2020年11月13—15日，第四届符号学与视觉传播国际学术研讨会（4th International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication）将在塞浦路斯理工大学（Cyprus University of Technology）举行。

本届会议的主题为“今日之迷思”（Myths Today）。

罗兰·巴特于1950年代后期提出的“迷思”概念提供了一个理论框架，我们可以用之来理解日常习惯和消费行为是如何作为一种符号被社会建构的，以及如何通过言语行为被理想化的。迷思既是表达，也是图像、字体、电影、摄影、体育、产品、线上网络、赛博空间、政治、电视节目、声音、时尚，等等。所有这些形式都可以成为迷思话语的载体。基于此，本届会议将关注迷思这个概念的持续的重要性，以及当今社会的迷思问题，尤其是在全球网络、视觉传播和大众传播的背景下。

摘要提交截止日期：2020年4月1日

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIOTICS AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION 13—15 NOVEMBER 2020

The 4th International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication is organised under the theme ‘Myths Today’. The event will take place from the 13th to the 15th of November 2020 at the premises of Cyprus University of Technology in Lemesos. It is organized by the Cyprus Semiotics Circle together with the Semiotics and Visual Communication Research Lab and the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of Cyprus University of Technology. The conference aims to investigate the broad subject fields of Semiotics and Visual Communication in a widest context, celebrating the exploration of connections, tensions, contradictions and complementarity between the diversity of research outputs under the subject of ‘Myths Today’. (The photos used for the branding of the current conference are courtesy of Flavia Da Rin)

The conference is organised under the auspices of International Association for Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS) and the Hellenic Semiotics Society (HSS).