The International Congress of Americanists (ICA) is the largest congress of its kind in the world, each time attracting several thousand researchers. It has taken place every year since 1875; since 1976 the conference venue has rotated every three years between Europe and Latin America. The congress has focused on a range of themes over the years, such as archaeology, ethnology, ethnohistory, cultural studies, industry, history, linguistics, anthropology, politics and the transformation of states, religious studies, cultural and social anthropology.

Material:
30 boxes, 3 ring-binders, 1 folder, 460 electronic documents, 7 CDs
From 1875 to 2018
• correspondence
• conference schedules
• conference organization
• lists of participants
• press reviews
• event posters
• publications
• presentations

Provenance: donated by the Comité Permanente ICA. The ICA has deposited its documents in an archive at the IAI since 2012 (Centro de Documentación y Archivo de los Congresos Internacionales de Americanistas).

Keywords: Latin America, history of science, institutions, networks, Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, International Congress of Americanists, Congresso International de Americanistas