CFP: Ocula – Semiotic Eye on Media. The object is the “Semiotics of Economic Discourse”.

Semiotics of Economic Discourse Since the beginning of the crisis, some financial and economic terms have become familiar. Expressions such as “subprime”, “hedge fund”, “derivative”, “spread”, “quantitative easing”, “stress test”, “black pools”, “black liquidity” etc., are now habitual. We listen and read discussions about the distinction between “savings bank” and “investment bank”, between “public deficit”…

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New book: Creating Value, The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotic Research, by Laura Oswald

New book: Creating Value, The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotic Research, by Laura Oswald

Creating Value, The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotic Research (Oxford 2015) explains how brands draw actual market value from thecultural myths, social networks, and intangible experiences consumers invest in marketing signs, symbols, and rituals. It guides readers through the process of managing brand value by means of consumer ethnography, cultural analysis, design research, and…

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International Semiotic Conference “SIGN – THOUGHT – WORD – WORK”, 24-27 May 2015

International Semiotic Conference “SIGN – THOUGHT – WORD – WORK”, 24-27 May 2015

International Semiotic Conference “SIGN – THOUGHT – WORD – WORK” www.semiotica.uni.lodz.pl 24-27 May 2015 Organized by the Department of Italian Studies of the University of Łódź, the Department of Pragmatics of the University of Łódź, the Interdisciplinary Center of Humanistic Sciences of the University of Łódź as well as the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Varsavia, where the Guest of…

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2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication – 2-4 October 2015, Cyprus University of Technology

2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication 2-4 October 2015, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos/Cyprus Conference web site: http://icsvc-conference.com/ The conference The event will take place from the 2nd to the 4th of October 2015 at the Cyprus University of Technology, and is being organized by the Cyprus Semiotics Association together with…

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Reminder for Tartu Semiotics Summer School/Nass 2015

Reminder for Tartu Semiotics Summer School/Nass 2015

Tartu Summer School of Semiotics, August 17-20, 2015 – SEMIOTIC (UN-)PREDICTABILITY hosting the IX Conference of Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS FOR SUMMERSCHOOL IS ALREADY DECEMBER THE 15TH. WE WILL STILL BE WAITING FOR SUBMITIONS FOR LAST PROPOSALS. THE HOMEPAGE UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION FEES. Call for Participants…

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CFP – Biosemiotics special issue: multi-level semiosis

Biosemiotics – special issue Call for papers The journal Biosemiotics (Springer) is preparing a special issue on “Multi-level semiosis: integrative approaches to biology, cognition and culture” guest-edited by Luis Emilio Bruni and Franco Giorgi. In the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in communication processes and sign-systems at all levels of complexity,…

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CFP: Lexia n. 21 – Censorship

CFP: Lexia n. 21 – Censorship

Lexia, the international, peer-reviewed, SCOPUS-indexed journal of CIRCE, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication of the University of Turin, Italy, invites contributions to be published in issue n. 21. The topic of the forthcoming issue is “Censorship”. Expected publication schedule of the volume: June 15, 2015: deadline for contributions July 15, 2015: deadline for referees September…

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New issue: Sign Systems Studies 42(2/3)

New issue: Sign Systems Studies 42(2/3)

Sign Systems Studies 42(2/3)  Sign Systems Studies has been selected for inclusion in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index as well as Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, beginning with volume 41, issue 1, 2013.  CONTENTS ARTICLES * Kristian Tylén, Luis Emilio Bruni: Sign evolution on multiple time scales. Introductory comments * Winfried Nöth: The growth of…

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Ocula special issue “Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media”

Ocula special issue “Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media”

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Ocula special issue “Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media”. It includes contributions by: María de los Angeles Montes, Giorgio Borrelli, Geane Carvalho Alzamora, Valerio De Michele, Emanuele Fadda, Giacomo Festi, Jean Fisette, Carlos González Pérez, Tony Jappy, Toni Marino, Giampaolo Proni, Renira…

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International Symposium on Cultural and Communication Semiotics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 3 – 5 July, 2015

International Symposium on Cultural and Communication Semiotics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 3 – 5 July, 2015 On July 3-5, 2015, the First International Symposium on Cultural & Communication Semiotics will be held in Chengdu, China. The Organizing Committee is composed of the following institutions: College of Literature & Journalism, Sichuan University; Institute of Journalism &…

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Colloque international: Représentation de l’Autre dans les Arts et les médias – 04 et 05 décembre 2014

Sous les auspices de L’Association Marocaine de Sémiotique  La Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Meknès, Le Master spécialisé «Communication des organisations», le Groupe de recherche « Littérature et communication », le Groupe Marocain de Sémiotique et le Centre de Recherche en Ecritures de la Féminité et Genres/littératures francophones de l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris3 organisent les…

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