The International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML) will be hosted outside of Europe for the first time since its inception in Glasgow in 1980. Universidad Externado de Colombia is the proud host of this opportunity to bring together expertise from more than two continents, to share experiences and research regarding minority/minoritized languages. The ample linguistic diversity of the American/Abya Yala continent provides challenges, but also great examples of intercultural dialogue and multilingual cohabitation. ICML will be a great opportunity for knowledges to be exchanged, academic and practitioner experiences shared, and dialogues fostered.

ICML is an academic conference that holds scientific rigour as a key component of international higher education discourse, yet it also embraces other forms of knowledge creation arising from intercultural dialogue. With those ideas in mind, the organising committee at Universidad Externado de Colombia welcomes academic paper presentations, pre-constituted panels, poster presentations and practitioner experience dialogues in this event.
While English and Spanish serve as the official languages for correspondence, plenary sessions, parallel presentation sessions, and discussions at the conference, we actively promote and celebrate linguistic diversity. We encourage participants to utilize and showcase other languages throughout the event, fostering a rich multilingual environment.

Call for papers and contributions

The XX International Conference on Minority Languages is pleased to open its call for papers and contributions addressing at least one of the five main topics of the conference to be delivered in one of the four modalities described below.
Each proposal for a paper or contribution must include one main presenter who would be the person with whom the organisation will keep contact. We strongly advise against groups of 3 or more presenting a single paper. In those cases, we recommend submitting it as a proposal for a pre-constituted panel.
Please make sure, when presenting your proposal, that you clearly highlight the main topic(s) your presentation hopes to address and include at least three keywords.

The main topics of the conference are:
1. Language Sustainability and Living Heritage
2. Language Legislation and Regulation
3. Language Education and Ethnoeducation
4. Media in Minority/Minoritized Languages
5. Language and Cosmogonies/Worldviews

During the conference, the presentations will be delivered in four different modalities:
Individual paper presentations: Original research, whether completed or being developed, is presented for 15 minutes. The presentation is grouped with two or three other individual presentations in a session. The organisation will try to group individual presentations by topic, to ensure there is space for dialogue and learning between the presentations. For this type of proposal, a title and a 500-word abstract should be provided.

Pre-constituted panels: A group of 3-4 papers under an encompassing topic are presented together, including a presentation panel leader. The session will be 1 hour and 15 minutes long, including questions. The time for each presentation within the panel should be allocated accordingly by the panel convener. For this type of proposal, a title for the panel and a 300-word abstract of the overarching topic should be provided, as well as the titles of the presentations within the panel and a 100-word abstract for each of them, including the presentation title.

Poster presentations: Posters will be hung in an open area for all conference participants to be able to see and read them during the conference and specific times will be allotted for posters to be presented. For the proposal, a title and a 300-word (max.) abstract, and a description of the size of the poster would be required. Posters should be a full (100cms x 70cms, or an A1 sheet) or half sheet (70cms x 50cms or an A2 sheet). We might consider multimedia poster presentations, but that would be studied on a case-by-case basis. Send us and email if you are thinking of presenting the poster in a different format.

Practitioner experience dialogues: For those who want to present their practitioner experience, we would like to receive a short 2-minute audio or video recording (whether through a WAV, MOV or MP4 file, or through a link to a video/audio platform) or a 300-word abstract (whichever is easier for you), describing the main aspects of the experience that would be presented. A session with up to three experiences lasting for 1 hour and 15 minutes will be arranged. This is encouraged for those who feel more comfortable with oral-only presentations and without the need of slides. Digital or audio reproduction could be made available.

All proposals, regardless of modality, should also indicate which of the main topics are being addressed (select up to two), include at least three keywords, provide a 100-word biographical summary of each of the participating presenters and include the language in which the presentation will be held.

Please feel free to submit your proposal using our online system or download the respective template and submit it via email to: icml2025/at/uexternado.edu.co

Deadline for submission of proposals in October 31, 2024 (23:59 GMT -5)

Notification of acceptance is expected to be provided by the end of January 2025.
Registration fee information will be provided in the coming months.

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https://www.uexternado.edu.co/congreso-de-lenguas-minoritarias/

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