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2010

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 In Memoriam   •   ICI Fellow

Jeff Bernard  ( ✝   24 February 2010,  Wien, Austria)

  

ICI Bureau Regional - Continental Coordinator: Europe 
Director, Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies (ISSS), Vienna 
Administrative Vice President, International Association for Semiotic Studies 
President, Austrian Association for Semiotics (OeGS-AAS) 
Editor, European Journal of Semiotic Studies 

Co-Editor, Semiotische Berichte  

 

♦  SemiotiX Bulletin  — New Series  ♦ 

 

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 2011

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  Preliminary Announcement of the International Human Science Research Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 27 - 30 July 2011

♦ For venue information, go to: www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

 The International Human Sciences Research Conference 2011 will be hosted by The Open University. The Open University is Europe's leading distance-learning higher education institution with over 200,000 students worldwide and ranked one of the top 50 UK universities for its research quality. The conference will be hosted by Dr. Darren Langdridge and Dr. Linda Finlay with full details of the conference to be made available on a dedicated website in due course. Due to circumstances beyond our control we will now not be hosting the conference in London but are pleased to announce that instead the conference will be held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK, from the 27th July to 30th July 2011.  This Oxford setting will provide excellent facilities and accommodation in the College, all at very reasonable cost, and delegates will be able to enjoy the delights of this ancient university town. Oxford is only a short distance (by rail) from London so visiting London will remain possible for those that wish to explore our capital city. The conference theme is 'intertwining body-self-world', though paper submissions on other topics will of course be welcome. We look forward to seeing you all in Oxford in 2011.

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the Fifth ICI Summer Symposium and Professional Development Conference in Jelenia Góra, Silesia, Poland, 15-22 July 2011

Hosted by the Department of Linguistic Semiotics and Communicology,

Philological School of Higher Education, Wrocław, Poland

Principal Organizer: Zdzisław Wąsik, Rector, Fellow of I.C.I.

 

 

Summer 2011  Washington, DC, USA

Principal Organizer: Dennis Skocz, Fellow of I.C.I.

 

 2012

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  Preliminary Announcement of the International Human Science Research Conference, Montréal, Québec, Canada

♦ The University of Québec, 25-29 June 2012

♦ For venue information, go to: www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the 11th World Congress on Semiotics of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Nanjing Normal University, International Institute for Semiotic Studies, Nanjing, P. R. China, Fall 2012.

♦ For future announcements, go to: http://www.iass-ais.org/

♦ For venue information, go to: http://www.nnuiiss.com/En_index.asp

 

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                                Latvian Academy of Culture

International Research Arts Project METAMIND 2010

“Metamorphoses of the Absolute”

Riga, Latvia

NEW DATE  ►  7 - 10 October  2010

CALL FOR PAPERS       ♦ Abstract Deadline: 15 July 2010  ♦

 

The international research conference of the METAMIND project that highlights innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to the theoretical, artistic, and social aspects of Western culture, and relies on the interplay of science, art, and other forms of human creativity, is organized by the Latvian Academy of Culture and will take place on September 30 - October 3, 2010. This is already the third conference of the project: METAMIND 2006 was devoted to scientific research on the exploration of the states of mind, including being out of one’s mind, losing one’s mind, light-mindedness, and mindlessness, METAMIND 2008 was devoted to the metamorphoses of the world in the form of traces, shadows, reflections, echoes, and metaphors. 

 

This year, the METAMIND project is devoted to the metamorphoses of the Absolute. 

 

The linguistic space of the Western world houses concepts, like the neologisms derived from them, that have achieved an exclusive status of non-thematisation and non-problematisation, irrespective of whether their genesis is clear, whether they are subject to definitive apperception and whether their connotations can even be controlled. In this context, we first have to think about the concept of the Absolute that entails the Western thinking about God and the related verbal “sprouts” in such spheres as law, politics, medicine, art, and others. The “Absolute” can refer to a property (e.g., absolute beauty), conditions (e.g. it is absolutely certain that…), it can also be a substantive (=God) or the source of a verb (“absolutise”); “absolutism” denotes a historically particular result of people’s will, actions, and political choice, etc. 

 

The international research conference METAMIND 2010 Metamorphoses of the Absolute is dedicated to the plurality of the conceptual and terminological apperceptions of the Absolute and to the related epistemological obstacles that are related to it in our thinking. The issue is not what the Absolute is but what the human possibilities for thinking and perceiving it are. 

 

Leading researchers from Latvia and other European and world countries are most kindly invited to take part in this conference and offer a presentation of their work. The official languages of the conference are German, French, English, and Latvian, and simultaneous interpretation will be provided. The proceedings of the conference will be published in English in an edited volume.

