Call for Institutional Partners
Connect your university, research center, academic network or cultural institution to the international scientific construction of #Cultures 2026.
Institutional partnership is a formal, non-financial collaboration.
It links your institution to #Cultures 2026 through recognition, scientific integration, communication commitments and direct benefits for affiliated participants.
Overview
CLAEC and Scientia International invite universities, graduate programs, research centers, academic networks and cultural institutions from any country or region to become Institutional Partners of #Cultures 2026.
A decision of institutional positioning
Becoming an Institutional Partner of #Cultures 2026 means associating your institution with a plural, critical and genuinely transnational forum dedicated to the study of cultures in a global perspective.
A simple and non-onerous collaboration
The partnership does not require any financial counterpart. It is based on scientific and communication cooperation, with concrete benefits for the institution and its formally affiliated community.
Who can become an Institutional Partner
Institutional partnership is open to any institution, without restrictions of country, region, size or disciplinary affiliation.
Higher education
Universities, colleges and graduate programs.
Research structures
Research centers, institutes, academic and scientific networks.
Scientific associations
Associations, scholarly societies and disciplinary organizations.
Cultural institutions
Museums, cultural centers and institutions dedicated to artistic or heritage work.
Foundations
Foundations supporting research, culture or academic cooperation.
International organizations
Regional and international bodies interested in scientific and cultural cooperation.
What institutional partnership means
Institutional partnership is a formal link between the institution and the congress, valid exclusively for the 2026 edition. It establishes mutual recognition, benefits for affiliated participants and a commitment to institutional dissemination.
Recognition and visibility
- Name and logo included in official congress materials, website, proceedings and program.
- Official certificate as Institutional Partner of #Cultures 2026.
- Mention in official communications of the congress.
Scientific integration
- Possibility of indicating researchers for the Scientific Committees of the thematic axes.
- Possibility of proposing activities to the academic program, subject to approval by General Coordination.
- Integration into the international network of partner institutions of the congress.
Benefits for the institution and its affiliates
Direct benefit for affiliated participants
Researchers, faculty members and students formally affiliated with the partner institution receive a 40 percent discount on registration fees, both for presenters and listeners, subject to institutional validation.
Institutional projection
The partnership strengthens the international presence of the institution by connecting it to a global scientific forum on cultures, international academic exchange and editorial circulation.
Commitments of the partner institution
Institutional partnership is simple and objective, but it involves formal commitments that make the collaboration effective.
| Commitment | Description |
|---|---|
| Institutional dissemination | The institution must publish at least two official communications about #Cultures 2026 in its own channels, the first at the moment of formalization and the second in September 2026. |
| Validation of affiliates | When requested by General Coordination, the institution must validate the formal affiliation of participants who request the 40 percent discount. |
| Institutional interlocutor | The institution must designate one interlocutor responsible for communication with the General Coordination of the congress. |
| Authorization of visibility | By formalizing the partnership, the institution authorizes the public display of its name and logo in the official materials of #Cultures 2026. |
| Edition-limited validity | The partnership is valid exclusively for the 2026 edition and does not generate a permanent, financial, contractual or employment relationship with CLAEC or Scientia International. |
Term of commitment
By submitting the expression of interest form, the institutional interlocutor declares, on behalf of the institution, agreement with the terms of the call and the regulations of #Cultures 2026.
The institution expressly declares that
- It agrees with the terms of this call and the regulations of the congress.
- It commits to carrying out the two required institutional publications.
- It commits to validating affiliations when required.
- The information provided is true and the interlocutor has authority to represent the institution.
It also acknowledges that
- The partnership is valid only for the 2026 edition.
- No permanent, contractual, employment or financial relationship is created.
- Non-compliance with commitments may imply cancellation of the partnership and removal of the institution from official materials.
How to formalize the partnership
Institutions must complete the official expression of interest form for institutional partnership.
Required information
- Full institutional name.
- Country and city of headquarters.
- Type of institution.
- Name and email of the institutional interlocutor.
- Declaration of awareness and acceptance of the commitments.
Communication after submission
After submission, General Coordination reviews the request and communicates confirmation in up to 10 working days, with the corresponding partnership term, dissemination materials and instructions for activation of the discount for affiliates.
Timeline
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Opening of the call | With the publication of the call |
| Recommended deadline for early visibility | June 30, 2026 |
| Final deadline to formalize partnership | August 31, 2026 |
| Second required institutional publication | September 2026 |
| Congress | October 13, 14 and 15, 2026 |