International Association for Semiotic Studies (Association Internationale de Sémiotique, IASS-AIS) is the major world organisation of semioticians, established in 1969. Founding members of the association include Algirdas Julien Greimas, Roman Jakobson, Julia Kristeva, Emile Benveniste, André Martinet, Roland Barthes, Umberto Eco, Thomas A. Sebeok, and Juri Lotman. The official journal of the association is Semiotica, published by De Gruyter Mouton. The working languages of the association are English and French. The Executive Committee of the IASS (le Comité Directeur de l’AIS) consists of the representatives from semiotic societies of member countries (two from each).

World congresses in semiotics

The association is regularly organising the world congresses in semiotics:

Presidents

The list of the presidents of the association include The former presidents are also honorary presidents. In addition, there are two elected honorary presidents: Umberto Eco and Gloria Withalm.