest

CFP: International Conference – Semiosis in Communication, Knowing and Learning – Bucharest

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…

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