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Permanent Committee of the International Congress of Americanists - Active as of 2026

  • Walter Raudales, El Salvador. (President 2025-2027)
  • Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Spain. (Vice President 2025-2027)
  • Bojana Kovačević Petrović, Serbia. (General Secretary 2025-2027)
  • Marcio Fernandes, Brazil
  • Jan-Ake Alvarsson, Sweden
  • Milka Castro Lucic, Chile
  • Kees Den Boer, Netherlands
  • John R. Fisher, United Kingdom
  • Elio Masferrer Kan, Mexico
  • Horacio Cerutti Guldberg, Mexico
  • Elizabeth Díaz Brenis, Mexico
  • Jorge R. González Marmolejo, Mexico
  • María Luisa Laviana, Spain
  • Francisco Sánchez, Spain
  • Martina Kaller-Dietrich, Austria
  • Segundo E. Moreno Yánez, Ecuador
  • Mariusz Ziólkowski, Poland
  • Catalina Machuca, El Salvador
  • Gisele Onuki, Brazil
  • Dejan Mihailović, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Local Organizing Committee

  • President of the 59th International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027), Porfirio Cardona Restrepo, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia
  • General Secretary of the 59th International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027), Freddy Santamaría Velasco, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia
  • Manager of the 59th International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027), Alma Nury López, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia
  • Rector General of Pontifical Bolivarian University, Diego Marulanda Díaz, Medellín, Colombia

Liaison Committee

  • Bojana Kovačević Petrović, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Manuel Alcántara, International Center for Political and Social Studies, Panama
  • Marcio Fernandes, Unicentro, Brazil
  • Mariusz Ziólkowski, Center for Andean Studies of the University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Walter Raudales, Universidad Francisco Gavidia, El Salvador

Scientific Committee

Committee Coordinators
  • Bojana Kovačević Petrović, Serbia. (General Secretary 2025-2027)
  • Eduardo Devés-Valdés, University of Santiago de Chile, Chile
  • Nino Rosanía, Universidad del Atlántico; National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
  • Thomas Fischer, Catholic University of Eichstätt, Germany
  • Freddy Santamaría Velasco, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia

Coordinadores de Áreas

Anthropology and Social Anthropology
  • Eugenia Rodríguez Blanco, International Center for Political and Social Studies, Panama
  • Felipe Arocena, University of the Republic, Uruguay

Archaeology

  • Mariusz Ziółkowski, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Yuji Seki, General Director National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

Architecture and Urbanism

  • Beatriz Elena Rave Herrera, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia
  • María Cristina Valerdi Nochebuena, Autonomous University of Puebla
  • Paula Freire Santoro, University of Sao Paulo

Art and Aesthetics

  • Élodie Vaudry, Sorbonne Université, France
  • Sanja Savkić Šebek, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Applied Exact Sciences and Environmental Studies

  • Ana Cecilia Escudero, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia
  • Timothy Thomson, Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services, Panama

Political Science and Political Studies

  • Mercedes García Montero, University of Salamanca, Spain
  • Victor Jeifets, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

Communication, Technologies and AI

  • Paola Hernández Chávez, Metropolitan Autonomous University – Azcapotzalco, Mexico
  • Raisa Uribarri, International Center for Political and Social Studies, Panama

Peace Culture and Conflict

  • Rafael Grasa Hernández, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Stefan Peters, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen and Colombian-German Institute for Peace (CAPAZ), Germany-Colombia

Law and Human Rights

  • César Augusto Nunes, Mackenzie Presbyterian University of Campinas-SP, Brazil
  • Eugenio Llamas Pombo, University of Salamanca, Spain

Education

  • César Apareciddo Nunes, State University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Patricia Ames, Pontifical Catholic University, Peru

Colombian Studies/ Latin American Studies

  • Damián Pachón Soto, Industrial University of Santander, Colombia
  • Leonardo Tovar González, National Pedagogical University, Colombia

