The Semiotics Workshop

October 28th: Betsey Brada

PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology University of Chicago “An economy of revelation: Learning to disclose in the Superlative Clinic” Discussant: Adam Sargent Thursday, October 28th 4:30-6:00pm Haskell Hall 101 Refreshments will be served. This paper is available...

Mark your calendars: December 9th: Paul Kockelman Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University “A Mayan Ontology of Poultry: Selfhood, Affect, and Animals” Discussant: Chris Bloechl Thursday, December 9th 4:30-6:00pm Haskell Hall 101...

October 14th: Michael Silverstein Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, of Linguistics, and of Psychology and in the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities “Culture and History in a Kiksht hapax legomenon: The...

Autumn 2010 Theme

The Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop is happy to announce our Autumn quarter theme. Each of the papers in our Autumn quarter series, as well as ongoing discussion on this blog will be oriented to the problem of… Inference: constructing continuity in the...

Autumn 2010 Schedule

The Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop is happy to announce our Autumn quarter schedule: Thursday, October 14th:  Michael Silverstein Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, of Linguistics, and of Psychology and in the Committee on...