Semiotic Society of America
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Semiotic Society of America is the main North American organization of semioticians that includes members both from USA and Canada.
The Society was established in 1976. Its official journal is American Journal of Semiotics (published since 1982).
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[edit] Conferences
The Society organizes Annual Meetings. The proceedings of these meetings have been published as yearbooks. The list of Annual Meetings includes:
- 1st – Atlanta (1976)
- 2nd – Denver, Colorado (1977)
- 3rd – Providence, Rhode Island (1978)
- 4th – Bloomington, Indiana (1979)
- 5th – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (1980)
- 6th – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (1981)
- 7th – Buffalo, New York (1982)
- 8th – Snowbird, Utah (1983)
- 9th – Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (1984)
- 10th – Reading, Pennsylvania (1985)
- 11th – San Francisco, California (1986)
- 12th – Pensacola, Florida (1987)
- 13th – Cincinnati, Ohio (1988)
- 14th – Indianapolis, Indiana (1989)
- 15th – Norman, Oklahoma (1990)
- 16th – University of Maryland, College Park, Baltimore (1991)
- 17th – Chicago (1992)
- 18th – St. Louis (1993)
- 19th – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1994)
- 20th – San Antonio, Texas (1995) – "Postcoloniality"
- 21st – Santa Barbara, California (1996) – "Gender Symptoms"
- 22nd – Louisville, Kentucky (1997) – "Creativity"
- 23rd – Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (1998) – "Sensible Signs, Mindful Artifacts"
- 24th – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1999) – "The Phenomenon of Semiotics: Words, Signs, and Things"
- 25th – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (2000) – "Sebeok's Century"
- 26th – Victoria University, Toronto (2001)
- 27th – San Antonio, Texas (2002) – "Crossing Out Boundaries"
- 28th – Ottawa, Canada (2003) – "Semiotics and National Identity"
- 29/30th – University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (2005)
- 31st – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (2006) – "The Future of Semiotics"
- 32nd – New Orleans (2007) – "Semiotics and Survival"
- 33rd – Houston (2008) – “Specialization, Semiosis, Semiotics”
[edit] Presidents
The list of Presidents of the Society includes:
- Henry Hiz (1976)
- Eugen Baer (1977)
- Thomas G. Winner (1978)
- Max H. Fisch (1979)
- Allen Walker Read (1980)
- Richard Bauman (1981)
- Harley C. Shands (1982)
- Irmengard Rauch (1983)
- Thomas A. Sebeok (1984)
- Donald Preziosi (1985)
- Michael Riffaterre (1986)
- Naomi S. Baron (1987)
- Jonathan Culler (1988)
- Bennetta Jules-Rosette (1989)
- Robert Scholes (1990)
- Linda Waugh (1991)
- Nancy Armstrong (1992)
- (David Savan - died before taking office 1993)
- Michael Shapiro (1993)
- Richard Lanigan (1994)
- Eugen Baer (1995)
- Roberta Kevelson (1996)
- Myrdene Anderson (1997)
- Jean Umiker-Sebeok (1998)
- Floyd Merrell (1999)
- William Pencak (2000)
- John Deely (2001)
- Paul Perron (2002)
- Vincent Colapietro (2003)
- Cary William Spinks (2004–2005)
- Joseph Brent (2006)
- Nathan Houser (2007)
- Robert Hatten (2008)
[edit] Honorary members
The "Sebeok fellow" award is the highest honor given by the Semiotic Society of America. The list of Sebeok fellows includes: 1. David Savan (1992) 2. John Deely (1993) 3. Paul Bouissac (1996) 4. Jesper Hoffmeyer (2000) 5. Kalevi Kull (2003) 6. Floyd Merrell (2005) 7. Susan Petrilli (2008).
