IASS-AIS
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SEMIOTIC STUDIES
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE SEMIOTIQUE
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7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS - 1999/10/06-11
"SIGN PROCESSES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS"
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Dear Colleagues,
The 2nd Call for Papers for the 7th Congress of the IASS-AIS is
almost finished and will be distributed in the first weeks of
January. It will give many details concerning the Congress,
including the Invited Speakers and the Sections proposed so far.
IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE,
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF _ABSTRACTS_ (300 words; for details
see below) HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO
--> 31 MARCH 1999.
PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO INVITED TO SUBMIT _SESSION PROPOSALS_ BY
--> 31 JANUARY 1999.
THE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITEE;
EVERY PROPOSAL HAS TO INCLUDE: THE TITLE, AN ABSTRACT (UP TO 500
WORDS) AND A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.
All proposals will be examined by the Scientific Committee.
For introductory remarks to the title and the wide range of topics to
be covered in the Congress please visit the Congress website which
will be updated soon: "http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/semiotics".
In case you don't have access to the Web and are not (yet) included
in our mailing lists (i.e. you have not received the 1st CfP) please
send your snail mail address to the Organizing Committee.
BELOW YOU FIND A SHORT VERSION OF ALL NECESSARY INFORMATIONS AND THE
RELEVANT ADDRESSES.
We want to remind you that the 7th International Congress of the
IASS-AIS is being organized in close association with:
--> The 4th International Congress of Federacion Latinoamericana de
Semiotica, La Coruna, 1999/09/27-10/02 on the general topic
"Fin de Siglo / Fin de Milenio" (for details contact the
organizers <agas(a)udc.es> or <jmpaz(a)udc.es>es>, or visit the website:
"http://www.udc.es/congremilenio")
and
--> The 9th Congress of the German Association for Semiotic Studies
DGS, to be held in Dresden October 3-6, 1999 on the general
topic "Machines and History" (for details contact the Dresden
Organizing Committee which is the same for the DGS and IASS-AIS
Congress: <semiotic(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de> or visit the website:
"http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/dgs").
If you intend to participate not only in the 7th Congress of the
IASS-AIS, but also in one or both of these congresses, please indicate
this on the registration form.
Please feel free to distribute this information among your colleagues.
Best wishes & Season's Greetings
Jeff Bernard & Gloria Withalm
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7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS
Title: "Sign Processes in Complex Systems"
"Semioses dans les Systemes Complexes"
"Significacion en Sistemos Complejos"
"Zeichenprozesse in komplexen Systemen"
Place: Dresden, Germany / University of Technology
Date: 1999, October 6-11
URL CfP "http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/semiotics"
(incl. online registration)
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--> Abstracts:
The title of the proposed paper and an abstract of appr. 300 words
should be submitted, preferably in electronic form (disk or e-mail),
by 31 March 1999 to the Organizing Committee (NOT to the Secretary
General of the IASS-AIS!).
Please indicate *5 key words* for your paper and relate your
topic to the following areas:
o theoretical questions
o empirical results
o methodological issues
o problems of application to
o nature
o culture
o society
o technology.
Please keep in mind that every individual presentation must not
exceed 30 MINUTES, DISCUSSION INCLUDED
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--> Financial support
There will be a limited number of scholarships for Non-OECD countries
available to help cover travel costs and/or food and lodging.
Applications should be directed to the Office of the Organzing
Committee (NOT to the Secretary General of the IASS-AIS!).
Please send the abstract of your proposed paper together with a short
CV and a list of publications.
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--> Congress fees & registration schedule:
Congress registration is required for participation. The forms for
online-registration and for registration by fax or mail are included
in the website.
Date registration / Fees
Accompanying
Participants Guests Students
until 1998/12/31 $ 80 $ 50 $ 50
1999/01/01--03/31 $ 110 $ 80 $ 80
after 1999/04/01 $ 160 $ 110 $ 110
You can either send a check or transfer the money to:
Walter Schmitz / Lehrstuhl NdL
account number: 05 540 070 00
bank code: 850 800 00 (Dresdner Bank)
code word: Semiotik
If you intend to pay by your Visa or American Express Card you are
kindly asked to indicate the card number and the expiring date.
For further details see the website.
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--> Congress Languages
French, English, Spanish, German
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Organizing Committee:
--> Office
TU Dresden
Institut fuer Germanistik
Projekt Semiotik
D--01062 Dresden
Germany
Tel: +49-351-463-4381
Tel: +49-351-463-5201 (answering machine)
Fax: +49-351-463-7750
eMail: <semiotic(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de>
--> President
Walter Schmitz
Vice-President for Education
Technische Universitaet Dresden
Mommsenstrasse 13
D--01062 Dresden
Fax: +49 351 463-7769
email: <wschmitz(a)rek.tu-dresden.de>
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--> Conditions for Participation
Participation in the Congress is open to all semioticians.
Since it is the Congress of the IASS-AIS, participants are encouraged
to join the IASS-AIS.
For information on membership and membership benefits see the website:
"http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/AISindex.html"
--> link "Membership Information"
or directly "http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/IASS6-mem.html"
In case of difficulties with currency exchange regulations (or, in
general, with bank remittances), please send the membership form to
one of the Treasurers and the Secretary General, indicating that
the membership fee will be paid in Dresden.
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--> Scientific Committee 7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS
Chair: Pierre Pellegrino (Switzerland);
Jeff Bernard (Austria), John Deely (U.S.A.), Gerard Deledalle (France),
Takashi Fujimoto (Japan), Adrian Gimate-Welsh (Mexico), Dinda L.
Gorlee (The Netherlands), Richard L. Lanigan (U.S.A.), Solomon Marcus
(Romania), Magdolna Orosz (Hungary), Roland Posner (Germany), Rosa
Maria Ravera, (Argentinia), Horst Ruthrof (Australia), Lucia Santaella
(Brazil), Thomas A. Sebeok (U.S.A.), Eero Tarasti (Finland), Vilmos
Voigt (Hungary), Gloria Withalm (Austria)
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Jeff Bernard (Secretary General IASS-AIS)
Gloria Withalm (Assistant Secretary General IASS-AIS)
Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies ISSS
Waltergasse 5/1/12, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
phone+fax +43-1-5045344
email: <gloria.withalm(a)uni-ak.ac.at>
IASS-AIS homepage
"http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/AISindex.html"
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Csaba Pleh
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology