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.
The Institute of General Semantics Elects New Officers
At its board meeting on December 17, 2011, the Institute of General Semantics elected new officers for its board of trustees.
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.
New Booklet – “A Continuing Education Guide to Teaching General Semantics” by Martin H. Levinson
Martin H. Levinson, Ph.D., has recently created A Continuing Education Guide to Teaching General Semantics, a new booklet available for free download through the IGS Store.
ETC 68:4 (October 2011) Is Now Available for Download from the IGS Store
Volume 68, Number 4 (October 2011), 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.
Program for the 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and 2-Day General Semantics Symposium
The Institute of General Semantics has made available the program for the 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and 2-day general semantics symposium titled “Communication in the 21st Century.” The symposium takes place in New York City from October 28-30, 2011.
New Book – “In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S. I. Hayakawa” by Gerald & Janice Haslam
Authors Gerald & Janice Haslam have recently published In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S. I. Hayakawa, a new book available through the IGS Store.