Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have received several abstract proposals to be considered for the 46th Annual Conference (Virtual) of the Semiotic Society of America, Intentionality and Semiotic Labyrinths, October 12–16, 2022. Based on requests from some colleagues, we are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to August 20, 2022. We anticipate a…
***The 46th SSA Annual Conference*** Call for Papers
46th SSA Call for Papers Posted on May 6, 2022 by Farouk Seif 46th SSA Call for Papers Intentionality and Semiotic Labyrinths The 46th Annual Conference (Virtual) October 12-16, 2022 The theme for this year’s conference is Intentionality and Semiotic Labyrinths. Intentionality has typically been regarded as central to the process of semiosis. (Indeed, in 2007 the…
The 46th Annual SSA Conference (Virtual)
The 46th Annual SSA Conference (Virtual) October 12–16, 2022 Stay Tuned for more information!
SSA Yearbook 2021: Call for Submissions
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Each year, the SSA publishes the proceedings of its annual meeting under the title Semiotics, also known as the “Yearbook of the Semiotic Society of America”. First introduced in 1980, this series provides a unique overview of the development of semiotics. The Semiotics Yearbook provides an overview of current developments in semiotic research…
The Passing of SSA Founding Member Charls Pearson, 1932–2021
The Semiotic Society of America laments the recent passing, twenty days shy of his 89th birthday, of one of our founding members, Dr. Charls Pearson (31 May 1932–2021 May 11), in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Pearson received in 1977 from the Georgia Institute for Technology the first Ph.D. in semiotics granted by an American university. He…
OPPORTUNITY: BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
WANTED: BOOK REVIEW EDITOR The American Journal of Semiotics (TAJS), the scholarly journal of the Semiotic Society of America (SSA), welcomes applications for Book Review Editor. This position will support the editorial work of The American Journal of Semiotics in the following ways: assisting the TAJS editorial team in identifying books worth reviewing, soliciting publishers for…
Who is John Deely? A Contemplative Reflection on the Journey of a Philosopher – Presentation by Farouk Seif, Ph.D.
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT INVITES YOU TO ATTEND “WHO IS JOHN DEELY?” A Contemplative Reflection on the Journey of a Philosopher and Semiotician By FAROUK SEIF, PH.D. Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://stvincent-edu.zoom.us/j/97331653231 The question, “Who Is John Deely?”, with its use of “is” rather than “was”, emphasizes that Deely is semiotically still with us. To answer…
2021 SSA Call for Papers
Addressing Precarity: Semiotics, Semiosis, and Semioethics The 45th Annual Conference (Virtual) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 20-23, 2021 The theme for this year’s conference is Addressing Precarity: Semiotics, Semiosis, and Semioethics. The conference centers on considering precarity through the framework of semiotics. Presenters are encouraged to develop panels and submissions that consider semiosis, semioethics, and precarity. As always, we welcome abstracts…
SEMIOTICS: THOUGHT AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF JOHN DEELY
SEMIOTICS: THOUGHT AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Roland Posner Passing
Very sad news. The former President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies Roland Posner (1942–2020) has died. Richard L. Lanigan writes: The first generation of Semioticians is passing quickly these days! I worked with Posner over many years. In good German fashion, he was always correcting my English and I (as a good…