 

The international research conference METAMIND’2010 will focus on the fellowing themes:

 

Absolute as a  Separate Entity

The Possibilities of a Definitive, Philosophical, and Reflective Apperception of the Absolute

Objectifying the Absolute

Deus praesens or Forms of Revelation of the Absolute

The “Theatre” of the Absolute and the Absolute in Art Forms

Implications of the Absolute in Politics and Law

Derivatives of the Absolute in Everyday Culture

 

The METAMIND conference will consist of presentations accompanied by a series of special events, which will illuminate and enrich the conference theme from various perspectives.

 

The length of the presentations will be 20-25 minutes, plus 5-10 minutes for questions and discussion. Presenters are requested to submit an abstract (about 300 words) by July 15, 2010 and send it by e-mail: texts@metamind.lv.

 

The registration fee is 100 EUR or its equivalent in LVL by July 31, 2008. The late registration fee is 150 EUR. Registration fees include admission to all open conference sessions, coffee breaks, conference dinner, and a copy of the proceedings. Payment should be made by bank transfer to Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija, Ludzas 24, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia, registration number 90000039164, Latvijas Banka, Valsts kase, Swift code TRELLV22, IBAN account number LV60TREL9220020000000, Metamind 2010.

 

We would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to take part in the conference with a presentation. We anticipate that the METAMIND project and conference will count among the most important scientific and artistic events in Latvia in 2010 and we hope that you will choose to be part in this unique endeavour.

 

Should you require further information about the above event, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Organizer: 

Prof. Daina Teters

Vice-Rector of the Latvian Academy of Culture 

 

International Research Arts Project METAMIND 2010

Latvian Academy of Culture, 24 Ludzas Str., LV-1019, Riga, Latvia

Fax: +371 – 67141012; E-mail: texts@metamind.lv

 

 

    III Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Estudios Semióticos y de Comunicación

SEMIÓTICA 3.0

CONOCIMIENTO, CONTEMPORANEIDAD Y COMUNICACIÓN

C O NV O C A T O R I A

El campo de los estudios en Semiótica en Colombia ya ha salido de su estado de semilla y se encuentra en ciernes de cosecha y reflorecimiento. Los investigadores de los más diversos ámbitos y disciplinas del conocimiento requieren de espacios en los cuales puedan compartir como comunidad académica sus logros y expectativas.

Campos como la semiótica audiovisual combinada con la ingeniería y la moda, trabajos de maestría en comunicación que encuentran en la semiótica y sus giros los más importantes insumos de investigación, esos entre otros son los temas que pretende abordar por esta convocatoria la Sociedad Colombiana de Estudios Semióticos y de Comunicación (SOCESCO).

Así que si usted es un investigador, profesor o estudiante interesado en dar a conocer y encontrar pares con los cuales pueda divulgar y encontrar los más recientes adelantos de la investigación teórica y práctica en estos temas, participe en el III Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Estudios Semióticos y de Comunicación, que se realizará en la ciudad de Bogotá (Colombia) durante los días 4 y 5 de noviembre de 2010, en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

El tema general de este Congreso es Semiótica 3.0 Conocimiento, Contemporaneidad y Comunicación , y usted podrá participar con Ponencias o en Mesas Temáticas.

Se proponen los siguientes subtemas para las mesas temáticas:

- Semiótica urbana - Semiótica del discurso - Semiótica de los mensajes audiovisuales - Semiótica y cognición - Semiótica y globalización - Semiótica e historia - Semiótica y música - Semiótica y artes escénicas - Semiótica visual - Semiótica e imaginarios - Cultura massmediática - Comunicación y nuevas tecnologías - Observatorios de comunicación - Crítica de la cultura: perspectivas semióticas y comunicativas - Estética e imaginarios: Semiótica de la creatividad - Semiótica del Bicentenario.

Cronograma de presentación de Propuestas

Fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes (10 renglones):  31 de junio

Fecha para remisión de respuestas (aprobación o no):  última semana de agosto

Fecha límite para envío de textos completos y presentaciones: 15 de septiembre

Fecha límite de inscripciones:  15 de octubre.

Fechas del Encuentro: 4 y 5 de noviembre.

Dirección electrónica a la cual se debe hacer llegar la información (resúmenes, ponencias aprobadas y solicitud de información): ca.socesco@gmail.com También puede remitirlas directamente por medio del formulario que encontrará en: http://bit.ly/semio3-p

Las ponencias deberán ser inéditas. El Asunto en el correo debe ser: Resumen de ponencia o Resumen para Mesa Temática Después de la evaluación y selección de resúmenes, los textos completos de las ponencias y de las mesas temáticas aceptadas deberán ser enviados, en versión electrónica y de acuerdo con las normas APA, al correo del Comité Académico de la Sociedad, ca.socesco@gmail.com, antes del 15 de septiembre para su publicación.

