CALL FOR PAPERS
International Association for Semiotic StudiesAssociation Internationale de la Semiotique IASS-AIS
From the Calls for Papers in English & American Literature Listserv
Guadalajara, Mexico -- July, 13-18, 1997
Theme:
The development of science during the last decades has shown the need of an
interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars investigating nature and
culture in the different corners of the world. Semiotics has shown that it
has an important role to play in this scientific intercourse: It provides a
sign-theoretic basis for the coming together of anthropologists, linguists,
literary critics, communicologists, mathematicians, biologists, physicists,
and others, in an open debate to increase our knowledge about ourselves in
our relation with nature and culture.
Objective:
This is an international academic event open to all scientific communities
which will permit to get in touch in a direct manner with recent
developments in the field of semiotics and neighboring disciplines. Since
it is the Congress of the IASS-AIS, participants are invited to join the
Association (for membership information see below).
Plenary Speakers:
-- Mieke Bal (The Netherlands)
-- Jean-Claude Gardin (France)
-- Junzo Kawada (Japan)
-- Floyd Merrell (USA)
-- Michael O'Toole (Australia)
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish (plenary sessions will have simultaneous
translation). Participants should send the title and an abstract of 200
words in any of the three official languages.
For more details, visit the conference website
Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments.