The first international interdisciplinary conference on "Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation, Transposition: Saying Almost the Same Thing?” will be held at the University of Cyprus, on November 10-12, 2017.

The conference aims at bringing together scholars from three different disciplines (Translation Studies, Semiotics, and Adaptation Studies), all of which look into intersemiotic crossovers. Join us in Cyprus to investigate common ground and divergence, as well aspotential theoretical osmosis across disciplinary boundaries. We welcome abstracts on textual transfer across semiotic systems, including ballet, opera, film and theater, comics, graphic novels and manga, photography and painting, video-games, website localization, hypertexts and multimodal texts, to name but a few.

Theoretical questions discussed might include, although will not necessarily be limited to:
Intersemiotic translation and its social dimension
Intersemiosis and culture
Transmutation and ethics
(Non-) equivalence, information loss and gain
Translation as adaptation
Nomenclature and definitions: transmutation, transcreation, transposition, transduction

Papers that address key theoretical issues from an interdisciplinary approach will be particularly welcome.
Panel proposals will also be considered; however, the individual submissions will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee.

Submissions should include: an abstract of the proposed paper of up to 300-words, along with the author’s name, communication information, and short bio-bibliographical note. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the indication “Intersemiosis Conference Proposal” typed on the subject line.

One of the aims of this conference is to produce a publication that reflects on the potential for future collaborations among the three disciplines.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 20, 2017
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2017
Deadline for registration: September 15, 2017

For all further details, please visit http://www.intersemiosis-cy.com/index.php/en/