RE-THINKING EDITED BY LAURA GHERLONE, REMO GRAMIGNA, MASSIMO LEONE Anyone wishing to explore the universe of contemporary semiotics will necessarily have to reckon with the founding father of the Tartu and Moscow school of semiotics, Juri M. Lotman (1922-1993). A spe- cialist in modern Russian literature, comparatist and philologist, impeccable archival researcher, bril- liant speaker and prolifc writer, Lotman laid the foundations of contemporary semiotics, inaugura- ting the strand of research focused on the typological study of cultures, the semiotics of culture. Lot- man’s original contributions are also appreciable outside the boundaries of semiotics itself, testifying to the multifaceted nature of his thought. On the occasion of the centenary of Juri Lotman’s birth, Lexia dedicates a special issue to this internationally renowned scholar. Te legacy of Juri Lotman in the 21 st century and the theoretical challenge it represents for the future generations of semioticians constitu- te the main subject of this volume. re-thinking juri lotman in the twenty-frst century LEXIA 39-40 Contributions by Marianna Boero, Federico Camizzi, Rafaele De Luca Picione, Jacques Fontanille, Giusy Gallo, Laura Gherlone, Remo Gramigna, Cristina Greco, Kalevi Kull, Tatjana Kuzovkina, Mir- ko Lampis, Vanessa Leal Nunes Vieira, Massimo Leone, Sebastián Moreno Barreneche, Valentina Pi- santy, Anand Raja, Pietro Restaneo, Merit Rickberg, Franciscu Sedda, Stefano Traini, Luca Vannucci, Ekaterina Velmezova, Auli Viidalepp, Ekaterina Volkova Américo, Suren Zolyan. RE-THINKING JURI LOTMAN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY laura gherlone, remo gramigna, massimo leone Edited by ISBN 979-12-218-0426-3 25,00 euro | LEXIA Rivista di semiotica Journal of Semiotics 39–40 Cover © Tallinn University