International Association for Semiotic Studies — L’ Association Internationale de Sémiotique (IASS-AIS)

The International Association for Semiotic Studies — L’ Association Internationale de Sémiotique (IASS-AIS) was founded in 1969 and is the world’s leading organization in semiotics.

The IASS-AIS has both individual and collective members (international and multinational associations dealing with the semiotics of particular topics, national semiotics associations, regional groups, research centers, etc.). Counted among its founding members are scholars such as Algirdas Julien Greimas, Roman Jakobson, Julia Kristeva, Emile Benveniste, Thomas A. Sebeok, and Jurij M. Lotman.

[T]he IASS-AIS has the following goals:

- Promoting the integrity of semiotics as scientific research

- Strengthening and broadening international ties within the field of semiotics

- Reinforcing collaborations with similar associations

- Organising conferences and workshops both at the national and international level

- Publishing an international journal, Semiotica

The IASS-AIS comprises nearly 500 members representing all continents. Combined with the members of affiliated multinational, national, regional associations, research groups and circles, the Association represents more than thousand of semioticians who are organized all over the world.