Laboratory of Semiotics (SemioLab)
Location of the Laboratory
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Faculty of Philosophy, New Building, ground floor.
Contact
Telephone number: (+30) 2310 997518
Εmail: semiolab@auth.gr
Director
Dr. Anastassia-Chariklia Christodoulou, Associate Professor of Semiotics
School of Italian Language and Literature
Email: nata@itl.auth.gr
Personal web page: nata.webpages.auth.gr
Assistant Director
Dr. Evangelos Kourdis, Associate Professor of Semiotics of Translation
School of French Language and Literature
Email: ekourdis@frl.auth.gr
Personal web page: https://auth.academia.edu/EvangelosKourdis
Mission-Activities
The mission of the Laboratory of Semiotics (SemioLab) is to:
- Support the teaching and research needs, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, of the Departments of the Faculty of Philosophy that participate as partners, as well as the needs of other Faculties, on issues pertaining to the disciplines of the laboratory.
- Train expert scientists to a high theoretical and practical level on the topics that are relevant to the SemioLab.
- Collaborate in any possible way with research centers, academic institutions, domestic and international institutions that share common goals, as well as with centers providing services in the fields of culture, education, visual communication and advertising.
- Organize scientific lectures, research days, seminars, symposia, conferences, courses, and other scientific events, publish research and invite scholars and practitioners of international calibre.
- Provide services in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree 159/1984 (issue A’ no. 53).
- Provide legal opinion on various issues (e.g. legal cases, court consultants) related to the disciplines of the laboratory, in accordance with legislation.
- Collect, analyze, store and disseminate data.
Research
The Laboratory of Semiotic Research (SemioLab) provides educational, research and training assistance to basic and applied research in the discipline of Semiotics, particularly:
- Semiotics of text and image.
- Semiotics of cultural and social issues and practices (literature, translation, cinema, advertising, space, everyday activities).
- Educational semiotics (edusemiotics), educational legislation, school textbooks.
Founding members
- Anastasia Christodoulou, School of Italian Language and Literature, nata@itl.auth.gr
- Evangelos Kourdis, School of French Language and Literature, ekourdis@frl.auth.gr
- Nikos Kontos, School of English Language and Literature, ngkontos@enl.auth.gr
- Michalis Kokonis, School of English Language and Literature, kokonis@enl.auth.gr
- Aikaterini Zachou, School of German Language and Literature, zachu@del.auth.gr
- Dimitrios Koutsogiannis, School of Philology, dkoutsog@lit.auth.gr
- Eleni Boutouloussi, School of German Language and Literature, butulusi@del.auth.gr
- Anthi Wiedenmayer, School of German Language and Literature, antwie@del.auth.gr
- Titika Dimitroulia, School of French Language and Literature, titikad@gmail.com
- Konstantina Evangelou, School of Italian Language and Literature, kevangel@itl.auth.gr
- Eleni Hodolidou, School of Philosophy and Education, hodol@edlit.auth.gr
- Maria-Alexandra Bakalaki, School of History and Archeology, abak@hist.auth.gr
Fellows
Dr. Alexandros-Phaidon Lagopoulos, Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning
School of Architecture and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens
Email: phaidon@arch.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://alexandroslagopoulos.academia.edu/
Dr. Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou, Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Theory of Literature and Methodology of Text Analysis
School of English Language and Literature
Email: boklund@enl.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://www.enl.auth.gr/staff/boklund.htm
Dr. Michalis Kokkonis, Professor of Contemporary American Literature and Cultural Studies
School of English Language and Literature
Email: kokonis@enl.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://www.enl.auth.gr/instructor_en.asp?Id=28
Dr. Lia Yoka, Associate Professor of the History and Theory of Art and Culture
School of Architecture
Email: liayoka@arch.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://auth.academia.edu/liayoka
Dr. Loukia Kostopoulou, Laboratory Teaching Fellow in Subtitling-Audiovisual Translation
School of French Language and Literature
Email: lkostop@frl.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://auth.academia.edu/LoukiaKostopoulou
Dr. George Damaskinidis, Researcher on Multimodal Semiotics and Translation
Email: damaskinidis@hotmail.com
Personal web page: http://auth.academia.edu/GeorgeDamaskinidis
Panayotis Xouplidis, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature
School of Italian Language and Literature
Email: xouplidis@itl.auth.gr
Personal web page: http://aristoteleio.academia.edu/PanagiotisXouplidis
Rev. George Vasilakis, PhD Candidate in Semiotics and Bible
School of Pastoral and Social Theology
Email: vaskongeo@past.auth.gr, georges.vasilakis@theologie.ucly.fr
Personal web page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ver-rev-fr-george-vasilakis-468209a1/
Greek Collaborating Research Units
Laboratory of Cultural and Visual Studies, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Director: Dr. Gregory Paschalidis, Professor of Cultural Studies
Web page: http://www.jour.auth.gr/?page_id=5733
Laboratory of Language and Culture, School of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly
Director: Dr. Maria Papadopoulou , Professor of Language and Literacies
Web page: http://languageculturelab.ece.uth.gr/
Laboratory of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Director: Dr. Titika Dimitroulia, Associate Professor of Theory and Practice of Translation
Web page: http://digitalhumanitieslab.eu/en/
International Collaborating Research Units
The Semiotics and Visual Communication Lab (SVC Lab), School of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Director: Evripides Zantides, Associate Professor of Graphic Communication
Web page: http://svclab.com/
The South-East European Center for Semiotics Studies, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Director: Dr. Kristian Bankov, Professor of Semiotics
CADIR – Centre pour l’Analyse du Discours Religieux, Université Catholique de Lyon
Director: Dr. Anne Pénicaud, Teaching Staff Member
Useful links
Hellenic Semiotic Society: http://hellenic-semiotics.gr/?lang=en
Punctum-International Journal of Semiotics: http://punctum.gr/