1. The Semiotic Society of America http://www.uwf.edu/tprewitt/SSA.htm, in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati, invites the
submission of abstracts, including proposals
for organized panels (either three or four papers), for presentation at its 34th
Annual Meeting, to be held Thursday 15 October through Sunday 18 October
2009 at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, 151 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45202, USA.
2. Hotel reservations at $119 USD per night (single) can be
made for the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati by calling 1+800-233-1234 (the direct
line to reservations) or by calling the hotel’s general
line (513-579-1234) and asking for the specific dates you want under the
Semiotic Society of America block, which block begins, for those wishing to
arrive the day before the
Conference begins with the evening of Wednesday 14 October 2009. For a direct link for electronic reservations go to
www.cincinnati.hyatt.com and
type in, under Find Rooms and Rates, your
pertinent information as well as, in the textbox labeled Group/Corporate #, the conference group code: G-JSEM. The cut-off date is 1 October 2009 for the SSA room rate,
or sale of the reserved block, whichever comes first — so early reservation
is advised. KEY: To help you with planning your arrival and departure times,
please note: the Conference will open
with a Plenary Address at 2 pm on Thursday 15 October 2009, to be followed by
4-paper parallel sessions beginning at 3:45 pm; the Conference will close on
Sunday 18 October 2009 at 11:30 am following a morning Plenary Roundtable and
3-paper parallel sessions.
3. The non-restrictive
theme of the meeting is “The
Semiotics of Time.” Papers on any
aspect of the theme, and either of a theoretical or of an applied nature, are
welcome. However, an explicit tie-in to the theme is NOT required.
4. Proposals should be made in the form of abstracts
of approximately 150 words for evaluation by the Program Committee. Email address & full information concerning institutional affiliation and
academic status (the latter is primarily for determining eligibility for
awards), as applicable, should accompany the abstract submissions. Abstracts, together with index key-words and
AV requirements (only if necessary: try to avoid) for individual
papers or panels, should be submitted directly to Professor W. John Coletta (jcoletta@uwsp.edu). The abstracts
are not to have special fonts or graphics and are to be in the
body of the email. Professor Coletta will circulate the submissions to the Program Committee
members and communicate acceptance/rejection decisions. His office phone is 715-346-4749. Student submissions will be eligible for the Kevelson
Award for “best student paper presented at the SSA Annual Meeting.”
5. The Meeting Program has space for 104
papers in total. Submissions will be considered on a “first-come, first-served
basis” until the cut-off date for hotel registration, 1 October 2009, or until
the program space is filled, whichever comes first. However, proposals received by 15 May 2009 will be given preference on the final program; early submission of proposals, both for
individual papers and for panels — the earlier the better — is recommended, and is the only sure way to be relatively guaranteed of space on
the program. Panel abstracts are to be submitted along with the individual abstracts
for the papers (three or four) to be presented on the panel. Each speaker will have 30
minutes. Recommended use of the time is
20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
6. To be eligible for publication in the Semiotics 2009 Proceedings Volume, presented papers must be submitted to Karen Haworth,
University of West Florida (khaworth@uwf.edu), in final form conformed to the SSA Style Sheet in WordPerfect, Word, or RTF format no later than twelve days
after the close of the meeting: in the final paper, use program defaults so far
as possible —no special fonts, margins, or formats. 31 October 2009 is the SSA Proceedings submission deadline. Questions concerning the 2009 Proceedings may be directed to
either Karen Haworth or Terry Prewitt.
7.
Please note that in accord with Article 4, Section 4, of the SSA Constitution, “Only Individual, Student, and Honorary members in good standing
may offer papers to the Program Committee for oral presentation at meetings of
the Society”. Membership can be updated or established by contacting Ms Pam Swope at
1+800–444–2419, or on-line at http://www.pdcnet.org/member-ssa.html. Membership in good
standing should be taken care of at or before the time of abstract
submission. Only invited speakers are
exempted from this constitutional requirement.
In addition to your required
membership, your acceptance on the program is not complete until you register
for the conference. The registration fee is set at $150 USD for regular members, $75 USD for students. Luncheon and
Banquet fees for the Friday and Saturday Plenary Papers will be an additional
$70 USD, which will
cover all four meals (the Society is subventing 50%
of the actual meal cost). Registration
for the 2009 Annual Meeting, as well as
membership, is through http://www.pdcnet.org/2008-ssa-conference.html.