The International Association of Arabic Dialectology (french: Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, AIDA) is an association of researchers in Arabic dialects, from all over the world.

About AIDA

AIDA was founded in 1992, in Paris, at the initiative of a group of prestigious Arabists, with the aim to encourage and promote the study of Arabic dialects. AIDA is nowadays the leading international association in this field of research and it has become a center that joins scholars from all over the world who are interested in any aspect of Arabic dialectology, including dialects which have not been described yet, dialectal geography, specific aspects of phonology, morphology and

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, creole, the lexicon of Arabic dialects, dialectal atlases, comparative and diachronic studies,

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, teaching of Arabic dialects, and so on. AIDA organizes conferences that are held in well-known universities every two years (with some exceptions).

Previous conferences

*14th AIDA Conference -

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2022 *13th AIDA Conference –

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2019 *12th AIDA Conference – Marseille 2017 *11th AIDA Conference – Bucharest 2015 *10th AIDA Conference – Doha 2013 *9th AIDA Conference – Pescara 2011 *8th AIDA Conference – Colchester 2008 *7th AIDA Conference – Vienna 2006 *6th AIDA Conference – Hammamet 2004 *5th AIDA Conference – Cádiz 2002 *4th AIDA Conference –

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2000 *3rd AIDA Conference – Malta 1998 *2nd AIDA Conference – Cambridge 1995 *1st AIDA Conference – Paris 1993

Next conference

*15th AIDA Conference – Malta 2024

First Executive Board (1993 - 2004)

*Dominique Caubet (France) – president *Abderrahim Youssi (Morocco) - vice-president *Bruce Ingham (Great Britain) – vice-president *Manwel Mifsud (Malta) – secretary *Peter Behnstedt (Germany) – vice-secretary *Martine Vanhove (France) – treasurer

Second Executive Board (2004 - 2015)

*Stephan Procházka (Austria) – president *Abderrahim Youssi (2004-2013) / Karima Ziamari (2013-2015) (Morocco) – vice-president *Rudolf de Jong (Netherlands) – general secretary *Ángeles Vicente (Spain) – treasurer

Current Executive Board of AIDA (May 28, 2015, Bucharest)

► George Grigore ( University of Bucharest, Romania) – president ► Karima Ziamari (Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco) – vice-president ► Kristen Brustad ( University of Texas at Austin, USA) – vice-president (until 2019) ►Christophe Pereira (INALCO, Paris, France) – vice-president (from 2019) ► Liesbeth Zack ( University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) – general secretary ► Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun ( University of Vienna, Austria) – treasurer Reshuffled Current Executive Board of AIDA - June 30, 2022 - Granada ► George Grigore ( University of Bucharest, Romania) – president ► Karima Ziamari (

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, Meknes, Morocco) – vice-president ►Christophe Pereira (INALCO, Paris, France) – vice-president ► Bettina Leitner ( University of Vienna, Austria) – general secretary ► Simone Bettega ( University of Turin, Italy) – treasurer

References

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External links

AIDA - official site

Arabic Varieties: Far and Wide. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of AIDA Bucharest 2015

AIDA on academia.edu
* The 12th Conference of AIDA - Aix-Marseille University, May 18-20, 201

International professional associations International scientific organizations Linguistic societies Organizations established in 1993 Organizations based in Paris Arabic language