THE SEMIOTIC WEB

 

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

 

FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES

 

to be held in Imatra, Finland, June 3 - 9, 2004

General:

This is an announcement of the research seminars and International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies. This summer school is the first course of the newly established Finnish Network University of Semiotics and will be organized by the Finnish Network University of Semiotics and International Semiotics Institute (ISI) at Imatra and open to any semiotician interested in the topics given below. Director of the Summer School, the Finnish Network University of Semiotics and the ISI is Professor Eero Tarasti. This summer school is funded by the European Social Fund and State Provincial Office of Southern Finland.

Dates and Place of the Seminars:

June 3 - 9, 2004, Hotel Valtionhotelli, an art nouveau castle in Imatra, Eastern Finland (near the border of Russia and well-known for its tourist attractions).

 

Seminars:

 

1) 10th Doctoral and Post-doctoral Seminar on Musical Semiotics, June 3 - 5

Director: Eero Tarasti (Helsinki), co-directors: Daniel Charles (Antibes), Gino Stefani ((Bologna), Charles Rosen ( New York), Jean-Marie Jacono (Aix-en-Provence)

 

2) What Is Communication – A Epistemological and Empirical Foundations of Transmission Signs June, 6 - 9

Directors and co-directors: Patrick Coppoc (Reggio Emilia), Anne Henault (Paris), Derrick de Kerckhove (Toronto), Maarja Löhmus (Tarto), José Maria Paz Gago (Coruña), Peter Stockinger (Paris), Patrizia Violi (Bologna)

A) Workshop on the Game and Play Between Constraint and Freedom

Director: Solomon Marcus (Bucuresti)

 

3) Art and Aesthetics in Management, June 3 - 4

Director: Henrik Gahmberg (Vaasa), co-directors: Antti Ainamo (Helsinki), Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Stockholm), Davide Ravasi (Milano)

 

4) Codes of Biological Sign Systems, June 6 - 8

Director: Kalevi Kull (Tarto), co-director: Dario Martinelli (Helsinki), Aleksei Turowski (Tallinn)

 

5) Mind and Matter in the Life of Signs. Sciences vs Humanities in ((Bio)semiotics, June 6

Roundtable: Directors Kalevi Kull (Tarto), Mart Saarma (Helsinki), participants: Kristian Bankov (Sofia), Sören Brier (Copenhagen), Tatiana Chernigovskaya (St. Petersburg), Dario Martinelli (Helsinki), Eero Tarasti (Helsinki), Aleksei Turowski (Tallinn)

 

6) Introducing of the Finnish Network University of Semiotics:

Paradigms (of Finnish) Semiotics, June 5 - 6

Director: Eero Tarasti

Papers by representatives of institutions belonging to the Finnish Network University of Semiotics

 

23rd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of Finland, June 5 - 6

Papers by Finnish and foreign scholars

Each seminar consists of lectures given by the invited lecturers and papers given by the participants. The aim of the summer school is to offer the participants both up-to-date research information and an opportunity to discuss thoroughly their projects with leading specialists in the various fields. The seminar corresponda to two credit units for university students (according to the standards of Helsinki University and Network University of Semiotics).

 

Duration of papers: 30 min. The working languages of the seminars and congresses are English, French, German and Finnish in seminar 6.

 

 

Conditions of Admission:

There are two categories of attendance:

1) Active: the participant will present a paper

2) Passive: the participant will follow the summer school without presenting a paper

 

An active participant must send a short curriculum vitae and a 2-3 page abstract of his/her paper together with the registration form. These materials should reach the organizers no later than March 31, 2004. The abstracts will be published as a booklet, and should be sent both as a word-processing file (email attachment or saved to diskette) and in hard copy.

 

A passive participant must send the registration form by April 30, 2004.

 

Participation fee: (The fee covers evening reception on June 6th and other social program during the seminar) 50 EUR , Students 25 EUR

 

Payment of fees must be made before April 30th by bank transfer to the ISI bank account with Sampo bank. The bank identifier code is PSPBFIHH. The international bank account number is FI8780001802071697. In Finland, the bank account number is Sampo 800018-2071697.

 

Social program:

Social activities will include various cultural events such as art exhibitions, concerts, plays and film sessions .

 

For further information, contact: Maija Rossi (Secretary), International Semiotics Institute,

Imatra Cultural Centre, Virastokatu 1, 55100 Imatra, Finland

tel. 358-5-681 6639

fax +358-5-681 6670

e-mail: Maija.Rossi(at)isisemiotics.fi

internet: www.isisemiotics.fi