Dear Friends and Colleagues, Our journey together continues. The 41st SSA Annual Meeting will take place in Delray Beach, Florida, September 28–October 2, 2016. More information and details will be provided in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned…! Farouk Seif SSA Executive Director
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40th SSA Annual Meeting: Program Schedule (Updated)
40th SSA Program Schedule (Updated) We look forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh. Farouk Y. Seif SSA Executive Director
40th Annual Meeting: Book Exhibit
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The countdown continues for the 40th SSA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh! We would like to extend an invitation for you to bring sample copies of your published books for display at the Book Exhibit and Gallery Viewing at the Omni Hotel. We will accept books starting Monday, September 21st. Books may…
40th Annual Meeting: Program Overview
SSA 40th Annual Meeting: Early Registration
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The early registration for the SSA 40th Annual Meeting ends on Friday August 21, 2015. Take advantage of the early bird price discount. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! To join the Society and register for the conference, please visit https://www.pdcnet.org/wp/2015-ssa/ or call: +01-434-220-3300, Toll Free: 1-800-444-2419. All the best, Farouk Seif…
SSA 40th Annual Meeting Call For Abstracts: Two Symposia Under Organization
The Semiosis of Pretense: Deception, Compliance, Novel Projection Organizers: Donna E. West westsimon@twcny.rr.com and Myrdene Anderson myanders@purdue.edu This symposium will explore the emergence and ontogenesis of pretense in living systems (especially human), exploring: simple reiteration of false beliefs; acceptance of claims with meager evidence; novel extensions of conventional uses; misfeasance with intent to deceive. The two initial…
CFP: Semiotic Society of America 40th Annual Meeting
October 1-4, 2015 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Submission Deadline: June 22, 2015 Evolutionary Love: Relations and Identities in a Virtual World Charles Sanders Peirce’s concept of evolutionary love is behind the theme of this year’s conference, which prompts an exploration into the digital age of virtual relationships and identities. How have these relationships grown, or changed,…
2014 Kevelson Award Winner is No “Ordinary” Student
Each year, the Semiotic Society of America (SSA) features the Roberta Kevelson Award for best student paper presented at its annual meeting (if, in the award committee’s judgment, a paper has been submitted that is worthy of this award). This year’s Kevelson Award recipient is John Tredinnick Rowe, a third-year Ph.D. student in medical studies…
39th Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
After four days of memorable talks, networking, and musical and visual arts performances, topped by a breathtaking cruise to Blake Island, we adjourned our 39th Annual Meeting last Sunday. Celebrating this year’s outcomes, Executive Director and 2014 Program Chair Farouk Seif recalled his words pronounced at last year’s Dayton annual meeting: “Success is not an option; it…
Marketplace of Semiotics: Seminars/Workshops
Are you planning on attending our 39th Annual Meeting? Our Marketplace of Semiotics pre-conference activities are not to be missed! What it is: The Marketplace of Semiotics includes a plenary open space session followed by concurrent workshops or seminars taught by expert semioticians from across the disciplines. The sessions will focus on topics proposed and collaboratively developed…