En caso de hacer el envío de la propuesta por correo, no por el formulario, el Asunto debe ser: Ponencia.

Parámetros para la presentación de resúmenes

bit.ly/semio3-p

Ponencias

- Información personal: - Nombre del autor - Vinculación institucional - Dirección electrónica - Teléfono fijo - Título de la ponencia - Extensión Máxima: 500 palabras - 5 palabras clave - El resumen debe incluir: tema, objetivos, metodología y conclusiones del trabajo - Formato: Arial 12 pts. (a un espacio) Archivo: Microsoft Office (.doc) Open Office (.odt)

Mesas temáticas:

- Información personal - Vinculación institucional - Dirección electrónica - Teléfono fijo - Título de la mesa temática en la que desea participar. - Extensión máxima: 500 palabras - 5 palabras clave - El resumen debe incluir: tema y objetivos - Formato: Arial 12 pts. (a un espacio) Archivo: Microsoft Office (.doc) Open Office (.odt) - Cada uno de los participantes podrá presentar un texto para ser publicado con las mismas características exigidas para las ponencias.

Inversión en el evento:

Estudiantes de pregrado:............................. $ 30.000 Estudiante de postgrado:............................. $ 50.000 Docentes y ponentes:.................................. $ 80.000 Público en general:..................................... $ 100.000

Estos aportes se cancelarán el primer día del evento.

Información adicional:

ca.socesco@gmail.com    http://www.socesco.org

 

 

       

 Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies — IRIB University

International Conference on Multiculturalism and Global Community
24-27 July 2010             Tehran, Iran

 

Culture: Diversity or Integrity

1. Multiculturalism and Global Peace
2. Asia: Diversity or Unity in Cultures
3. Intercultural Dialogue: Approaches and Outcomes
4. Media, Communication and Common Good
5. Globalization, Religion and Common Good

Islam: New Challenges, New Perspectives

1. Islam and the Crisis of Modern Man
2. Islam and Other Faiths: Truth or Salvation
3. Islam and Woman: Rights and Commitments
4. Islam: Traditionalism or Modernism
5. Islam and Revivalism: Needs and Necessities
6. Islam: Spirituality, Morality and Jurisprudence

Iran: Realities and Appearances

1. Iran, Religious State and International Challenges
2. Iran and the Middle East
3. Iran and New Generation: Gap or Conflict
4. Iran and International Society: Contraction or Expansion
5. Cultures and Religions in Iran: Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Society

The DEADLINE for submission of abstracts is APRIL 10th.

Abstracts must be

Submitted via email to: conference@mcgc.ir

For more information please follow this link:

http://www.icmcgc.org/index.php?service=91640_1_2dba1258871ae2f39463ce474958d4ba

 

              

  International Human Science Research Conference, 4 - 8 August 2010.

University of Seattle, Seattle, Washington [state], USA

♦ Submission DEADLINE: 15 February 2010

♦ For venue information, go to:  www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

Registration: www.regonline.com/ihsrc

 

 

                   CENTRE CULTUREL INTERNATIONAL

F - 50210 CERISY LA SALLE

Téléphone: 02 33 46 91 66 (International 33 2 33 46 91 66)

Fax: 02 33 46 11 39 (International 33 2 33 46 11 39)

Courriel: info.cerisy@ccic-cerisy.asso.fr

 

Colloque (2010):

"Le langage totalitaire, d’hier à aujourd’hui. En hommage à Victor Klemperer”

 

DU SAMEDI 14 AOÛT (19 H) AU DIMANCHE 22 AOÛT (14 H) 2010

 

Page internet: http://www.ccic-cerisy.asso.fr/klemperer10.html

 

Madame, Monsieur,

 

Nous avons l'agrément de vous faire savoir que le Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle présente, la saison prochaine, le colloque mentionné ci-dessus, lequel, selon les indications que nous avons reçues, est de nature à vous intéresser.

 

Voici donc, pour vous permettre de vous faire une idée plus précise, trois pièces jointes (au format .pdf, accessible avec le logiciel Acrobat Reader que vous pouvez télécharger gratuitement),et dont voici le descriptif :

 

• la première comporte une lettre précisant, notamment, le nom de la personne de la part de qui vous sont fournies ces informations,
• la seconde correspond à la présentation générale du Centre culturel et de l'Association des Amis de Pontigny-Cerisy,
• la troisième est notre dépliant annuel présentant l'ensemble de nos colloques et précisant les modalités d'inscription, avec indication, sur la première page, du colloque sur lequel nous attirons particulièrement votre attention, et qui comporte un lien avec la page correspondante de notre site internet.

