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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.

The IACS 4th Conference: SEMIOTIC COMPLEXITIES: Theory & Analysis

Posted on 2019 July 202019 July 20 by Farouk Seif

Save-the-Date The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics is pleased to announce that the 4th conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics(IACS) will take place July 2nd- 4th, 2020, at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany.  The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics is pleased to announce that the 4th conference of the International Association for Cognitive…

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Announcing CFP Extension for NARRATIVE (III): PUNCTUATIONS, SEAMS, SYNTHESES, TRANSFORMATIONS

Posted on 2019 May 282019 May 28 by Farouk Seif

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for submitting abstracts to the symposium: NARRATIVE (III):  PUNCTUATIONS, SEAMS, SYNTHESES, TRANSFORMATIONS, in conjunction with the 44thSSA Conference, has been extended to Monday, July 15, 2019.   Please submit your abstracts to co-organizers: Myrdene Anderson <myanders@purdue.edu> and Donna West <westsimon@twcny.rr.com> by Wednesday, 10 July 2019. Farouk Y. Seif On behalf of co-organizers, President, Semiotic Society of America

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Announcing CFP Extension for the 44th SSA Annual Conference

Posted on 2019 May 222019 May 22 by Farouk Seif

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The 2019 SSA Program Committee and I are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 44th Annual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America to Monday, July 15, 2019.  We anticipate a significant number of submissions.  We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible. All the…

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:

Posted on 2019 May 182019 August 18 by Farouk Seif

NARRATIVE (III):  PUNCTUATIONS, SEAMS, SYNTHESES, TRANSFORMATIONS A symposium in conjunction with the Special Interest Group on Empirical Semiotics, for the 44th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America; Portland, Oregon, 9-13 October 2019 Co-organized by              Myrdene Anderson (Purdue University) <myanders@purdue.edu>             Donna E. West (State University of New York at Cortland) <westsimon@twcny.rr.com> Symposium Abstract Narrative…

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John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture and Colloquium

Posted on 2019 March 72019 April 23 by Farouk Seif

Invitation 2019 Second Annual John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture and Colloquium at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, Friday, March 22, 2019 John Deely (1942–2017) Jacques Maritain (1882–1960)

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Exhibit: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Scientific Self

Posted on 2019 February 172019 April 23 by Farouk Seif

https://libraries.indiana.edu/thomas-sebeok-and-scientific-self Thomas A. Sebeok and the Scientific Self | Indiana University Libraries Location: Herman B Wells Library E460 1320 E. Tenth St.BloomingtonIN47405 Date: December 7th 2018, 8:00am – March 29th 2019, 5:00pm  

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44th SSA Call for Papers

Posted on 2019 February 132019 March 23 by Farouk Seif

The Semiotics of Borders and the Borders of Semiotics The SSA 44th Annual Conference  Portland, Oregon, USA, October 9–13, 2019 This year’s Conference theme: “The Semiotics of Borders and the Borders of Semiotics” speaks to the limit conditions of systems of all sorts. As well, it poses both broad and specific questions of ontology and epistemology…

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44th SSA Conference

Posted on 2018 December 82019 March 23 by Farouk Seif

Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the SSA Executive Board, I am pleased to confirm that our 44th SSA Conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel in the heart of Downtown Portland, Oregon, October 9–13, 2019. Please mark your calendar. More information will follow in the next few weeks. Farouk Y. Seif President, Semiotic…

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SSA Yearbook: Call for Submissions

Posted on 2018 October 222019 April 22 by Farouk Seif

The SSA announces its call for submissions to the next volume of the Yearbook, Semiotics 2018: Signs of Resilience. The Yearbook seeks 3,000-to-6,000-word submissions from current SSA members–including 2018 SSA Conference participants–based on scholarly work completed during the past year. Contributions should be accessible to a broad interdisciplinary readership, but focused on some aspect of…

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Thank You

Posted on 2018 October 102019 March 23 by Farouk Seif

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Many thanks to all of you for making the 43rdSSA Conference a very successful event. The quality of papers and presentations were very high and inspirational. Questions, answers, and comments were thoughtful, amicable, and graceful. A special thank you to our local host and Executive Director Javier Clavere for his gracious…

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