International Congress of Americanists
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The International Congress of Americanists (ICA) is an international academic conference
for research
in multidisciplinary studies of the American Continent
. Established August 25, 1875 in Nancy, France, the scholars' forum has met regularly since its inception, presently in three year increments. Its meeting location alternates between Europe
and the Americas. Congress members come from a variety of disciplines, including, anthropology, archaeology, art, education, economy, geography, history, human rights, law, philosophy, linguistics, sociology, and urban studies.
A wide variety of subjects have been presented at the various conferences. Father Émile Petitot
spoke at the 1875 Congress on the matter of the Asiatic origin of Inuit
and North American Indians. Precipitated by a comment from Franz Boas
, a "lively controversy" occurred at the 1902 conference in New York City
over the coined word "Amerind
". At the 1910 session in Mexico City
, Marcos E. Becerra
presented a paper on Hernán Cortés's
1524–25 expedition to Las Hibueras. The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
, a co-operative of academic anthropologist researchers and human rights activists, was first proposed at the Munich
/Stuttgart
conference in August 1968. The 1982 congress in Manchester
included the largest conference ever convened on the Amazon basin
. At the 1988 congress in Amsterdam
, researchers organized a symposium agreeing to create a European network for the interchange of information about Latin America
produced in Europe which was the precursor for REDIAL
.
The president of the 53rd Congress was the Mexican
anthropologist, Elio Masferrer Kan. The event took place July 19–24, 2009, in Mexico City. The 54th Congress will take place July 15–20, 2012 in Vienna
(Austria
), and is organized by the University of Vienna
, the Austrian Latin America Institute
and the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna.
2. 1877, Luxembourg
3. 1879, Brussels
4. 1881, Madrid
5. 1883, Copenhagen
6. 1886, Turin
7. 1888, Berlin
8. 1890, Paris
9. 1892, Huelva
10. 1894, Stockholm
11. 1895, Mexico City
12. 1900, Paris
13. 1902, New York
14. 1904, Stuttgart
15. 1906, Quebec
16. 1908, Vienna
17. 1910, Buenos Aires (Part 1);
Mexico City (Part 2)
18. 1912, London
19. 1915, Washington
20. 1922, Rio de Janeiro
21. 1924, The Hague (Part 1);
Göteborg (Part 2)
22. 1926, Rome
23. 1928, New York
24. 1930, Hamburg
25. 1932, La Plata
26. 1935, Seville
27. 1939, Mexico City (Part 1);
Lima (Part 2)
28. 1947, Paris
29. 1949, New York
30. 1952, Cambridge
31. 1954, São Paulo
32. 1956, Copenhagen
33. 1958, San Jose de Costa Rica
34. 1960, Vienna
35. 1962, Mexico City
36. 1964, Madrid–Barcelona–Seville
37. 1966, Mar del Plata
38. 1968, Stuttgart–Munich
39. 1970, Lima
40. 1972, Rome–Geneve
41. 1974, Mexico City
42. 1976, Paris
43. 1979, Vancouver
44. 1982, Manchester
45. 1985, Bogota
46. 1988, Amsterdam
47. 1991, New Orleans
48. 1994, Stockholm–Göteborg
49. 1997, Quito
50. 2000, Warsaw
51. 2003, Santiago de Chile
52. 2006, Seville
53. 2009, Mexico City
54. 2012, Vienna
Academic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...
for research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
in multidisciplinary studies of the American Continent
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
. Established August 25, 1875 in Nancy, France, the scholars' forum has met regularly since its inception, presently in three year increments. Its meeting location alternates between Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Americas. Congress members come from a variety of disciplines, including, anthropology, archaeology, art, education, economy, geography, history, human rights, law, philosophy, linguistics, sociology, and urban studies.
