[Commlist] 12th International Conference on Multimodality, #12ICOM

The 12th International Conference on Multimodality, #12ICOM, will take 
place on 29-31 October 2025 in Groningen!

The International Conference on Multimodality, ICOM, is a bi-annual 
event in the context of multimodality research, i.e. the study of how 
diverse expressive forms, or semiotic modes, work together in the 
meaning-making processes of our daily personal as well as professional 
communication. Multimodality research is primarily situated in the broad 
field of the humanities, often strongly affiliated with linguistics and 
communication studies and with connection points to information studies 
and artificial intelligence, psychology, sociology, and other 
disciplines. It is also currently seen as a stage of development that 
many fields and disciplines currently undergo, developing an interest in 
multimodal phenomena.

The aim of the bi-annual conference is to provide space, time, and 
opportunities for scholars from these different fields and disciplines 
to exchange newest research results and interests, foster networking and 
collaboration, and build foundations for inter- and transdisciplinary 
triangulation.

With the first events in the 2000s, a successful series of conferences 
started, initially strengthening multimodality as a new research 
endeavor in communication studies and linguistics, subsequently 
broadening the interest and exploring the full range of different ways 
in which multimodality had been taken up in its early phases. In the 
2010s, the main aim was mainly to solidify multimodality further and to 
establish specific research lines and sub-disciplines. In the 2020s, 
multimodality is seen as a broad, interdisciplinary research context for 
which the conference provides regular exchange and networking for a vast 
diversity of scholars. Participants usually come from a broad number of 
countries including USA, Brasil, Argentina, Western, Southern and 
Northern Europe, Australia, South Africa, China. The conference is open 
for researchers on all levels and ECRs are usually particularly 
supported. For the 2023 edition in London, the Visual Communication 
Journal provided an Early Career Sponsorship, for example.

The 2025 conference under the label “The Multimodal Multiverse” will 
offer a new space and opportunities to bring together the many, 
potentially diverse fields of multimodality research to further identify 
and strengthen connections, triangulation and future necessities.

Please spread the word. More updates soon on the conference website 
<https://bit.ly/12ICOM>. The #12ICOM organizing team can’t wait to host 
you in the capital of the north!

Have a question regarding the conference? Email the organizing 
committee at (12ICOM /at/ rug.nl) <mailto:(12ICOM /at/ rug.nl)>.


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