The Semiotics Workshop

Autumn 2016 Schedule

The Semiotics Workshop Autumn 2016 Schedule: October 6th – “Grading, Gradients, Degradation, Grace” Paul Kockelman Professor of Anthropology Yale University   October 20th – “‘All there is’: On reconciliation and the poetics of a...

Michicagoan Schedule

The 18th Annual Michicagoan Graduate Student Conference in Linguistic Anthropology May 6-7, 2016 3rd Floor Theater, Ida Noyes Hall University of Chicago   Friday May 6th 9:00 Breakfast and Registration 9:30 Opening Remarks       Panel I: Mobilities and...

Spring 2016 Schedule

The Semiotics Workshop Spring 2016 Schedule   April 7th – “Semiotic Affordances and Constraints at a Yucatec Maya Radio Station” Chris Bloechl PhD Candidate, Anthropology University of Chicago Discussant: Hannah McElgunn, Anthropology   April...

Autumn 2015 Schedule

We’re pleased to announce our schedule for Autumn 2015.   October 8th – Net-Savvy Cats and Newbie Dogs: Textual Materiality and the Embodiment of Computer-Mediated “Voices” Elise Kramer Lecturer, Anthropology UC San Diego Visiting Professor, UIUC...

Autumn 2014 Theme & Schedule

The Semiotics Workshop is pleased to announce this year’s theme and the Autumn 2014 schedule: Materiality and Mediation Moving beyond a construal of materiality as that which contrasts with the “ideational” or the “symbolic”, this year we seek papers that...