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  • Jan15

    Save the Date: IACS6 is now scheduled for June 4-6, 2026, in Rome.

    More details here.

  • Dec31

    The 2024 IACS Newsletter is out.

    Read it here.

  • Nov20

    Mourning the passing of IACS stronghold and former treasurer, Kristian Tylén (1974-2024).

    Obituary here.

  • Sep15

    The next International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC17) will take place in Buenos Aires in July 2025.

    More details here.

  • Aug14

    Updated Conference Program:The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5).

    Read it here.

  • Aug9

    IACS-5 plenary addresses broadcast live over Zoom.

    Read it here.

  • Jan16

    Extended & Final CfP:The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5).

    Read it here.

  • Dec9

    The 2023 IACS Newsletter is out.

    Read it here.

  • Dec1

    Third CfP:The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5).

    More details here.

  • Oct17

    Second CfP:The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5).

    More details here.

  • Sep1

    CFP:14th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (30 May – 1 June, 2024 / Catania, Sicily).

    More details here.

  • Aug18

    CFP:The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5).

    More details here.

  • Jun9

    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.

About IACS

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.


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