A wide variety of subjects have been presented at the various conferences. Father Émile Petitot
Émile Petitot
Father Émile-Fortuné Petitot Father Émile-Fortuné Petitot (also known as Émile-Fortuné-Stanislas-Joseph Petitot) Father Émile-Fortuné Petitot (also known as Émile-Fortuné-Stanislas-Joseph Petitot) (Inuk name, Mitchi Pitchitork Tchikraynarm iyoyé, meaning "Mr...
spoke at the 1875 Congress on the matter of the Asiatic origin of Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
and North American Indians. Precipitated by a comment from Franz Boas
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology" and "the Father of Modern Anthropology." Like many such pioneers, he trained in other disciplines; he received his doctorate in physics, and did...
, a "lively controversy" occurred at the 1902 conference in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
over the coined word "Amerind
Amerind (people)
Amerind is a portmanteau of "American Indian" . It refers collectively to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who lived in the Western Hemisphere before European arrival to the continent. The word was coined by the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C....
". At the 1910 session in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Marcos E. Becerra
Marcos E. Becerra
Marcos E. Becerra was a prolific Mexican writer, poet, and politician. He produced pioneering historical, linguistic, philological, and ethnographic studies relating to his country's pre-Columbian and early colonial past. He held important posts in the Mexican Federal Government as well as in the...
presented a paper on Hernán Cortés's
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
1524–25 expedition to Las Hibueras. The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs is an independent and non-profit international human rights-based membership organization, whose central charter is to endorse and promote the collective rights of the world's indigenous peoples...
, a co-operative of academic anthropologist researchers and human rights activists, was first proposed at the Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
/Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
conference in August 1968. The 1982 congress in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
included the largest conference ever convened on the Amazon basin
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
. At the 1988 congress in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, researchers organized a symposium agreeing to create a European network for the interchange of information about Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
produced in Europe which was the precursor for REDIAL
REDIAL
REDIAL , the European Network of Information and Documentation on Latin America is an association formed by 43 libraries and documentation centres in 12 European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland...
.
The president of the 53rd Congress was the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
anthropologist, Elio Masferrer Kan. The event took place July 19–24, 2009, in Mexico City. The 54th Congress will take place July 15–20, 2012 in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
(Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
), and is organized by the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
, the Austrian Latin America Institute
Austrian Latin America Institute
The Austrian Latin America Institute is an interdisciplinary orientated organisation, aiming at intensifying dialogue and exchange between Austria and Latin America. It was founded as an association in 1965 and receives subsidies for its work in development politics as well as scientific and...
and the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna.
Dates and locations
1. 1875, Nancy2. 1877, Luxembourg
3. 1879, Brussels
4. 1881, Madrid
5. 1883, Copenhagen
6. 1886, Turin
7. 1888, Berlin
8. 1890, Paris
9. 1892, Huelva
10. 1894, Stockholm
11. 1895, Mexico City
12. 1900, Paris
13. 1902, New York
14. 1904, Stuttgart
15. 1906, Quebec
16. 1908, Vienna
17. 1910, Buenos Aires (Part 1);
Mexico City (Part 2)
18. 1912, London
19. 1915, Washington
20. 1922, Rio de Janeiro
21. 1924, The Hague (Part 1);
Göteborg (Part 2)
22. 1926, Rome
23. 1928, New York
24. 1930, Hamburg
25. 1932, La Plata
26. 1935, Seville
27. 1939, Mexico City (Part 1);
Lima (Part 2)
28. 1947, Paris
29. 1949, New York
30. 1952, Cambridge
31. 1954, São Paulo
32. 1956, Copenhagen
33. 1958, San Jose de Costa Rica
34. 1960, Vienna
35. 1962, Mexico City
36. 1964, Madrid–Barcelona–Seville
37. 1966, Mar del Plata
38. 1968, Stuttgart–Munich
39. 1970, Lima
40. 1972, Rome–Geneve
41. 1974, Mexico City
42. 1976, Paris
43. 1979, Vancouver
44. 1982, Manchester
45. 1985, Bogota
46. 1988, Amsterdam
47. 1991, New Orleans
48. 1994, Stockholm–Göteborg
49. 1997, Quito
50. 2000, Warsaw
51. 2003, Santiago de Chile
52. 2006, Seville
53. 2009, Mexico City
54. 2012, Vienna