Gender Studies

  • Flávia Biroli, University of Brasilia, Brazil
  • Gordana Lalic Krstin, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Economic Studies

  • Alexis Dantas, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Paola Avallone, Institute of Mediterranean European History, Italy

Religious, Theological, Biblical and Pastoral Studies

  • Edith González Bernal, Pontifical Javeriana University, Colombia
  • Santiago García-Jalón, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain

Social Studies and Social Movements

  • Jochen Dreher, University of Konstanz, Germany
  • Pablo Vommaro, University of Buenos Aires/Clacso, Argentina

Philosophy and Philosophical Thought

  • Johannes Maerk, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Pamela Maria Lastres Dammert, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Perú

Regenerative Future

  • Alicia Krikorian Daveloza, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia
  • Eric Diaz, Advisor & Enabler Longevity and Silver Economy Ecosystem, Chile-Spain

Geography

  • Diana Soler Osuna, Externado University of Colombia, Colombia
  • Lina Marcela González Gómez, National University of Colombia

History

  • Aneta De La Mar Ikonomova, Externado University of Colombia, Bulgaria-Colombia
  • Yuriy Polyukhovych, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv/Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Peru (Concurrent Ambassador Colombia and Ecuador), Ukraine

Linguistics and Translation

  • José del Valle, City University of New York, United States
  • Karen Cárdenas Almanza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Literature

  • Jorge J. Locane, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Norma Angélica Cuevas Velasco, Veracruzana University, Mexico

Migrations

  • Polina Golovátina-Mora, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Wooldy Edson Louidor, Pontifical Javeriana University, Colombia/Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti in Spain, Republic of Haiti

Cultural Heritage

  • Jorge Kulemeyer, Patagonia Austral University, Argentina
  • Silvana K. Figueroa-Dreher, University of Konstanz, Germany

Indigenous Peoples and Indigenism

  • Diana Elvira Soto Arango, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, Colombia
  • Juan Guillermo Mansilla, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile
  • Óscar Hugo López Rivas, University of San Carlos, Guatemala

International Relations and Global Studies

  • Alexis Berg-Rodríguez, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
  • Francesca Columbus, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil-Italy

International and Interinstitutional Relations Committee

  • Alexandre Fuccille, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Alfonso Múnera, University of Cartagena, Colombia
  • Amanda Wu, General Manager Sunny Colombia, China
  • Azul A. Aguiar Aguilar, ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara; Mexican Association of Political Sciences, Mexico
  • Bart Maddens, Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
  • Brígida Renoldi, CIC-CONICET, Argentina
  • Daniel Saldarriaga, Bayswater, Colombia
  • Daniela Ramírez Varela, Metropolitan Technological Institute, Colombia
  • Débora Thomé, Brazilian Institute of Teaching, Development and Research, Brazil
  • Diony González Rendón, National Planning Department -DNP,  Colombia
  • Francisco Ramírez Yáñez, President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities
  • Frank Dellmann, President of FH Münster, Germany
  • Gerardine G. Botte, Texas Tech University, USA
  • James Meernik, Castleberry Peace Institute, University of North Texas, United States
  • Javiera Visedo Soriano, Engagement Latin America at Education New Zealand, New Zealand
  • Jill E. Sherman, Lakehead University; CALAREO Consortium, Canada
  • Julián Prieto, University of Toronto; Executive Committee of DiploCientífica and the Network of Colombian Scientists and Researchers in Canada, Canada
  • Lidia Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany
  • Lizardo Estrada Herrera, Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (Celam)
  • Luis Eduardo Vieco Maya, House of Memory Museum, Colombia
  • Luis Fernanda Villamizar Rodríguez, Colombian Association of Universities -Ascun-, Colombia
  • Luisa Isidro Herrera, York University, Canada
  • Magdiel Gómez Muñiz, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Magna Inácio; Latin American Political Science Association; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Mariana C. Marchese, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • María Esther del Campo García, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  • Martha Nateras, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico
  • Miguel Ángel Betancur Betancur, Medellín Cooperation and Investment Agency, Colombia
  • Milena Mejía Vásquez, Colombia Challenge Your Knowledge, Colombia
  • Mónica María Uribe Gómez, National University of Colombia, Colombia
  • Reinhard Babel, Bogotá Regional Office, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Alemania
  • Samil Yang, Emma J. Cho, directors of the Asia-Iberoamerica Cultural Foundation, South Korea
  • Sebastián Sayago, National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Argentina
  • Sergio Escobar Solórzano, Honorary Consul of Brazil in Colombia, Brazil
  • Simón Pachano, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Ecuador
  • Tanoh Firmin Koffi, Javierian Missionaries of Yarumal, Ivory Coast

