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title: "Congress 2025"
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## Congress 2025

#### _20ᵀᴴ International Conference on Minority Languages_

The International Congress on Minority Languages (ICML XX – 2025) marks a significant milestone as it will be held outside Europe for the first time. This event, traditionally focused on European minority languages, will broaden its scope to include a more diverse spectrum of languages, encompassing indigenous, Creole, and diaspora languages. The 2025 edition aims to create an enriching space for the discussion and exchange of research, practices, and experiences surrounding languages that often do not receive the same attention in European contexts.

In addition to transnational and stateless national languages, the congress will also address topics related to sign languages, thereby promoting a more global and multifaceted understanding of linguistic diversity.

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To pay go here

](https://serviciosdigitales.uexternado.edu.co/uexternado.edu.co~app~fica_web/zpagos/webapp/index.html)

**Make your registration:**

[See instructions](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Instructivo-Versio%CC%81n-Ingle%CC%81s-PW-1.pdf)

#### ICML International Committee

**Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed** _(Chair ICML XX)_ Research Fellow, Prifysgol Caerdydd/Cardiff University/Universidad de Cardiff y Docente Investigador, Universidad Externado de Colombia.

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**Maite Mariño** _(Vice-Chair ICML XX)_ Directora Centro de Idiomas y Cultura, Universidad Externado de Colombia.

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**Durk Gorter** Professor, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science (retired).

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**Cor van der Meer** _(ICML XVII)_ Fryske Akademy.

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**Edorta Arana** _(ICML XX)_ Profesor, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU).

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**Josu Amezaga** _(ICML XX)_ Profesor Pleno, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU).

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**Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones** _(ICML XIX)_ Professor, Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales/Universidad de Gales.

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**Catrin Llwydd** _(ICML XIX)_ Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales/Universidad de Gales.

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**Craig Willis** Researcher ECMI.

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**Marc Röggla** _(ICML XXI)_ Head, Center for Autonomy Experience, Eurac Research.

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**Jakob Volgger** _(ICML XXI)_ Junior Researcher, Center for Autonomy Experience, Eurac Research.

#### Call for Papers

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:**_

1**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.

2**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.

3**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.

4**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 the [online form](https://forms.office.com/r/SCtmZeeW0z) or [download](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ICML-XX-CfP_English-and-Spanish-Ext-v15-11.pdf) the text of the Call for Papers which includes all the templates. **_Select and fill in the respective one and send it via email to: [ICML2025@uexternado.edu.co](mailto:ICML2025@uexternado.edu.co)_**

**Deadline extension**  

The new deadline for proposals to the call is 15 November.

November 30 Extended deadline for proposals

_Notification of acceptance is expected to be provided by the end of January 2025._

_Registration fee information will be provided in the coming months._

#### Keynote Speakers

#### Diana Jembuel

Diana is an indigenous woman of the Misak people (Silvia, Cauca, Colombia), whose mother tongue is Namtrik. She is a journalist and communicator with a master’s degree in political communication granted by Universidad Externado de Colombia. She has extensive experience and leadership in processes of Indigenous, Territorial and Community Communication with a differential approach for ethnic and gender issues. In 2012 and 2023 she worked as Ancestral Authority in the Chieftaincy of Guambia in the roles of zone secretary and general secretary respectively. She has been bestowed with the Best Indigenous Journalist of Colombia award and is a recognised figure in the struggle to preserve communication in indigenous communities via oral transmission. She was editorial advisor for the Agenda Propia (Own Agenda) and she coordinated and provided advice for the intercultural communication process in Akubadaura.

She is currently the political representative on behalf of the Movement of Indigenous Authorities of Colombia AISO for the National Commission of Communication of Indigenous Peoples – CONCIP, which is the commission of the Permanent Board of Concertation with Indigenous Peoples and Organisations – MPC, specialised in the area of communications in Colombia.

#### Nicolas Levrat

Prof. Nicolas Levrat is the fourth Special Rapporteur on minority issues. He was appointed by the Human Rights Council on 13 October 2023 and took up his functions as Special Rapporteur on 1 November 2023.

Levrat is a French speaking Swiss, born in 1964. As such, he is a member of a linguistic minority in Switzerland and has been dedicating his academic research and teaching focus on Peoples and minorities rights, Federalism, and on relationships between legal systems.

Holding a PhD in International Law, Prof. Levrat has been a full Professor of International and European Law at the University of Geneva since 2001. At the University of Geneva, he was appointed Director of the European studies in 2007, which he reshaped into the Global Studies Institute in 2013; he was the Director of the International Law Department from 2016 to 2019; and he also launched the Human Rights Week, which has been in place since 2012.

#### Gina Maldonado

Gina is a Quechua speaker from Cusco. She is an oficial sworn translator, recognised by the Ministry of Culture. She holds a bachelor in Primary Education by Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco. She was a rural teacher in Cusco and afterwards, teacher of Quechua at Instituto de Pastoral Andina (IPA), Centro Bartolomé de las Casas (CBC), Asociación Cultural Peruano Alemán Región Inka (ACUPARI), and Asociación Pukllasunchis. She has been a guest professor at the universities of Michigan and Notre Dame.

She was the first female president of the Civic Association “Gregorio Condori Mamani” Proyecto Casa del Cargador. She is co-author of the book Aprendiendo a viajar: Movilidad en la vida de una mujer Quechua \[Learning to travel: Mobility in the life of a Quechua.

**Registration will open on March 15.**

| **Participant** | **High-income Economies** | **Middle-income Economies** | **Low-income Economies** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **USD** | **COL** | **USD** | **COL** | **USD** | **COL** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Academic\* Early bird (before May 15) | $250 | $ 1,050,000 | $200 | $ 840,000 | $150 | $ 630,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Student Early bird (before May 15) | $85 | $ 357,000 | $42 | $ 176,400 | $20 | $ 84,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Academic\* (before 15 June) | $280 | $ 1,176,000 | $230 | $ 966,000 | $180 | $ 756,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Student (before 15 June) | $100 | $ 420,000 | $50 | $ 210,000 | $25 | $ 105,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

\* Academic: Any lecturer, researcher of professor in full or part-time employment.

For colombians, registration will be in Colombian pesos, based on the exchange rate (TRM) at the time of payment.

[List of countries](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lista-de-pai%CC%81ses.pdf)