 | SSA2026: The 50th Annual Conference of the Semiotic Society of America Pittsburgh, PA, United States, October 14-18, 2026 |
| Conference website | https://www.semioticsocietyofamerica.org/call-for-papers-2/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssa2026 |
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers on any topic of semiotics.
- Panels of related papers on any topic of semiotics.
Abstract Submission: via https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ssa2026
Notification of acceptance: rolling until 15 June 2026 (review of submissions begins 20 April 2026; early submission guarantees prompt consideration)
Registration deadline for presenters: 30 June 2026, via https://www.pdcnet.org/wp/registrations/2026-ssa
Details at website: https://www.semioticsocietyofamerica.org/call-for-papers-2/
Topics
Each year, the Conference assembles a unique group of international transdisciplinary experts from a wide range of disciplines, such as anthropology, biology, cognitive science, communication, cybernetics, design, fine arts, law, literary criticism, linguistics, logic, marketing, media studies, mathematics, pedagogy, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, and technology. As always, we welcome theoretical, empirical, historical, and practice-based contributions from across these disciplines, with topics including:
• Artificial intelligence and generative media
• Visual and audiovisual culture
• Linguistic and discursive change
• Interfaces and infrastructures
• Ethical and political dimensions of contemporary semiosis
• Biosemiotic and ecosemiotic perspectives
• Interpretive communities (human and non-human)
• Historical and contemporary theories of semiotics
• Logic and reasoning as relational phenomena
The Conference aims to foster international dialogue on how semiotic theory can illuminate communicative life as it is currently lived and contested. We welcome proposals that engage with the Conference Theme as well as contributions that address fundamental questions in semiotics from diverse theoretical perspectives and research traditions.