The Research Center for Semiotics organises an annual lecture series (semiotic colloquium) on the following topics : 

• 1975/76: Semiotics and information theory
• 1976/77: Semiotics and systems theory
• 1977/78: Semiotics and behavior theory
• 1978/79: Classics of semiotics
• 1979/80: Semiotics and perception theory 
• 1980/81: Principles of code change 
• 1981/82: Sign theory and behavioral biology
• 1982/83: Regulation, norm and violation of norm 
• 1983/84: Sign and fiction
• 1984/85: Sign economy in language and linguistics
• 1985/86: Communications models and their formalization
• 1986/87: Language and writing 
• 1987/88: Language and culture 
• 1988/89: Language, gesture and mimic
• 1989/90: Cultural memory 
• 1990/91: Quotes and quoting 
• 1991/92: Post structuralist semiotics 
• 1992/93: Semiotics of self-presentation
• 1993/94: Collective self-portrayal
• 1994/95: Difference and conflict - the incompatibility of discourses
• 1995/96: Body movements: their meaning and notation
• 1996/97: Myth and theatrality
• 1997/98: Semiotics of institutions
• 2002:      Synesthesia as a semiotic process