Round Tables Committee

  • Iván Garzón Vallejo, Autonomous University of Chile, Chile
  • Lorena Vásquez González, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Colombia
  • Omar Muñoz Sánchez, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia

Support Teams Pontifical Bolivarian University

59th ICA Executive Committee
MEDELLÍN CAMPUS

  • Santiago Acosta Maya, General Vice Rector
  • Juan Francisco Vasquez Carvajal, Academic Vice Rector Multicampus
  • Paula Andrea Arango Gutiérrez, Vice Rector of Economic and Administrative Affairs Multicampus
  • Carlos Alberto Monsalve Salinas, Pastoral Vice Rector Multicampus
  • Ana Cecilia Escudero Atehortúa, Research Vice Rector Multicampus

BUCARAMANGA CAMPUS

  • Neftalí Ariza García, Rector Bucaramanga Campus
  • Hugo Armando Rodríguez Vera, Academic Vice Rector
  • Juan Pablo Galvis Gamboa, Pastoral Vice Rector
  • Nelson Enrique Moreno Gómez, Vice Rector of Administrative and Economic Affairs


MONTERÍA CAMPUS

  • Juan Camilo Restrepo Tamayo, Rector Montería Campus
  • Roger Goez Gutiérrez, Academic Vice Rector
  • Anor Ferney Martínez Vidal, Pastoral Vice Rector
  • Víctor Jaime Valle Quiroz, Vice Rector of Administrative and Economic Affairs


PALMIRA CAMPUS

  • Juan Gonzalo Arboleda Arboleda, Rector Palmira Campus
  • Jimmy Jailer Quintero Valderrama, Director of Teaching and Research
  • Juan Carlos Pérez Ramos, Director of Social Outreach
  • Javier Vásquez Zuluaga, Director of Administrative and Economic Affairs


DIRECTORS FROM MEDELLÍN

  • Ana María Bustamante Correa, Director of International and Interinstitutional Relations Multicampus
  • Jorge Eduardo Santos, Director of Planning Multicampus
  • Jorge Alberto Calle D’Alleman, Director of Extension Multicampus
  • Karina Sterling Zuluaga, Director of Communications and Public Relations


DEANS OF THE FACULTIES IN MEDELLÍN

  • Lina María Cano Vásquez, Dean of the School of Education and Pedagogy
  • Idi Amin Isaac Millan, Dean of the School of Engineering
  • Omar Muñoz Sánchez, Dean of the School of Social Sciences
  • Rosario Barguil Rodgers, Dean of the School of Health Sciences
  • Jaime Alberto Arrubla Paucar, Dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences
  • Johman Esneider Carvajal Godoy, Dean of the School of Theology Philosophy and Humanities
  • Beatriz Elena Rave Herrera, Dean of the School of Architecture and Design
  • Juan Alejandro Cortes Ramírez, Dean of the School of Economics, Administration and Business

SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AND RESEARCH INTERNATIONALIZATION

  • Jaime Alejandro Barajas, Research Center for Development and Innovation, CIDI
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