Dear Colleagues, The Boone Tavern Hotel still has 48 rooms available. The price for the hotel is the same as the Holiday Inn on route 75. It is best to go to the Tavern, as we are 0.15 miles from the music building. www.boonetavernhotel.com
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.
CFP Extension for the 43rd SSA Annual Conference: June 22, 2018
via Announcing CFP Extension for the 43rd SSA Annual Conference
Announcing CFP Extension for the 43rd SSA Annual Conference
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 43rdAnnual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America to Friday, June 22, 2018. We anticipate a significant number of submissions. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible. All the best, Farouk Seif Chair, Program Committee
Keynote Speakers, SSA 43rd Annual Conference
We are honored to announce that Prof. Ivo Assad Ibri and Prof. Wendy Wheelerare our keynote speakers at the SSA 43rd Annual Conference in Berea, Kentucky. Prof. Ivo Assad Ibri “The Semiotic Resilient Mind – Conflictual and Agapic Relationship between Logic and Emotional Interpretants” Abstract By resilient mind I mean every mind’s capacity to deal with the hardness of…
Dr. John Hittinger First Speaker in SVC’s John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture Series
NEWS RELEASE Dr. John Hittinger First Speaker in SVC’s John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture Series Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, April 14, 2018 Dr. John Hittinger will be the first speaker in the newly-created John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture Series at Saint Vincent College, in Latrobe, PA, on April 14, 2018. “The John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture Series…
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…
How to get to the CENTRO DE VINCULACIÓN-UPAEP
Address: Av 11 Poniente 2309, Águila, Puebla, Pue. Phone: 01 222 229 9400 ext. 7060 UPAEP is an urban university located in the heart of Puebla City. There are many buildings belonging to UPAEP but the main reference to locate the Centro de Vinculación UPAEP (conference center) is to identify the CENTRAL CAMPUS whose address…
42nd SSA Detailed Program
42nd SSA Detailed Program
A Friendly Reminder: Hotel Reservations
Dear Friends and Colleagues, A friendly reminder, please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible by calling the hotel at +52 01 222 230 0122, and mention the code for identification: Encuentro Anual de la Asociación Americana de Semiótica en UPAEP. For the preferential rate, please use one of the following emails: reservaciones@bwrealdepuebla.com.mx ventas3@bwrealdepuebla.com.mx Attention to: Doris Iturbide…
Welcome to the 42nd SSA
Dear Conference Participants, After months of planning and preparation, our 42nd annual SSA meeting—the Signs of Play and the Play of Signs—is just around the corner in our beautiful host city of Puebla, Mexico. The Program Committee and our local host, Dora Ivonne Alvarez Tamayo, are set to offer a heartfelt “welcome to you…
