ETC 69:2 (April 2012) Is Now Available for Download from the IGS Store
Volume 69, Number 2 (April 2012), of the Institute of General Semantics’s quarterly journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics will be out soon in the mail and is now available for download from the IGS Store in searchable PDF format.
New Book – “Think Smart, Talk Smart” by Allan Laurence Brooks
Trained engineer and communications expert Allan Laurence Brooks has recently published Think Smart, Talk Smart: How Scientists Think: A Guide to Effective Communication, a new book available in the IGS Store.
June 7-10, 2012 – IGS at the of the Media Ecology Association Convention
At the 13th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, the Institute of General Semantics is sponsoring a panel presentation on the importance of general semantics to more effective human communication.
IGS Board Elects Two New Trustees: Edward E. Tywoniak and Kristene A. Doyle
Today, the Board of Trustees of the Institute of General Semantics elected two new trustees: Edward E. Tywoniak and Kristene A. Doyle.
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ETC 69:1 (January 2012) Is Now Available for Download from the IGS Store
Volume 69, Number 1 (January 2012), of the Institute of General Semantics’s quarterly journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics will be out soon in the mail and is now available for download from the IGS Store in searchable PDF format.
August 31, 2012 (Deadline) – Submission Deadline for the 2012 S.I. Hayakawa Book Prize
Competition for the Hayakawa Book Prize is open to any book published in the past five years on topics and themes of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics, including time-binding, abstraction, language, symbols, meaning, communication, media, perception, consciousness, epistemology, scientific method, etc.
September 1, 2012 (Deadline) – Call for Papers for “Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas” Symposium
Call for Papers
“Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas”
A 2-Day Symposium Sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
October 26-28, 2012
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2012
October 26, 2012 – The 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture in New York, NY
Shawn Lawrence Otto
The 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture will be hosted at the Princeton Club in New York City on Friday, October 26th, 2011.
The 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturer will be Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of the book Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault of Science on America. More about Shawn Lawrence Otto can be found at http://www.shawnotto.com.
November 15-18, 2012 – IGS at the National Communication Association Convention
At the 98th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, the Institute of General Semantics will have students and an exhibitor’s table where our latest books will be sold and distributed.
Roundup of the 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture & Symposium
At the Princeton Club in New York City from October 28-30, 2011, a number of attendees listened to over 20 presenters at the general semantics symposium titled Communication in the 21st Century. Below is a roundup of the event.