Semiotic Society of America
The Semiotic Society of America is an interdisciplinary professional association serving scholars from many disciplines with common interests in semiotics, the study of signs and sign-systems. It was founded in 1975 and includes members from the United States and Canada. Its official journal is The American Journal of Semiotics. The Society also publishes the proceedings of its annual conferences. Memberships in the society and publication of the journal are managed by the Philosophy Documentation Center.
As its symbol, the Society uses caduceus, the staff of a messenger bearing a message, as a sign of a sign.
Publications of the Semiotic Society of America[]
- The American Journal of Semiotics, 1981–present
- Semiotics: The Proceedings of the Semiotic Society of America, 1980–present
- Semiotic Scene: Bulletin of the Semiotic Society of America, 1977-1981
- Bulletin of Literary Semiotics, 1975-1977
Presidents[]
According to the society's official website, the Presidents of the Society have included:
- 1976: Henry Hiz
- 1977:
- 1978: Thomas G. Winner
- 1979:
- 1980: Allen Walker Read
- 1981: Richard Bauman
- 1982:
- 1983: Irmengard Rauch
- 1984: Thomas A. Sebeok
- 1985: Donald Preziosi
- 1986: Michael Riffaterre
- 1987:
- 1988: Jonathan Culler
- 1989:
- 1990: Robert Scholes
- 1991:
- 1992: Nancy Armstrong
- 1993: (David Savan - died before taking office)
- 1993:
- 1994:
- 1995:
- 1996: Roberta Kevelson
- 1997:
- 1998:
- 1999:
- 2000:
- 2001: John Deely
- 2002:
- 2003: Vincent Colapietro
- 2004–2005:
- 2006:
- 2007:
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2010:
- 2011:
- 2012:
- 2013:
- 2014:
- 2015: Marcel Danesi
- 2016
- 2017 Deborah Smith-Shank
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
Honorary members[]
The "Sebeok fellow" award is the highest honor given by the Semiotic Society of America. The Sebeok fellows are David Savan (1992),[1] John Deely (1993), (1996), Jesper Hoffmeyer (2000), Kalevi Kull (2003), (2005), Susan Petrilli (2008), Irmengard Rauch (2011), (2014), Vincent Colapietro (2018), (2019), Marcel Danesi (2020).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Deely, John 2005. Floyd Merrell named sixth Thomas A. Sebeok Fellow of the Semiotic Society of America. Sign Systems Studies 33(2): 477–480.
External links[]
- Semiotics organizations