International Association of Arabic Dialectology

The International Association of Arabic Dialectology (French: Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, AIDA– International Association of Arabic Dialectology / الرابطة الدولية لدراسة اللهجات العربية) is an association of researchers in Arabic dialects, from all over the world.

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.^[1][2][3]

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 syntax, code-switching, koiné language, pidgin, creole, the lexicon of Arabic dialects, dialectal atlases, comparative and diachronic studies, sociolinguistics, teaching of Arabic dialects, and so on.^[4]

AIDA organizes conferences that are held in well-known universities every two years (with some exceptions).^[5]

• 15th AIDA Conference - Malta 2024
• 14th AIDA Conference - Granada 2022
• 13th AIDA Conference – Kutaisi 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 – Marrakech 2000
• 3rd AIDA Conference – Malta 1998
• 2nd AIDA Conference – Cambridge 1995
• 1st AIDA Conference – Paris 1993

• 15th AIDA Conference – Malta 2024

• 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

• 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

► 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 (Moulay Ismail University, 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

• 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, 2017 [1]