It is with great honor and pleasure that the Sebeok Fellowship Award Committee announces Prof. Richard L. Lanigan as the 2026 Sebeok Award Fellow. Sebeok Fellowship Committee Marcel Danesi (2024 to 2028), 2024 Sebeok Fellow University of Toronto Lucia Santaella (2025 to 2029), 2025 Sebeok Fellow Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Farouk Y….
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.
Announcing CFP Extension to the 50th SSA Annual Conference
Announcing CFP Extension The 50th SSA Annual Conference We are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 50th Annual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America to Sunday, May 31, 2026. We anticipate a significant number of submissions. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible to: All the best, Farouk…
Program Schedule, The 49th SSA Annual Conference
SSA 2025 Conference Program Schedule
Featured Speakers [Updated]
Featured Speakers [Updated], The 49th SSA Annual Conference
Lodging in Prague and Other Tips
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…
Announcing CFP Extension to the 49th SSA Annual Conference
Announcing CFP Extension The 49th SSA Annual Conference Charles University, Prague, Czechia, September 24–28, 2025 We are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 49thAnnual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America to Saturday, May 31, 2025. We anticipate a significant number of submissions. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon…
Local Host of the 49th SSA Conference
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…
CALL FOR PAPERS
Semiotic Society of America 49th Annual Conference Semiotics of Friendship: Relations Beyond Interactions SSA 49th Call for Papers [Extended Deadline]
Image, Imagination, Communication: Exploring the Ethical as Natural or Artificial, Real or Surreal
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
Mark Your Calendar!
Mark your calendar: The 49th Annual Conference of the SSA will be held in Prague, 24-28 September, 2025. Stay tuned for more details!
