Annual Convention of the National Communication Association - International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD)

Date: 20.11.2025 - 23.11.2025
Conference / symposium
Format: onsite
Location: Aurora, United States of America
Event Fee: Fee

Organizer(s):
National Communication Assoociation

The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association is committed to promoting works that explore different issues using intercultural communication frameworks. We understand culture broadly, not as a preexisting phenomenon but as a contested terrain of meaning-making, making it central to social interactions and human existence itself. The year 2025 has brought severe sociopolitical turmoil in its wake. Given this context, the division seeks submissions from scholars, teachers, practitioners, and performers, among others, that related to the 2025 convention theme, “Communicate to Elevate,” introduced by NCA’s First Vice-President, Dr. Tina Harris. Specifically, they invite works that engage this theme in ways that illuminate the theoretical and political potential of intercultural communication in being an agent of social change. Which voices, projects, analytics, and geopolitical contexts and perspectives, among others, are elevated in communication studies in general and intercultural communication in particular? Conversely, which issues remain elided and to what effect? Are there voices that remain subdued despite (performative) attempts to the contrary and why? Furthermore, when is it prudent to not elevate certain voices or analytics (as their strength derives from their ability to evade mainstream attention)? What are the implications of trying to “communicate” and “elevate” in times of rampant misinformation and in a political context that is hostile to investigations of socioeconomic and other inequities? Is it possible to elevate historically marginalized voices without hoping for substantial structural changes? What trends or interdisciplinary collaborations are emergent in intercultural communication that help elevate human well-being? These are a few provocations offered for your consideration.

https://www.natcom.org/111-annual-convention/

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