The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics

June9

CFP Special issue in memory of Göran Sonesson.

More details here.

Apr13

International Semiotic Summer School in Prague, July 23-28

More details here.

Mar20

Mourning the passing of IACS co-founder, Göran Sonesson (1951-2023).

Obituary here.

Dec16

The 2022 IACS Newsletter is out.

Read it here.

Jun17

IACS5-2024 will be hosted at Lund University, Sweden.

More details here.

Mar23

IACS4-2022, Aachen (June 15-18), has shifted to online only.

More details here.

Dec13

The International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC16) will take place in Düsseldorf in Aug 2023.

More details here.

Dec13

CFP Special issue in memory of Per Aage Brandt.

More details here.

July26

New book on Cognitive Semiotics by Per Aage Brandt.

More details here.

July26

The 2021 IACS Newsletter is out.

Read it here.

May26

The 2020 IACS Newsletter is out.

Read it here.

Feb02

New book on Cognitive Semiotics by Claudio Paolucci is out now.

More info here.

May7

Cognitive Semiotics has now been accepted for inclusion in the Scopus index.

More details on the indexes covered here.

May5

Todd Oakley's book "Rhetorical Minds" is out now!

More details here.

April10

The 2020 conference (IACS-4) in Aachen, Germany has been postponed due to Covid-19.

More details here.

Sept15

The TAJS thematic double issue on cognitive semiotics from IACS3 is out now!

Read it here.

July29

The new IACS Newsletter is out.

Read it here.

July28

The 12th conference of the International Association for visual Semiotics (IAVS_AISV) will be held at Lund University on 22-24 August 2019

The website is here.

July27

Tartu Summer School of Semiotics to be help 17-20 August 2019

More details here.

June29

IACS is sad to hear of the sudden passing of esteemed and prolific British semiotician Gunther Kress (1940–2019). Kress was quite fittingly participating at an international conference, and surrounded by friends, at the time of his death.

IASS have published a eulogy here.

June13

The conference of The Nordic Association of Semiotics Studies (NASS) was held at the University of Stavanger, Norway on 13-16 June 2019

The book of abstracts can be found here.

May24

Special Issue ‘The rhetoric of contemporary metaphor theory’ based on a panel on Metaphor at IACS3

Cognitive Semiotics (Volume 12, Issue 1, May 2019). Full issue here.

May 10

Peirce’s extended theory and classifications of signs: Perspectives on the Study of Meaning Making.

New Semiotica special issue published. Full issue here.

Mar 13

Cognitive Semiotics: Perspectives on the Study of Meaning Making

Filozofia i Nauka IACS-2 issue edited by Piotr Konderak. Full issue here.

Jun 12

New book: Mind, Cognition, Semiosis: Ways to Cognitive Semiotics

By our own Piotr Konderak. More details here.

Apr 24

Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature in Lund, Sweden

Call for papers and details can be found here.

Feb 16

3 Doctoral studentships in Cognitive Semiotics at Lund University.

Details and how to apply can be found here.

Feb 13

The IACS Newsletter is out now!

You can read it here.

Nov 14

Deadline for IACS3 extended until 5th January 2018!

Call for papers can be foundhere.

Oct 18

Language, Culture, and Mind in Ohio is open for submissions!

Call for papers can be foundhere.

Oct 15

Announcing Ecosemiotic paradigm for nature and culture.

Mikołów, Poland, July 9 –12, 2018 (MN 8). CfP here

Aug 22

IACS3 (2018 in Toronto) is open for submissions!

Call for papers can be foundhere.

July 29

From 2018, Cognitive Semiotics will publish one thematic issue each year.

Call for papers and special issue proposals can be found here.

July 15

Trends in interdisciplinary studies 2017: Understanding Social Cognition

20-22 October 2017 at Lublin, Poland. Abstract deadline: 31st July. Info here.

July 7

Pictures and Texts. Iconicity and Indexicality in Graphic Communication

26th -28th of July at Humboldt-University Berlin. Info here.

April 18

The Journal of Cognitive Semiotics - Welcoming new submissions!

More information and the call for papers can be found here.

March 28

The International Society for Information Studies - Deadline approaching.

Gothenburg, Sweden, 12-16 June 2017. Info here.

March 01

The 2018 conference venue has been changed to Toronto, Canada

The full statement regarding the change is available here.

Jan 05

IACS 2017 New Year Newsletter

The Newsletter can be read here.

Jan 04

IACS 2014 book out!

"Meaning, Mind and Communication: Explorations in Cognitive Semiotics” edited by Jordan Zlatev, Göran Sonesson and Piotr Konderak is out! Details here.

Dec 03

IACS 2016 Post-Conference Call for Papers

"Philosophy and Science” have confirmed a special issue on Cognitive Semiotics. Deadline: 15 March 2017. Details here.

Dec 01

International Conference on Multimodal Communication

Osnabrück University, 9-11 June 2017

Submit an abstract. Deadline: 15 January 2017. Details here.

Nov 01

The 11th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature

6-8 April 2017, The University of Brighton, UK

Submission deadline: 15 November 2016. Details here

Oct 27

IACS 2018 to be held in Cleveland, Ohio

We will be holding the third IACS conference in Cleveland, Ohio, USA!

More details will follow in the coming months.

Oct 20

Conference report from IACS 2 in 2016

A great write-up of IACS 2 in Lublin can be found here

July 01

IACS 2 photo memories

Photos taken at IACS 2 can be found here.

Jun 22

New Board Elected

New board members include Todd Oakley, Hannah Little, Piotr Konderak, Esther Pascual, Monica Tamariz, Kristian Tylén and Jordan Zlatev. To find out more about their roles click here.

June 01

IACS 2 book of abstracts available

Abstracts for talks and posters presented at IACS 2 can be found here.

Dec 12

IACS 2 Call for Papers

Submission deadline: Jan 15, 2016 details here.

Aug 07

Cognitive Semiotics Journal

Call for papers can be found here.

Apr 20

First IACS newsletter

The first newsletter of the IACS has been published and distributed among members of the association. You can read it here.

Feb 25

Event report: IACS 2014

A concise summary of the 1st conference of the Association by Jordan Zlatev can be read here.

The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) was founded in 2013 at Aarhus University, Denmark, in connection with the Eighth Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS).

Cognitive semiotics is the study of meaning-making, both in language and by means of other sign vehicles, as well as in perception, and in action. Cognitive semiotics investigates the properties of our meaningful interactions with our surroundings in all domains. We integrate perspectives, methods and insights from cognitive science, cognitive linguistics and semiotics, placing signs and sign use (in the broadest sense) into the wider context of cognitive, social, and neurobiological processes, using experimental methods, as well as classical text analysis and theory.

Today, cognitive semiotics is an established domain of study at the Univerisities of Aarhus and Lund, and is an emerging field of inquiry in many other parts of the world, as testified by the international audience at IACS conferences. The purpose of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics is to advance research in cognitive semiotics and facilitate scholarly discussion and exchange in this growing field, as well as organizing conferences and other academic events.