 

Enfin, sachez que, pour des informations plus détaillées et mises à jour chaque semaine (calendrier des séances, résumés des contributions, bibliographie) et pour tous renseignements sur Cerisy (notamment son programme d'ensemble et ses publications), vous pouvez consulter notre site internet à l'adresse suivante : http://www.ccic-cerisy.asso.fr.

 

Espérant que ce colloque, ou quelque autre, sera, pour nous, une occasion de vous recevoir prochainement en Normandie, nous vous adressons, Madame, Monsieur, nos salutations les meilleures.

 

Edith Heurgon

 

 

   The International Merleau-Ponty Circle  23-25 September 2010

University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC, USA

♦ Submission DEADLINE:  4 June 2010

♦ Theme:  "Depth: Aesthetic, Psychoanalytic, and Historical-Political"

 

FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

RICHARD SIMANKE [FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS, BRAZIL]

 

 

  The Third International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, 27-29 August 2010

 第三届话语与多元文化国际学术会议

Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China

♦ Submission DEADLINE: 31 December 2009

♦ For Conference and venue information, go to:  shixu.com/institute-conference

 

 

   "Music: Function and Value", 27 SEPT to 2 OCT 2010

XI. International Congress on Musical Semiotics

Kraków, Poland

 

 

  "SEMIOTICS OF SPACE", 35th Annual Meeting, 21-24 October 2010

SEMIOTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

 

 

 

 “The Semiotics of Space” is a  non-restrictive conference theme.

 

1. The Semiotic Society of America http://www.uwf.edu/tprewitt/SSA.htm, in conjunction with the University of Louisville, invites the submission of abstracts, including proposals for organized panels (either three or four papers), for presentation at its 35th Annual Meeting, to be held Thursday 21 October through Sunday 24 October 2010 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.

2. Hotel reservations at $129.00 USD per night (single) can be made for the Marriott Louisville Downtown (280 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202) by calling 1-800-228-9290 (the direct line to reservations) or by calling the hotel’s general line (502) 627-5045, and asking for the specific dates you want under the Semiotic Society of America block, which block begins, for those wishing to arrive the day before the Conference begins with the evening of Wednesday 20 October 2010.  For a direct link for electronic reservations go to http://www.marriott.com/Semiotic Society.  The cut-off date is 22 September 2010 for the SSA room rate, or sale of the reserved block, whichever comes first — so early reservation is advised.   The cost of a room for one night is $129.00 plus an occupancy tax of $10.97 and a room tax of $8.40 for a total of $148.36. KEY: To help you with planning your arrival and departure times, please note: the Conference will open with a Plenary Address at 2 pm on Thursday 21 October 2010, to be followed by a 4-paper parallel sessions beginning at 3:45 pm; the Conference will close on Sunday 24 October 2010 at 11:30 am following a morning Plenary Roundtable and 3-paper parallel sessions.

3. The non-restrictive theme of the meeting is “The Semiotics of Space.”  Papers on any aspect of the theme, and either of a theoretical or of an applied nature, are welcome.  However, an explicit tie-in to the theme is NOT required.

4. Proposals should be made in the form of abstracts of approximately 150 words for evaluation by the Program Committee.  Email address & full information concerning institutional affiliation and academic status (the latter is primarily for determining eligibility for awards), as applicable, should accompany the abstract submissions.  Abstracts, together with index key-words and AV requirements (only if necessary: try to avoid) for individual papers or panels, should be submitted directly to Professor Frank Nuessel (fhnues01@louisville.edu).  The abstracts are not to have special fonts or graphics and are to be in the body of the email.  Professor Nuessel will circulate the submissions to the Program Committee members and communicate acceptance/rejection decisions.  His office phone is 502-852-0503.  Student submissions will be eligible for the Kevelson Award for “best student paper presented at the SSA Annual Meeting.”

5. The Meeting Program has space for 104 papers in total.  Submissions will be considered on a “first-come, first-served basis” until the cut-off date for hotel registration, 22 September 2010, or until the program space is filled, whichever comes first.  However, proposals received by 30 May 2010 will be given preference on the final program; early submission of proposals, both for individual papers and for panels — the earlier the better — is recommended, and is the only sure way to be relatively guaranteed of space on the program.  Panel abstracts are to be submitted along with the individual abstracts for the papers (three or four) to be presented on the panel.  Each speaker will have 30 minutes.  Recommended use of the time is 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.

6. To be eligible for publication in the Semiotics 2010 Proceedings Volume, presented papers must be submitted to Karen Haworth, University of West Florida (khaworth@uwf.edu), in final form conformed to the SSA Style Sheet in WordPerfect, Word, or RTF format no later than twelve days after the close of the meeting: in the final paper, use program defaults so far as possible —no special fonts, margins, or formats.  8 November 2010 is the SSA Proceedings submission deadline. Questions concerning the 2010 Proceedings may be directed to either Karen Haworth or Terry Prewitt.

7. Please note that in accord with Article 4, Section 4, of the SSA Constitution, “Only Individual, Student, and Honorary members in good standing may offer papers to the Program Committee for oral presentation at meetings of the Society”.  Membership can be updated or established by contacting Ms Pam Swope at 1+800–444–2419, or on-line at www.pdcnet.org.  Membership in good standing should be taken care of at or before the time of abstract submission.  Only invited speakers are exempted from this constitutional requirement.  In addition to your required membership, your acceptance on the program is not complete until you register for the conference.  The registration fee is set at $150 USD for regular members, $75 USD for students.  Luncheon and Banquet fees for the Friday and Saturday Plenary Papers will be an additional $90 USD, which will cover all four meals (the Society is subvening 50% of the actual meal cost).  Registration for the 2010 Annual Meeting, as well as membership, is through www.pdcnet.org Please note that once you reach this site (“Philosophy and Documentation Center”), you will need to click on “Memberships”, and then on “Societies and Organizations”, and then on “Semiotic Society of America”. Under “Memberships”, there is a second choice called “Conference Registrations”.

 

 

   "Sustenance and Globalization", 22 -24 October 2010

 

GLOBAL FUSION 2010 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 

 

 

 "Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources", 7 - 12 September 2010.

Fifth International Conference of the Russian Communication Association

 

 

  Phenomenological Pedagogy: Experience and Praxis, 14-16 October 2010

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THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL PEDAGOGY

Theme: "Phenomenological Pedagogy: Experience and Praxis"

14th-16th October 2010

College of Education

Capital Normal University

BEIJING, P. R. CHINA

  On the 14th-16th, October, 2006, Educational Science College of Capital Normal University successfully held the First International Conference of Phenomenological Pedagogy. Well-known experts and scholars home and abroad in the field of phenomenological pedagogy met in Beijing, China, to explore the significance of education, adults education, educational technology and teachers’education. The successful academic meeting enhanced the academic dialogue between Chinese researchers on phenomenological pedagogy and counterparts in others countries, along with great impact on the research of phenomenological pedagogy in China.

  Four years later, a lot of achievement has been made in terms of the research of phenomenological pedagogy both in China and around the world. In order to further develop and deepen the horizons and fields of the research on phenomenological pedagogy, to more effectively promote the profound dialogue and communication between Chinese scholars researching phenomenological pedagogy and counterparts in other countries, to strengthen educational theoretical research and reform of educational practice, Educational Science College of Capital Normal University has decided to hold the Second International Conference of Phenomenological Pedagogy on the 14th-16th, October, 2010. According to the conference convention, for this conference we will invite key-note speakers to deliver the main reports, we will also have such academic activities as the conference speeches, symposium, workshop and round-table meeting. Educational Science College of Capital Normal University warmly welcomes new and old friends to Beijing to attend our conference, sharing with each other the research experience and wisdom, enjoying the bright future that phenomenological pedagogy has brought to educational research and practice.

 

Relevant matters concerning the conference are announced as follows

I． Theme of the Conference

     Phenomenological Pedagogy: Experience and Praxis

II． Issues of the Conference

      Prospect of Phenomenological Pedagogy

      Phenomenological Ethics and Moral Education

      Knowledge, Experience and Phenomenological Pedagogy

     Technology on the Horizon of Phenomenology and Educational Technology

     Phenomenological Pedagogy and Teachers Professional Development

    Consciousness, Mind and Quality Education

III． Relevant matters of the Conference

        Time: October 14th-16th , 2010( from Thursday to Saterday )

       Place: International Cultural Building, Capital Normal University

Forms:

① Specially invited keynote speakers’ reports.

② Conference speeches by participants.

③ Group discussion, workshop, round-table meeting

IIII. Contributions ( Papers ) to the Conference

In order to embody the academic atmosphere of the conference, to guarantee its academic standards, the conference Committee sincerely request the contributions (papers) from experts, scholars, postgraduates, principals and head teachers of K-12 as well as teachers who are devoting themselves, to the research of phenomenological pedagogy and those who are interested in the issues of this conference.

Participants are requested to submit papers concerning above-mentioned issues.

