Lecture series

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The Research Center for Semiotics organises an annual lecture series (semiotic colloquium) on the following topics: 

• 1975/76: Semiotics and information theory

• 1976/77: Semiotics and systems theory

• 1977/78: Semiotics and behavior theory

• 1978/79: Classics of semiotics

• 1979/80: Semiotics and perception theory

• 1980/81: Principles of code change

• 1981/82: Sign theory and behavioral biology

• 1982/83: Regulation, norm and violation of norm

• 1983/84: Sign and fiction

• 1984/85: Sign economy in language and linguistics

• 1985/86: Communications models and their formalization

• 1986/87: Language and writing
  

• 1987/88: Language and culture

• 1988/89: Language, gesture and mimic

• 1989/90: Cultural memory

• 1990/91: Quotes and quoting

• 1991/92: Post structuralist semiotics

• 1992/93: Semiotics of self-presentation

• 1993/94: Collective self-portrayal

• 1994/95: Difference and conflict - the incompatibility of discourses

• 1995/96: Body movements: their meaning and notation

• 1996/97: Myth and theatrality

• 1997/98: Semiotics of institutions

• 2002: Synesthesia as a semiotic process

• 2002/03: Travel download

• 2006: Time Signs download

• 2006/07: Meaning in Gesture, Image and Text

• 2008: Theory of Discourse download

• 2008/09: Color Signs download

• 2009/10: Olfactory: Perception, Interpretation and Function of Odors download