About us

The 50th Annual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America assembles a unique group of international transdisciplinary experts from a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, biology, cognitive science, communication, cybernetics, design, fine arts, law, literary criticism, linguistics, logic, marketing, media studies, mathematics, pedagogy, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, and technology.

Important Dates

Mon, Apr 20, 2026

Review of submissions begins

Mon, Jun 15, 2026

Rolling notification of acceptance

Tue, Jun 30, 2026

Registration deadline for presenters

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Artificial intelligence and generative media

Visual and audiovisual culture

Linguistic and discursive change

Interfaces and infrastructures

Ethical and political dimensions of contemporary semiosis

Biosemiotic and ecosemiotic perspectives

Interpretive communities (human and non-human)

Historical and contemporary theories of semiotics

Logic and reasoning as relational phenomena

Call for Papers Description

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Categories welcome include full papers on any topic of semiotics and panels of related papers on any topic of semiotics.