 

Deadline For Papers Submission

  ① Abstracts ( with 300 words )

     May 30, 2010

  ② Full Text

     August 31, 2010

 

Papers Selection

Conference Website：http://www.ppcnu.com

Liaison men: Zhuxiaohong, Caichun

   Telephone: 010-68900124

             13552417512

             13661334263

   Fax: 010-68900124

 

 

  Embodiment, Intersubjectivity and Psychopathology,  30 Sept. to 2 Oct 2010

International Conference, University of Heidelberg, GERMANY

 

 

 3rd ROASS International Conference, 4 - 7 November 2010

Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies

Under the auspices of

The International Association for Semiotic Studies

The International Communicology Institute

We are honoured to invite you to participate in the 3rd Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies (ROASS) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

SEMIOTICS’ CREATIVITY:

Unifying

Diversities, Differences, Divides

which will be held in

IAŞI

ROMANIA

4-7 November 2010

 

Organizers:

ROASS/AROSS

(the Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies)

 

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences

Communication Sciences Department

“Al.I.Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania

 

CETAL

(Textual exploration and language action research centre)

“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Romania

 

Co-organizers:

 

The Hungarian Association for Semiotic Studies, Hungary

Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław, Poland

(Department of Linguistic Semiotics and Communicology)

Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies

We, as human beings living in a postmodern age dominated by paradigms such as web, net, fast, variety, multiplicity, multiculturality, globalisation, change, are aware that we are not only sign-using individuals but also dynamic sign-makers. Our ability of developing a “semiotic sphere” allows and leads us to perceive the hidden knots relating and unifying phenomena in nature and culture despite diversities, differences and divides.

 

If difference is “of two kinds as opposed either to identity or resemblance” – according to David Hume –, mainly denoting the quality or condition of being not the same; if diversity is the condition/form or structure of being different as the result of a process of becoming diversified; if divide sets a boundary between systems, interests, opinions within the process of creating varieties in the world of signs, then it is from the multiplicity of these three ds (diversities, differences, divides) that there arises something like the consciousness of the unifying role played by signs, a role which “has endured” through all the fast changes of life experiences and through the changing dimensions of the world. The circumscribing of the three ds within semiotics’ unifying power of creativity reveals the gradual transformation of the horizontality (two-dimensional) of signification into a multiple-layered verticality (constructed on the three-dimensionality of the sign) of an identity signifying act. Such a change makes visible not only the symbolic action of bringing signs into existence/being, but also the web of relations establishing themselves both temporally and spatially (in a palimpsestic way), as far as unifying presupposes an action of discovering, of identifying and of communicating the existence of multiplicity into O/one coherent whole. Thus, communication does no longer mean an encoding-decoding process of interpersonal messages only; it builds and bridges up a complex process of conveying thoughts, of manipulating opinions, of negotiating feelings etc. between different “(semiotic) animals” belonging to various worlds, to (other possible) spaces and times, all of them conceived in terms of imagining, innovating and creating at multiple transmodern levels.

 

A. Participants are kindly asked to submit papers for one of the following areas of interest:

 

I. Semiotics' creativity: a transdisciplinary bridge between nature and culture

1.The creative language of science and technology

2. The resonant forms of arts

3. The creative power of the W/word(s) in the process of communication

4. Towards the unity of religion and philosophy, science(s) and art(s)

 

II. Creative values of a unifying world, or the “unity within the diversity” of worlds:

1. Spiritual and material worlds

2. The worlds of imagination and reason

3. Virtual and real worlds

4. (Re)creating worlds in a “semiotic sphere”

 

III. Local and global worlds in and out of crisis

1. “World wide world” and “small worlds”

2. The outside and the inside worlds

3. The world of the written, the oral, the pictorial message

4. Unveiling new ways of harmonizing worlds

 

IV. The communicology net: towards an integrated language 

1. Bridging up (old and new) worlds through games/ advertising / travelling / marketing

2. Diversity of styles of communication

3. Cultures in dialogue: the “open worlds” of the “zoon semeiotikon”

4. Communicating beyond polyphonic discourses

 

B. Participants are kindly invited to propose workshop/or round table topics of scholarly interest and poster sessions.

 

 Conference information: roass.blogspot.com

 

 

  Images, Medias, and Politics, 18-19 November 2010

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

IMAGES, MEDIAS, AND POLITICS

18-19  November  2010

INA, PARIS, FRANCE

Submission deadline: February 15, 2010 

 

 

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  "Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations", 4 - 8 April 2011

International Conference, Tartu, ESTONIA

 

 ABSTRACTS DUE:  15 September 2010  

 

KEY TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE

- Theory and methodology of zoosemiotics
- History of zoosemiotics, the legacy of Thomas A. Sebeok
- Practical applications of zoosemiotics (e.g. zoosemiotics and conservation)
- Zoosemiotics’ relation to relevant fields such as cognitive ethology, biosemiotics, ecocriticism etc.
- Animal experience (semiotics and phenomenology)
- Semiotic perspectives on animals in literature, art, films etc. (e.g. seeing man in animals, and the animal in men).
- Semiotics of human–animal relationships: historical, social and communicative perspectives (e.g. the semiotics of zoos, of wildlife management, and of domesticated animals).

