gary
shank who-is-at duq.edu
>>>>DEAR SEMIOTICIANS and WOULD-BE SEMIOTICIANS:
>>>>
>>>>1. I am pleased to announce the call for papers and provide you with hotel
>>>>information about the 24th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of
>>>>America this coming October Oct. 28-31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We are
>>>>excited that for the first time, our meeting will run jointly with that of
>>>>the American Legal Studies Association, for it gives the members of two
>>>>kindred organizations the chance to become acquainted. The SSA arose in the
>>>>1970s as scholars in various disciplines came together to consider the
>>>>multiple theories and applications of semiotics as alternatives to the
>>>>traditional disciplinary perspectives into which knowledge had become
>>>>compartmentalized. Similarly, the ALSA arose at the same time out of the
>>>>undergraduate Legal Studies program at the University of Massachusetts
>>>>Amherst as a forum for colleagues interested in undergraduate and graduate
>>>>level legal studies programs and pedagogies which provided an
>>>>interdisciplinary, liberal arts, humanistic, and critical approach toward
>>>>legal studies.
>>>>
>>>>2. Membership in the association is required if you wish to participate in
>>>>the annual meeting. Membership in the Semiotic Society of America is $50
>>>>per year for individuals, $25 for students, retired, and unemployed, and
>>>>$75 for joint memberships. Please send checks in US funds payable to the
>>>>Semiotic Society of America to Linda Rogers, Executive Director, Semiotic
>>>>Society of America, Dept. of Educational Foundations, 405 White Hall, Kent
>>>>State University, Kent OH 44242. Her email is lrogers who-is-at kent.edu.
>>>>
>>>>3. Members receive the American Journal of Semiotics for the year for
>>>>which they are enrolled, and issues of the Semiotic Scene which in the
>>>>future may be issued electronically for those with the ability to receive
>>>>it. As you receive this call for papers and invitation to join, please
>>>>note that we are in the process of making up outstanding back issues of the
>>>>journal. 1995 was a book-length quadruple issue on Semiotics and History,
>>>>1996 on Semiotics and Music. The journal for 1997, ed. by Bill Spinks on
>>>>the Trickster, should reach 1997 members shortly after this call for
>>>>papers. 1998 is in press, and 1999 should be published later this year.
>>>>Beginning in 2000, the journal will once again publish regular issues
>>>>rather than book-length annuals. Back issues are also available: contact
>>>>Richard Lanigan, Editor TAJS, Dept. of Speech Communications, Southern
>>>>Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. Email -- rlanigan who-is-at siu.edu.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>4. Members of the SSA are also invited to join the American Legal Studies
>>>>Association, although such membership is not required, of course, for
>>>>attendance at the meeting. ALSA publishes the Legal Studies Forum, which
>>>>publishes in areas such as: law and literature; narrative jurisprudence,
>>>>legal storytelling; law and popular culture; law and anthropology; law and
>>>>religon; humnisitc approaches to law and economics; philosophy of law;
>>>>feminist jurisprudence; semiotics, linguistics, rhetoric, metaphor,
>>>>structuralism, and postmodernism; law and cultural studies. Membership is
>>>>$35 per year, includes the journal, and is available from Prof. James
>>>>Elkins, Law School, Univ. of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV 26506. His email
>>>>is jelkins who-is-at labs.net. Selected back issues are also available.
>>>>
>>>>5. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS CALL FOR PAPERS AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE TO
>>>>COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, PROFESSIONAL NEWSLETTERS, ETC. -- ALSO, PLEASE TAKE
>>>>THE INITIATIVE TO ORGANIZE SESSIONS AS WELL AS SUBMIT PAPER PROPOSALS.
>>>>
> 6. REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE CONFERENCE, $95 FOR INDIVIDUALS, $50 FOR
>STUDENTS, RETIRED OR UNEMPLOYED $145 FOR COUPLES INCLUDE TWO LUNCH MEALS, AND
>SHOULD BE PAID AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEN YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTED THIS
>SUMMER. WE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON DEADLINES LATER.
