International Semiotics Institute

26/07/2026

Last week ISI prepared a presentation about our new digital library and other activities with Ana Julia C B Santos Israel Chávez Dario Martinelli Eero Tarasti for our Masked project secondees Remo Gramigna Massimo Leone Eleonora Chiais, Zhengrong Ai, Jamin Pelkey and Marc Mehu. If you are interested in the ISI book collection, check our catalogue at https://isisemiotics.upol.cz/

13/06/2026

ISI was in Rome! With a great representation at the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics conference we are already looking forward to our summer activities in Olomouc. Stay tuned!

26/04/2026

Just received a huge package from Estonia 🇪🇪 many thanks to our partners in Semiotics, University of Tartu for the new contribution to ISI library in form of a collection of Sign System Studies journal issues, the oldest Semiotic jornal in the world!

10/04/2026

Special Easter visit from Brasil Vinicius Romanini thank you 🐣🐰

10/04/2026

06/10/2025

Photo memories to SSA conference Semiotics of Friendship. Photo credit Kateřina Chrápková, Ondřej Trojan, Beatriz Alvez

22/09/2025

🎄✨ CFP: Oscar-day of Semiotics – Dec 5, 2025 ✨🎄
📍 Haaga-Helia, Helsinki, Finland

The Centre, Edge, Boundary – Changing Margins of Culture is the theme of this year’s Oscar-day, and we at the International Semiotics Institute (ISI) are delighted to share this call for papers with our members and friends around the world!

How does culture define its borders, margins, and peripheries? What happens when the marginal starts pushing back on the centre? From canonized meanings to camp and kitsch, from dominant narratives to the disordered, Oscar-day invites you to explore how cultural boundaries shift, sieve, and transform meaning in the semiosphere.

This is a wonderful opportunity to return to the roots of ISI—founded by Prof. Eero Tarasti—in the heart of Finland 🇫🇮… and yes, Santa Claus will be near 🎅

📌 Abstracts (200–300 words) due: Nov 20, 2025
📍 Helsinki, Finland
🗓 Friday, Dec 5, 2025
⏰ Starts at 10:00
🗣 In Finnish and English
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

06/09/2025

SSA and ISI cooperation 🌼 see you soon in Prague! 🇺🇸🇨🇿🌎

✨ Exciting News! ✨ This year, Prague will host the Semiotic Society of America (SSA) Annual Conference – a unique gathering of scholars, researchers, and students exploring the role of signs, meaning, and communication in shaping our world. 📍 Where: Faculty of Arts, Charles University – ....

04/04/2025

ISI is happy to host an exchange student from São Paulo Ana Julia Correa Batista dos Santos. Ana is a fresh help to our library under the leadership of Anežka Formánková, our new librarian. You can be looking forward to an online Semiotic catalogue soon ✨