August 15-17, 2024, Lund, Sweden 

News:

• IACS-5 plenary addresses broadcast live over Zoom: https://konferens.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/conference/iacs5/Plenaries_on_zoom.pdf

• August 14: Conference program updated: https://konferens.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/conference/iacs5/programIACS-5_2024-08-14.pdf

We are happy to host the Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5) at Lund University in August 15-17, 2024! This is nearly 10 years after the first conference in the short but productive history of cognitive semiotics, the new discipline which integrates theories and methods from semiotics, linguistics and cognitive science, with the help of phenomenology.

The following theme sessions have been accepted (in alphabetical order): https://konferens.ht.lu.se/iacs-5/theme-sessions/

*Linguistic Bodies in Interaction, Conveners: Šárka Kadavá (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin) and Wim Pouw, (Donders Centre for Cognition, Nijmegen)

*Reigning in Neuromania through Cognitive Semiotics, Conveners: Filomena Diodato and Alice Orrù (Sapienza, University of Rome)

*Sonesson and Phenomenological Cognitive Semiotics, Conveners: Jordan Zlatev and Alexandra Mouratidou (Cognitive Semiotics, Lund University)

Conference theme: "Crises of Meaning"

We face not only social, political, environmental, and scientific crises but also crises in how we make sense of ourselves and our world. Husserl diagnosed a general “Crisis of the European Sciences” nearly a century ago, leading us to oscillate between the extremes of positivism and relativism. We witness how this has only deepened to this day, where fundamental values like justice and truth are being emptied of meaning. The plenary speakers (and others, as far as possible) are asked to address how their research may be relevant for the theme. In this way, cognitive semiotics can hopefully make a contribution to the situation in our troubled world!

Fees (including 3 lunches, 6 coffee/snacks, and a reception):

IACS members: PhD or MA students: 1500 SEK, Others: 2000 SEK

Not IACS members: PhD or MA students: 1750 SEK, Others: 2500 SEK

Later registration (from 3 June 2024): +1000 SEK on the above 

Conference dinner: 600 SEK (optional)

https://luccp.adm.lu.se/en/konferens-iacs-5.html

IACS membership:

https://www.iacs.dk/membership.html

Local organizing committee:

Jordan Zlatev (chair), Niklas Erben Johansson and Alexandra Mouratidou