Commemoration of Tom Sebeok on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birth

WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, NBU

Under the auspices of IASS/AIS

11-12 November 2010, NBU, Sofia, Bulgaria

Thursday 11 November 2010

hall 409, building one

„Sebeok and the Semiotic Web” session

14:40 Welcoming words by Kristian Bankov

14:50 Words by Bogdan Bogdanov

15:00 John Deely:

15:30 Maria Popova: Speaking and Writing about Thomas Sebeok - This is Way of Thinking

16:00 Kalevi Kull: Sebeok, Lotman, Uexküll, Sebeok

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 Borislav Gueorguiev:

17:20 Ivan Mladenov: We Got to Know His Method

17:40 Kristian Bankov: The importance of the internationalization of semiotics

 

18:00 Small reception at the Artes - the university restaurant

Friday  12 November 2010

hall 111, building two

„Sebeok and the Semiotic Theory” session

09:40 John Deely:

10:25 Kalevi Kull: Semiotics today: On the concept of sign system

11:00 Ivan Mladenov:

11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 Alexandros Lagopoulos:

12:30 - 13:30 Round table on Sebeok's semiotic theory, chaired by Kristian Bankov

13:30 Lunch

New Bulgarian University Human Resources Development Center Finnish Network University of Semiotics International Semiotics Institute International Association for Semiotic Studies