Committees
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
- 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
- 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
