Semiotic Society of America


The Semiotic Society of America is the major and leading semiotics organization in North America, serving scholars from many disciplines with common interests in semiotics, the study of signs and sign systems. It was founded in 1975. Its official journal is The American Journal of Semiotics. The Society also publishes the proceedings of its annual conferences. Memberships in the society and publication of the journal are managed by the Philosophy Documentation Center.
As its symbol, the Society uses caduceus, the staff of a messenger bearing a message, as a sign of a sign.
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Publications of the Semiotic Society of America

The American Journal of Semiotics, 1981–presentSemiotics: The Proceedings of the Semiotic Society of America, 1980–presentSemiotic Scene: Bulletin of the Semiotic Society of America, 1977-1981Bulletin of Literary Semiotics, 1975-1977

Presidents

According to the society's official website, the Presidents of the Society have included:

Honorary members

The "Sebeok fellow" award is the highest honor given by the Semiotic Society of America. The Sebeok fellows are David Savan, John Deely, Paul Bouissac, Jesper Hoffmeyer, Kalevi Kull, Floyd Merrell, Susan Petrilli, Irmengard Rauch, Paul Cobley, Vincent Colapietro, Nathan Houser, Marcel Danesi.