This page brings together important events where Deaf academics and researchers from around the world can connect, share ideas, and build their networks. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or simply interested in Deaf academic life, these spaces offer opportunities to meet, learn, and strengthen the Deaf academic community across different fields and institutions.
Deaf Academics and Research Conference (DAC)
Better known as Deaf Academics or DAC, this conference is aimed at the international scientific community of Deaf people, both researchers working in universities and university students and doctoral candidates who aspire to develop a research career.
Deaf History International Conference (DHI)
This international conference connects Deaf people from around the world interested in the study, preservation and dissemination of Deaf history.
Dr. Deaf
This international academic space is held every year in an idyllic natural setting in Norway with the aim of promoting and strengthening the academic careers of Deaf people. It lasts five days and is open to both university students and active researchers. In addition to PhDeaf workshops, writing retreats and other activities are often organized.
Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST)
Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST) is a forum for discussion of formal approaches to sign language grammar (particularly in the generative tradition), experimental approaches to sign languages and their interaction.
International Conference of the WFD
The International Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is attended only by representatives of national organizations of Deaf people who are members of the World Federation. Each conference deals with specific topics of general interest.
International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED)
The International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) is the oldest meeting space in the field of education of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Hundreds of researchers, teachers, families and professionals from all over the world participate in this congres.
Sign Café
Sign Café is a recurring international workshop series on cognitive and functional approaches to sign language linguistics. It provides a forum for researchers and students to discuss linguistic theory, communication, and cognition in relation to sign languages. The workshops include presentations, poster sessions, and practical activities.
SIGN International Conference on Sign Language Users
The International Conference on Sign Language Users (SIGN) includes presentations on any topic related to research on sign languages and Deaf communities.
Summer School of Sign Language Studies
Academic program for advanced students and early career researchers, offering lectures, poster sessions, panels, and excursions. It covers current developments in sign language studies, including language acquisition, typology, sociolinguistics, interpreting, ethnography, and Deaf studies, all promoting academic discourse in International Sign Language.
Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR)
The conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) is one of the oldest and most prestigious conferences where sign language researchers from around the world present and discuss the results of their research.
World Congress of the WFD
This congress of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is the oldest, largest and most important international congress, attended by thousands of Deaf people from all over the world. The main activities of the congress are plenary lectures, papers and posters, accompanied by a modest cultural program.
