Addressing Precarity: Semiotics, Semiosis, and Semioethics The 45th Annual Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 7-11, 2020 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 on…
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44th SSA Call for Papers
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…
43rd SSA Call for Papers
2018 SSA Call for Papers Call for Papers Signs of Resilience in a Complex World The SSA 43rd Annual Conference Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA October 3–7, 2018 This year’s Conference theme: “Signs of Resilience in a Complex World” speaks to the sustainability and thrivability of our culture, environment, society, and politics. Resilience is much…
Announcing CFP Extension and Update for the 42nd SSA Annual Meeting
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America to Saturday, July 15, 2017. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible. Look forward to seeing you in Puebla, Farouk Seif Call for Papers – Submission Deadline Extended!! THE…
Call for Papers: The SSA 42nd Annual Meeting
THE PLAY OF SIGNS/THE SIGNS OF PLAY THE SSA 42nd ANNUAL MEETING The Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) Puebla, Mexico October 25 – October 29, 2017 This year’s conference theme intends to celebrate our vibrant host country, Mexico, and the long-standing importance of the concept of play to semiotics. From Charles Sanders…
CFP: Semiotic Society of America 41st Annual Meeting
Call For Papers Semiotic Society of America 41st Annual Meeting September 28–October 2, 2016 / Delray Beach, Florida The Semiotic Society of America welcomes abstracts on any subject with a connection to semiotics. We apply semiotic theories and insights to disciplines as diverse as anthropology, the arts, biology, cognitive science, communication, cybernetics, education, ethics, law, literature, linguistics,…
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…
The Semiotic Society of America 39th Annual Meeting
October 2–5, 2014 Seattle, Washington CFP Extended Deadline: June 20 | Program details Non-restrictive Conference Theme: Paradoxes of Life Challenge – Determination – Resilience Ever since the paradoxes of Zeno (on the impossibility of motion) and Heraclitus (on the possibility of ever-present change)—through the work of Baudrillard, Eco, Escher, Hegel, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Peirce, Picasso, Russell,…