>
>_____________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>1999 CALL FOR PAPERS -- PITTSBURGH OCT. 28-31, 1999 (Thursday-Sunday)
>>>>
>>>>24th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SEMIOTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, in conjunction with
>>>>
>>>>THE AMERICAN LEGAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION
>>>>
>>>>
>>>THEME: THE PHENOMENON OF SEMIOTICS: WORDS, SIGNS, AND THINGS
>>>
>>>This year, to honor the strong interest in phenomenology at Duquesne
>>>University which is sponsoring the conference, we have selected the theme
>>>"The Phenomenon of Semiotics." The word "phenomenon," however, also
>>>encourages us to reflect on the way semiotics, almost unknown thirty years
>>>ago, has word itself has become a vital if sometimes unacknowledged
>>>contributor to the ways people order their worlds in the late twentieth
>>>century. Semiotics has become vital to scholars of education,
>>>communications,
>>>art, music, the "hard" sciences, anthropology, literature, popular culture,
>>>philosophy, history, and other subjects. We thereby urge participants
>>>to be
>>>as bold and diverse as their imagination and scholarship permit in
>>>submitting
>>>proposals for sessions and panels.
>>>
>>>
>>>TO BE HELD AT: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY and the
>>>>
>>>>RAMADA INN PLAZA SUITES, BIGELOW SQUARE, DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, OPPOSITE THE
>>>>AMTRAK STATION AND WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY.
>>>>
>>>>ROOMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE: CALL 1-800-225-5858 AND MENTION YOU ARE WITH
>>>>"SSA/DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY" -- RATES $90 SINGLE OR DOUBLE FOR A JUNIOR SUITE
>>>>-- $10 EXTRA each FOR THREE AND FOUR PERSONS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ++ How to Submit a Proposal for an Individual Paper/Performance ++
>>>>
>>>>1. Send 7 copies of an abstract of approx. 150-300 words of your
>>>>presentation, on one side of a sheet of paper only, to Bill Pencak, SSA
>>>>PROGRAM (so he can sort this out from his other mail), History Dept., 108
>>>>Weaver Bldg., Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 16802. Do NOT
>>>>include your name or affiliation on this abstract, since the program
>>>>committee will do a blind review of your proposal. Or send your proposal
>>>>via email to -- wap1 who-is-at psu.edu -- pasted into a message only (NO
>>>>ATTACHMENTS).
>>>>
>>>>2. Include with the long abstracts 1 copy of a short abstract describing
>>>>your presentation about a paragraph in length (approx. 50-75 words).
>>>>Include the name and affiliation of all co-presenters. This is the abstract
>>>>which will appear in the meeting program if your proposal is accepted.
>>>>
>>>>3. Send 3-5 keywords which indicate the major subject(s) your presentation
>>>>deals with. (These will be used to assign your presentation to an
>>>>appropriate session and to provide an index of session topics).
>>>>
>>>>4. List ALL of the audio-visual equipment you require. You may have to
>>>>pay for the rental of any equipment not requested when you submit your
>>>>proposal, and we probably will not be able to provide expensive equipment
>>>>(computer equipment, elaborate sound systems, video projectors), although
>>>>you can provide or pay for this yourself. VCRs and TV monitors, tape
>>>>recorders, overheads, tablets or chalkboards, and slide projectors will be
>>>>provided if requested when the proposal is submitted free of charge.
>>>>
>>>>5. Include your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email
>>>>address, including where we can reach you over the summer.
>>>>
>>>>+ TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR AN ORGANIZED SESSION +
>>>>
>>>>1) Send 1 copy of a short abstract (approx. 50-75 words) describing your
>>>>session as a whole, plus a short abstract (approx. 50-75 words) of for
>>>>each of the presentations which will be made in your session, to Bill
>>>>Pencak, SSA PROGRAM (to keep these straight from other mail), History
>>>>Dept., 108 Weaver Bldg., Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 16802. Or
>>>>email to -- wap1 who-is-at psu.edu -- as part of a simple text message only (No
>>>>attachments, please.) These abstracts should include the name and
>>>>affiliation of all organizers and presenters.
>>>>
>>>>2) Along with the short abstract, send 7 copies of a long abstract of your
>>>>session (not to exceed one single-spaced page for each session, which
>>>>should include descriptions of each of the individual presentations. Do
>>>>NOT send a long absracts of every presentation. Do NOT include any names or
>>>>affiliations on your long abstract.
