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New website!

We have updated our website! We expect this website to be faster and easier to access. Please make sure to give it a visit and in case you find any issues, please do let us know by writing to webmaster at biosemiotics.org!

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Registration to Gatherings 2025 open

Please fill in the form here to register for the 2025 Gatherings in Biosemiotics.

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The 25th Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics (GIBS)

In Rotterdam, The Netherlands 25-29 August, 2025 The Gatherings in Biosemiotics is the annual meeting of world scholars studying sign processes in living systems. Since 2001, these meetings have taken place, and they also serve as the annual meeting of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS).

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CFP for session on Biosemiotics at ISHPSSB 2025

David Suárez Pascal shares the following: The 2025 Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), will take place on July 20–25, 2025 in Porto, Portugal; and I am organizing a session titled “Is life signs? Historical, philosophical, and sociological approaches to biosemiotics” for this meeting with the following description:

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Biosemiotics Achievement Award 2023

The selection panel of the Biosemiotics Achievement Award 2023 has decided on the meeting on 29 May 2024, after careful evaluation of the research papers published in Biosemiotics in 2023, to give the award to

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Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2024

Dear all, The website for the Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2024, to take place in Bloemfontein, South Africa, is live on Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2024 (ufs.ac.za)

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Biosemiotics Achievement Award 2022

The winner of the Biosemiotic Achievement Award 2022 is: Sigmund Onstad for his article “Simple Utterances but Complex Understanding? Meta-studying the Fuzzy Mismatch between Animal Semantic Capacities in Varied Contexts“.

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[lifehub] “Natural Languages and Communication in Biology” 29th June Barcelona

The objective of the conference is to provide an introduction to a new field for most biologists. We intend to convey the meaning of the terms, concepts and basic contents of the philosophy of language and the theory of pragmatic communication applied to biology.

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Deadline for abstract submission for Gatherings 2023 extended

The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2023 has been extended until March 31. Remember to submit your abstract here. For more information on the conference, check the site of the Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2023.

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CFP Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2023

The Gatherings in Biosemiotics is the annual meeting for the study of sign processes in life processes. Researchers interested in the intersection of meaning-making and biology are the backbone of our interdisciplinary undertaking, and we welcome thoughtful submissions from scholars in any discipline relevant to a deeper understanding of the role of signs in life.

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Evolang 2024

Evolang XV will take place in Madison, WI, USA, in 2024. As one of the major linguistics conferences worldwide, Evolang presents an interesting opportunity for biosemioticians interested in crosstalk regarding language, semiosis and biology. Please check their website for more information.

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5th Conference of the International Association of Cognitive Semiotics

The 5th Conference of the IACS will take place in Lund, Sweden, in 2024. Though the details are still TBA, we recommend checking their website for more information on the CFP and the conference dates.

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Call for papers: Vladimir Nabokov : écrire la nature / writing nature – Владимир Набоков: описывая природу

The University of Lausanne, the Société Française Vladimir Nabokov and the Jan Michalski Foundation have come together for the organization of the sixth international conference of the Société Française Vladimir Nabokov. This conference will explore the rich relations between Nabokov’s writing and the natural world.

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Deadline Extended for Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2022

The call for papers for this year’s Gatherings in Biosemiotics has been extended until March 25. Please remember to submit your abstract at Call for papers 2022 – Biosemiotics@UPOL.

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Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2022

We are happy to announce the Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2022 will take place in the Czech Republic, hosted by Palacký University in Olomouc.

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