Author: Farouk Seif

Farouk Y. Seif, PhD is Professor Emeritus, Antioch University Seattle, former President and Executive Director of the Semiotic Society of America, a registered architect, and an artist. Seif serves as the Editor of the Semiotic Society of America Yearbook. Prior to becoming an American citizen, Seif was born and raised in Egypt with a Coptic background. His main interests are design, semiotics, paradoxes, transdisciplinarity, and transmodernity. His doctoral dissertation “Semiotics and Urban Morphogenesis: Metaphysical Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Monumentality as a Theoretical Approach to Urban Form" designed to reinterpret the Ancient Egyptian experience for thoughtful reflections on contemporary life. Prof. Seif has taught in universities and lectured at conferences worldwide. He was the recipient of the 2010 Fulbright Specialists Program at University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has authored numerous articles and a dozen book chapters. His book "De-sign in the Transmodern World: Envisioning Reality Beyond Absoluteness" is a state-of-the-art integration of design and semiotics.

Lodging in Prague and Other Tips

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Travel around Prague_Hotels_restaurants Dear colleagues, For anyone unfamiliar with Prague, the attached PDF has some information which may be useful. The SSA talks will be in the Old Town, at the Karolinum and the FF UK (Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, specifically at street address Hybernská 3 in the “Šporkův palác”), which are both east of…

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Local Host of the 49th SSA Conference

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Dr. Martin Švantner  Martin Švantner, PhD holds degrees in political science, philosophy, semiotics, and anthropology. His primary research interests include general semiotics, history of semiotics, semiotically-influenced rhetorical theory, semiotics of music, cognitive semiotics, contemporary social theory and philosophy, and the work of C.S. Peirce. He serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities at…

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Image, Imagination, Communication: Exploring the Ethical as Natural or Artificial, Real or Surreal

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Duquesne University 18th Biennial Communication Ethics Conference and Sliver Jubilee Conference of the International Communicology Institute. Image, Imagination, Communication: Exploring the Ethical as Natural or Artificial, Real or Surreal May 28-30, 2025 | Duquesne University Power Center Ballroom https://www.duq.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/liberal-arts/departments-and-centers/communication-and-rhetorical-studies/conferences.php

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Introducing Our New SSA Executive Director

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,   It is my great pleasure to introduce our new Executive Director Joseph DeChicchis who is appointed by the Search Committee and confirmed by the SSA Executive Board.   Moving onward and upward, Farouk Seif On behalf the Search Committee Joseph DeChicchis, Ph.D., F.R.S.A. Academically, Professor DeChicchis has punctuated his career…

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New SSA Executive Director

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,   I hope this message finds you all well.   On behalf of the Executive Board of the Semiotic Society of America, I would like to thank our colleague Javier Clavere who has served our Semiotic Society of America for 6 years during one of the most challenging times, dealing with…

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