Dear Friends and Colleagues, In order to take advantage of the SSA special rate of $160 per night, please make your room reservations at the Delray Beach Marriott Hotel in Florida before August 28, 2016. After this date, room charges will be subject to the prevailing rates and availability. Please go to the customized…
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.
Keynote Speaker Anthony Julian Tamburri: “Signing Italian/American Cinema, Book Making in the City: What Does Scorsese Mean in Mean Streets?”
We are honored to announce that Dr. Anthony Julian Tamburri is the keynote speaker at the SSA 41st Annual Meeting in Delray Beach, Florida. Anthony Julian Tamburri Anthony Julian Tamburri is Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures and Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY). He is co-director of…
SSA 2016 Presidential Address
Why are we Semioticians Ignored? “I will not see the results of my work in my lifetime”, says John Deely. Let’s look at what he has done, why it has not been accepted and what the future may bring in terms of further insights. If the cenoscopic and ideoscopic developments of the last four centuries…
Announcing CFP Extension for the 41st Annual Meeting
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 41st Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America to Sunday, June 19, 2016. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible. All the best, Farouk Seif Executive Director, Semiotic Society of America
Obituary: Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
By Marcel Danesi On February 19, 2016, one of the greatest contemporary semioticians, writers and intellectuals passed away, leaving behind both an enormous legacy and a void that will be hard to fill. One cannot mention semiotics without mentioning his name in the same breath. With the late Thomas A. Sebeok, with whom he collaborated…
“The Semiotics of Murder”
Workshop Organized by Marcel Danesi and Mike Arntfield SSA 41st Annual Meeting, Delray Beach, Florida, September 29, 2016 This workshop will examine the work going on in forensic semiotics on the relation between murder as a criminal act and culture as the framework in which murder is defined. The workshop is intended to bring together a…
Keynote Speaker Richard Shusterman: “Philosophy as a Way of Life – On Camera”
We are honored to announce that Dr. Richard Shusterman is the keynote speaker at the SSA 41st Annual Meeting in Delray Beach, Florida. Richard Shusterman Richard Shusterman is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Director of the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture at Florida Atlantic University. His major authored books…
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,…
~~~~~~~~Our Journey Together
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
The American Journal of Semiotics
Dear Colleagues, The American Journal of Semiotics (TAJS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is currently seeking contributors to a special issue on Music and Semiotics to be published in 2016. The TAJS has some contributors lined up for the topics of: Grunge – Punk – Post-Punk – Alternative – Progressive Rock – Heavy Metal The TAJS invites your manuscript…
