TheInternational Congress of Americanists (ICA) is an internationalacademic conference forresearch inmultidisciplinary studies of theAmericas. Established August 25, 1875 inNancy, France, the scholars' forum has met regularly since its inception, presently in three year increments, with the exception of during the conflict of World War II. Its meeting location alternates betweenEurope and the Americas.^[1] 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.^[2]

A wide variety of subjects have been presented at the various conferences. FatherÉmile Petitot spoke at the 1875 Congress on the matter of the Asiatic origin ofInuit andNorth American Indians.^[3] Precipitated by a comment fromFranz Boas, a "lively controversy" occurred at the 1902 conference inNew York City over the coined word "Amerind".^[4] At the 1910 session inMexico City,Marcos E. Becerra presented a paper onHernán Cortés's 1524–25 expedition toLas Hibueras. TheInternational Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, a co-operative of academicanthropologist researchers and human rights activists, was first proposed at theMunich/Stuttgart conference in August 1968. The 1982 congress inManchester included the largest conference ever convened on theAmazon basin.^[5] At the 1988 congress inAmsterdam, researchers organized a symposium agreeing to create a European network for the interchange of information aboutLatin America produced in Europe which was the precursor forREDIAL.

The president of the 53rd Congress was theMexicananthropologist Elio Masferrer Kan. The event took place July 19–24, 2009, in Mexico City. The 54th Congress took place July 15–20, 2012 inVienna (Austria), and was organized by theUniversity of Vienna, theAustrian Latin America Institute and theMuseum of Ethnology, Vienna. The 55th Congress was held in San Salvador, El Salvador, from July 12–17, 2015 with the theme "Conflict, Peace, and Construction of Identities in the Americas."

• Media related toInternational Congress of Americanists at Wikimedia Commons
• Guide to the International Congress of Americanists Records, 1949-1953
• First Call for Papers 55th ICA accessed May 10, 2014

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