Hellenic Semiotic Society - ΧΙI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIOTICS - call for paper
ΧΙI ΙNTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIOTICS
Signs of Europe
Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-3 November 2019
Organized by the Hellenic Semiotic Society,
the School of French Language and Literature
and the Laboratory of Semiotics of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Since antiquity Europe is not so much a place as an idea, a myth, an
imagination, a sign. Variously conceived and represented throughout
the centuries by scholars, politicians, artists and travellers, and
home to the most radical forms both of particularism and universalism,
exceptionalism and cosmopolitanism, Europe has been consistently
challenged by diverse kinds of fragmentation, hegemonic expansionism,
antagonism and contestation, as well as by the recurring question of
its identity. The European integration project has been widely
perceived as a watershed in the tumultuous history of Europe, offering
an internationally unique experiment in transnational governance and
cooperation.
However, the European integration narratives of reconciliation,
solidarity and ‘unity-in-diversity’ have proved inadequate and
controversial. They were contested both from without, by geopolitical
visions such as the Global South, and from within, especially during
the recent crisis of the eurozone, of Brexit and of migration. Their
survival, in the face of the ensuing wave of illiberalism, populism,
nationalism and nativism across Europe, is becoming more and more
uncertain.
Since their inception, in 1979, the International Conferences of the
Hellenic Semiotic Society, have addressed topics directly relevant to
the concerns and challenges of the day. True to this tradition, this
particular Conference aims to reaffirm the importance of semiotics as
an analytical-critical approach to socio-cultural phenomena, and
encourage the investigation and understanding of the semiotic work and
practices involved in both the making and the current unmaking of the
European integration project.
The Conference invites proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes
long) or panels (incl. 3-4 individual papers) that relate to the
following main themes:
I. EU symbolic discourse and practices: the making of EU-identity
through the diverse symbols, discourses, practices, media and branding
strategies developed by EU-related institutions.
II. Unmaking the European integration project: investigation of the
recently revitalized semiotic orders of nationalism and nativism,
illiberalism and populism, as well as the related phenomena of
xenophobia, islamophobia, anti-semitism, counter-terrorist rhetoric
etc, across the different genres of political, cultural and media
communication
III. Images, Sounds and Narratives of Europe: investigation of all
kinds of contemporary cultural texts that variously deal with the
failures and contradictions, envisionings and identity of Europe, as
well as emerging narratives, imaginaries and concepts that attempt to
re-define the ‘old continent’ and perform a ‘post-crisis Europe’.
IV. Under Western and Non-Western Eyes: the semiotic construction
and/or deconstruction of European Union from the perspective of
non-member states, whether in the Western or non-Western world.
Conference Keynote Speakers:
Ulf Hedetoft, Professor & Director of the Center for the Study of
Nationalism, Saxo
Institute, Faculty of Humanities, Unversity of Copenhagen
Johan Fornäs, Professor of Media and Communication, Södertörn University,
Stockholm
Eric Landowski, Professor of Semiotics, Director of Research at the
Centre de recherches politiques
de Paris (Science Po), Paris
Submissions
Proposals should be submitted electronically in English, French and
Greek to the Conference website:
https://antiphishing.vadesecure.com/2/YW5uZS5nZXNsaW4tYmV5YWVydEB1LWJvcmRlYXV4LW1vbnRhaWduZS5mcnxWUkMxMTkwMzM%3D/www.2019hellenic-semiotics.gr/en/
For all additional information/inquiries please address your messages to:
2019hellenic-semiotics@symvoli.gr
Important Dates
Submission of Abstracts/Panel Proposals: March 31, 2019
Notification of Authors: April 25, 2019
Early Registration starts: June 1, 2019
1st Programme Announcement: August 10, 2019
Late Registration starts: September 1, 2019
Final Programme Announcement: September 30, 2019
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