SSA 2023 Call For Papers
Category: Announcements
SSA Yearbook 2022: Call for Submissions
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Each year, the SSA publishes the proceedings of its annual meeting under the title Semiotics, also known as the “Yearbook of the Semiotic Society of America,” or “SSA Yearbook” for short. First introduced in 1980, this series provides a unique overview of the development of semiotics across a broad theoretical and applied spectrum….
Final Detailed Program Schedule, SSA 2022
SSA 2022 Final Detailed Program Schedule
Announcing CFP Extension for the 46th SSA Annual Conference
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have received several abstract proposals to be considered for the 46th Annual Conference (Virtual) of the Semiotic Society of America, Intentionality and Semiotic Labyrinths, October 12–16, 2022. Based on requests from some colleagues, we are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to August 20, 2022. We anticipate a…
The 46th Annual SSA Conference (Virtual)
The 46th Annual SSA Conference (Virtual) October 12–16, 2022 Stay Tuned for more information!
SSA Yearbook 2021: Call for Submissions
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Each year, the SSA publishes the proceedings of its annual meeting under the title Semiotics, also known as the “Yearbook of the Semiotic Society of America”. First introduced in 1980, this series provides a unique overview of the development of semiotics. The Semiotics Yearbook provides an overview of current developments in semiotic research…
The Passing of SSA Founding Member Charls Pearson, 1932–2021
The Semiotic Society of America laments the recent passing, twenty days shy of his 89th birthday, of one of our founding members, Dr. Charls Pearson (31 May 1932–2021 May 11), in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Pearson received in 1977 from the Georgia Institute for Technology the first Ph.D. in semiotics granted by an American university. He…
Roland Posner Passing
Very sad news. The former President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies Roland Posner (1942–2020) has died. Richard L. Lanigan writes: The first generation of Semioticians is passing quickly these days! I worked with Posner over many years. In good German fashion, he was always correcting my English and I (as a good…
The Passing of Historian and Semiotician Joseph L. Brent III
We are very sad to announce the passing of Dr. Joseph L. Brent. A semiotician and historian who published the first biography of American Philosopher and “father of pragmatism” Charles Sanders Peirce, died on January 21, 2020, aged 91, from lung cancer. Dr. Brent was the 2006 President of the Semiotic Society of America. The…
Jesper Hoffmeyer (1942–2019)
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow that I have to inform you that one of the figures who transformed contemporary semiotics, Jesper Hoffmeyer, passed away on 25 September 2019 at age 77. Hoffmeyer was a professor at the University of Copenhagen’s Institute for Biological Chemistry, a leading figure in Biosemiotics, the President…