>>>>
>>>>3) Send 3-5 keywords which indicate the major subject(s) to be dealt with
>>>>in your presentation.
>>>>
>>>>4) List all of the audio visual equipment you need. See (4) above for what
>>>>we can and cannot provide.
>>>>
>>>>5) Send your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address,
>>>>including where you can be reached during the summer.
>>>>
>>>>DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL ON DISC.
>>>>PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSALS BY APRIL 20 TO BILL PENCAK, HISTORY DEPT., PENN
>>>>STATE UNIV., 108 WEAVER BLDG., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802. E-MAIL:
>>>>WAP1 who-is-at PSU.EDU
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Special Notes and Suggestions: --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>1) DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH IS NO LONGER A "GRITTY CITY," BUT THE HOME OF SUCH
>>>>ATTRACTIONS AS THE ANDY WARHOL MUSUEM, THE MATTRESS FACTORY (Museum of
>>>>Installation Art) AND THE HEINZ CENTER FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY.
>>>>We plan to include information describing these and other items of interest
>>>>in your conference packets and with the final program announcement.
>>>>Depending on scheduling, the excellent symphony or opera may be performing,
>>>>along with other concerts and/or sports events. We encourage you to arrive
>>>>early on Thursday or stay later on Sunday to take advantage of local
>>>>attractions.
>>>>
>>>>Panels and papers relating to Warhol, installation art, or Pittsburgh and
>>>>its rich immigrant and industrial heritage in some way are welcome.
>>>>
>>>>2. This year, we mourn the death of SSA Past President and indefatigable
>>>>champion Robert Kevelson, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Philosophy at
>>>>Penn State.
>>>>"The Kevelson Memorial Award," initiated by Chris Myers, her friend and
>>>>most frequent editor at Peter Lang Publishing, will be awarded beginning
>>>>this year for the best student (graduate or undergraduate) paper presented
>>>>at the meeting and revised for potential publication in The American
>>>>Journal of Semiotics. More information about how to apply for the award
>>>>will appear in the conference program that will be printed this summer.
>>>>Lang's contribution needs to be increased, and we eventually hope to award
>>>>runner-up winners and possibly helpo fund student travel to the conference.
>>>>All contributions to the Kevelson Memorial Award are welcome: please make
>>>>your check payable to "The Semiotic Society of America", Linda Rogers,
>>>>Executive Director, Dept. of Educational Foundations, Kent State
>>>>University, Kent, OH 44242.
>>>>
>>>>3. Also to honor Prof. Kevelson, there will be a special session
>>>>"Remembering Roberta Kevelson" at the meeting. We want this to be
>>>>awide-ranging discussion of the impact of Bobbie's life and work and only
>>>>ask that those who wish to speak informally for 5 minutes or so to initiate
>>>>a discussion let Bill Pencak know. Bobbie's son, Ken Kevelson, will be
>>>>invited to this session and the meeting.
>>>>
>>>>4. Individuals have volunteered to organize sessions on particular topics.
>>>>Please contact them with proposals for papers or sessions in these areas:
>>>>
>>>>Empirical Semiotics -- Charls Pearson -- Dr_Charls who-is-at msn.com
>>>>Tricksters -- in Life, Art, etc. -- Bill Spinks -- CSpinks who-is-at Trinity.edu
>>>>History -- Bill Pencak -- wap1 who-is-at psu.edu
>>>>Science Fiction -- Bryce Tugwell -- bryce56 who-is-at hotmail.com
>>>"The Millennium Virus as a Cultural Phenomenon" -- not Y2K -- Myrdene
>>>Anderson -- myanders who-is-at purdue.edu
>>>>Law and Semiotics -- Vivian Curran -- curran who-is-at law.pitt.edu
>
>PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ORGANIZE MORE SESSIONS!
>>>>
>>>> 5. Please feel free to circulate this call for papers via internet or
>>>>hardcopy to anyone you think may be interested.
>>>>
>>>>Bill Pencak,
>Vice-President and President-Elect, Semiotic Society of America
>>>>Prof. of History
>>>>l08 Weaver Bldg.
>>>>Penn State
>>>>University Park PA 16802
>>>>phone: 814-863-8949 (ans. machine)
>>>>e-mail: wap1 who-is-at psu.edu
>>>>fax: 814-863-7840 to my attention