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

Call For Paper

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

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.