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

To submit a proposal, interested scholars (and graduate students) should e-mail an abstract (300-600 words) and a bio-note (less than 100 words) to the address: zoosemiotics@semiootika.ee. Abstracts should be sent as separate single one-page files (.doc or .rtf). The deadline for the abstracts is 15. September 2010. Earlier submissions are highly encouraged. The conference “Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations” has an international advisory board. All presentation abstracts will be peer-reviewed. The conference welcomes also proposals for poster presentations.

 

CONTACT

E-mail: zoosemiotics@semiootika.ee
Postal address:
          The conference "Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations"
          Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu
          Tiigi 78
          Tartu 50410
          Estonia. 

 

 

  Third Annual ICNAP Conference 

 

SUMMER 2011   Washington, DC, USA

Principl Organizer:  Dennis Skocz, Fellow of I.C.I. 

 

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  "Communicology and Cognitive Science in East-West Cultures"

Biennial Summer Symposium and Professional Development Conference 1 - 8 JUNE 2008 

(Postponed Due to the Olympic Games; Currently Being Rescheduled)

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  CALL FOR ♦ JOURNAL ARTICLE ♦ SUBMISSIONS 

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    Studia Phaenomenologica Vol XI (2011): Concepts of Tradition in Phenomenology 

 

The 2011 issue of Studia Phaenomenologica is dedicated to the topic:

Concepts of Tradition in Phenomenology. As it is commonly known,

Husserl’s phenomenology demanded at its first breakthrough a total

refutation of all uncertified knowledge, theory or meaning inherited

from the past. However, the development of phenomenological inquiry

gradually resulted in a more ambiguous attitude towards history and

tradition. On the one hand, history and tradition are necessary but

still unfortunate distortions, which hinder phenomenological research

in its strive for original self-givenness; on the other hand, they

become themselves universal phenomena that must be explored as such.

 

As recent publications of late Husserlian manuscripts have revealed,

Husserl himself became more and more aware of these topics in his

last decade, as he was finally inclined to interpret the Life-world

itself in its full concreteness as a “generative tradition”.

Tradition in this sense pertains to all meaning sprung from earlier

acquisition. Therefore, the concept obviously exceeds its ordinary

meaning, exclusively related to inter-subjective historical

inheritance, by gaining a fundamental importance for all areas of

phenomenological analysis, as they all have the characteristic of

“traditionalizing”. Thus, there is “tradition” at work in all

action or bodily movement, in every instance of a given situation and

in any relation to another thing or being.

 

Understood in this broad sense, the term does not address only the

genetic fact of sedimentation, but also a specific, “habitual”

quality that things allow to see through themselves, as bearers of a

past. Hence, the theme marks an intersection of various problematic

strata in Husserlian phenomenology, starting from the correlation of

genetic and static phenomenology, following through different aspects

of phenomenological methodology, and up to several ground-themes of

phenomenological research, such as historicity, memory, language,

bodily existence, inter-subjectivity, life-world and others.

 

The same twofold relation to tradition – of growing thematic

interest, on the one hand, and utter criticism, on the other –

shows in the post-Husserlian phenomenology as well. Heidegger, for

instance, is from his early beginnings convinced that history should

be the true guideline for phenomenological research, while at the

same time pleading for a systematic destruction of the philosophical

tradition. A similarly ambiguous position defines his later project

of transcending metaphysics, and certainly other examples can be

found as well.

 

The aim of our 2011 issue is therefore to explore the two fundamental

poles that define the phenomenological approach of tradition: the task

of understanding the problem of tradition thematically, on one hand,

and the necessity of confronting it methodically as a residual

distortion, on the other hand.

 

We welcome all submissions addressing either one of these two

landmarks. Contributions to the late Husserlian topic of

“tradition”, in its universal acceptation or in some concrete

life-worldly application, are particularly encouraged, as well as

submissions dealing with other, post-Husserlian, phenomenological

approaches to the concept of “tradition”. 

 

Contact: The texts can be submitted to the address:

tradition@phenomenology.ro <mailto:tradition@phenomenology.ro>

 

The texts have to be prepared in accordance with the formal rules indicated in our website

http://studia-phaenomenologica.com/?page=submit

.

 

The languages accepted for publication are: German, English, and French.

 

Deadline for submission: November, the 15th, 2010.

 

In each volume of Studia Phaenomenologica, there is a section of

Varia. Therefore, articles that do not fit the topic of our calls for

papers, can be submitted to the editors, following the formal rules

indicated in our website <http://studia-phaenomenologica.com/?page=submit>

 at the email address: editors@phenomenology.ro.

 

   CALL FOR PAPERS

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  Chinese Semiotic Studies   ♦ Deadline: 31 JANUARY 2010 ♦

1. Discussion on the hot issues of semiotics: Although it is difficult to define what are hot issues in semiotics, we generally believe those  which would cause heated discussion or  which would probably provoke differences in opinion are among the categories of hot issues such as what semiotics aims at, or whether semiotics is all-inclusive or whether semiotics should have its own boundary in spite of the fact that some issues have been discussed before.
2. Research on applied semiotics: Although semiotics seems theoretical and abstract, it has wide prospects for application, which should be emphasized and fully developed. In terms of application, adequate attention should be paid to provision of convincing theoretical evidences and the realization of unity between theory and practice.
3. Semiotic achievement in the employment of interdisciplinary approach to semiotics. A good use of advantages in other branches of learning is beneficial to broadening and perfecting the disciplinary system of  semiotics , an international approach to be encouraged.
4. The study of recent development of three semiotic kingdoms (U.S.A., Russia and France) as well as the recent development of semiotics in other countries
5. An introduction to contemporary famous semiotic scholars in different countries, which will involve their research methods and research achievements so that their experiences can be shared by us all.
6. Other related topics within the field of semiotics

    CALL FOR PAPERS   ♦  Continuing Submissions; No Deadline  ♦

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   Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC)   

    CALL FOR PAPERS (in Chinese only)

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 Journal of Phenomenology and the Human Sciences

 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Submission Information ► Website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/rih/phs/journal.htm

 

    CALL FOR PAPERS ♦ Continuing Submissions; No Deadline ♦

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 Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication 

  CALL FOR PAPERS ♦ Continuing Submissions; No Deadline ♦

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Schutzian Research: A Yearbook of Mundane Phenomenology and Qualitative Social Science 

   CALL FOR PAPERS  ♦  Continuing Submissions; No Deadline  ♦

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   THE COMMUNICATION REVIEW

  CALL FOR PAPERS  ♦  Deadline ► 10 August 2010

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JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

SPECIAL FORUM:   NEW MEDIA/TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

 

Editor, Robert Shuter

 

The Journal of International and Intercultural Communication invites proposals for a special forum comprised of state-of-the-art essays on new media/technologies and intercultural communication. New media/technologies abound and, while definitions vary, the terms generally refer to digital information transmitted through computers and wireless handheld devices and include, among others, the Intenet, SMS or text messaging, instant messaging IM), blogs, social media (i.e Facebook and Twitter), social games (i.e Spore Islands), websites, and virtual communities/worlds (i.e. Second Life). Although global communication has been unalterably affected by the emergence of new media, there is a paucity of scholarly research on how they impact international and intercultural communication. The proposed JIIC Forum will present four state-of-the-art essays not to exceed 3000 words (including references) on new media/technologies and international/intercultural communication with the aim of stimulating critical analysis, theorizing, and/or empirical investigations on the topic. While there are myriad ways new media/technologies can affect international/intercultural communication, the following are fertile areas for possible exploration:

 

1. How do national cultures vary in their use of new media/technologies to communicate within and across cultures?

 

2. How do co-cultures vary in their use of new media/technologies to communicate within and across cultures?

 

3. In what ways are cultural/social identities affected by new

media/technologies? Conversely, are the uses of new media/technologies influenced by cultural/social identities?

 

4. How do new media/technologies affect the process of acculturation?

 

5. How do new media/technologies impact communication between ethnic groups/races?

 

6. How do social media influence intercultural dialogue?

 

7. How do social media, social games and virtual worlds affect the development and maintenance of intercultural relationships?

 

8. How do blogs influence the development of intercultural

relationships?

 

9. Are national cultures developing interpersonal norms of text

messaging, and how do these norms influence TM use within and across societies?

 

An essay proposal, not to exceed 500 words, describing the focus, content, and contribution of the proposed submission should be sent electronically by August 10, 2010 to the Forum

Editor: Dr. Robert Shuter, Marquette University commjiic@marquette.edu <mailto:commjiic@marquette.edu> 

 

Forum essays will be commissioned by October 10, 2010 with final manuscripts due February 1, 2011.

 

Editor will determine the suitability of each proposal and advance selected proposals for review. Each proposal selected by editor to be developed into an essay will only be published in the forum if the completed manuscript meets editor/reviewer requirements for publication. Acceptance of proposal for development does not guarantee publication in the forum.

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