THROUGH THE YEARS
1st NAKEM International Conference
"Imagination and Critical Consciousness in Ilokano Language, Culture, and Politics"
9-12 November 2006
UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, Honolulu, HI, USA (Venue: Campus Center Ballroom, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
2nd NAKEM International Conference
"Panagpanaw ken Panagindeg: Exile and Settling in Amlanan History and Culture"
22-25 May 2007
Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, Philippines
3rd NAKEM International Conference
"Panagkakannayon: Cultural ang Linguistic Diversity in the Imagined Amianan and Ilokano Nation"
28-30 May 2008
St. Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
4th NAKEM International Conference
"Dap-ayan: Sharing and Understanding Linguistic Worlds Towards Cultural Pluralism"
11-14 November 2009
UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, Honolulu, HI USA
5th NAKEM International Conference
"Adal ken Sirib: Education in Cultural Diversity and Linguistic Democracy"
16-18 November 2010
University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, Philippines (Venue: Caoayan Heritage Resort)
6th NAKEM International Conference
"Sursuro: Mother Language and Cultural Nationalism"
23-25 May 2011
Ifugao State University, Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines (Venue: Banaue Hotel)
7th NAKEM International Conference
"Panagtagikua: Our Right to Our Language, Our Right to Education that Emancipates"
23-25 May 2012
Department of Education Region I, San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines (Venue: Regional Educational Learning Center)
8th NAKEM International Conference
"The Center from the Margin: Accounting All Philippine and Peripheralized Languages for Critical Education"
14-16 November 2013
UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, Honolulu, HI USA
9th NAKEM International Conference
"Panagpapatang (Maipapan) iti Ilokano ken Panangitag-ay iti Diskurso nga Ilokano. Conference on Ilokano and the Elevation of Ilokano Discourse"
23-25 October 2014
University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines (Venue: Hotel Supreme Convention Plaza)
10th NAKEM International Conference
"Revaluations: Diversity, Critical Education, and Cultural Nationalism"
22-25 May 2007
Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, Philippines (Venue: Northview Hotel, Laoag City)
11th NAKEM International Conference
"Revisiting the Gains and Prospects of the MTB-MLE Initiative in the Philippines"
21-23 May 2016
Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, Philippines (Venue: Pangil Beach Resort, Currimao)
12th NAKEM International Conference
"Linguistic Diversity and the Future of Nations and States"
16-18 November 2017
UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, Honolulu, HI, USA (Venue: Campus Center Ballroom, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
13th NAKEM International Conference
"Studies on Things Philippine, Ilokano, and Amianan & Second International Congress on the Ilokano Language"
24-26 May 2018
Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines (Venue: SLU Center for Culture and the Arts, Saint Louis University, Baguio)
14th NAKEM International Conference
"Diversity and Inclusion in Multilingual Education"
7-9 June 2019
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines (Venue: PUP Santa Mesa Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila)
15th NAKEM International Conference
"Inclusion & Critical Engagement in Education in the Time of Covid 19"
[1st Global Virtual Conference]
17-19 December 2020
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Mariano Marcos State University, and Saint Louis University
16th NAKEM International Conference
"Indigenous Communities & Languages, and Engaged Inclusion for Civics and Citizenship"
[2nd Global Virtual Conference]
9-11 December 2021
Benguet State University, La Trinidad, Benguet
17th NAKEM International Conference
"Mythologies of the Nation: Mother Language, Native Culture, and Education in Freedom"
16-18 June 2022
PanPacific University, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines
18th NAKEM International Conference
"Inclusion & Critical Engagement in Education in the Time of Covid 19""
26-28 July 2023
Mission College, Santa Clara, California, United States of America
19th NAKEM International Conference
"Reframing Indigeneity and Affirming Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity"
17-19 July 2024
ASSCAT, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines
20th NAKEM International Conference
"Coming Full Circle: Reevaluating Language Justice, Cultural Democracy & Emancipatory Education
19-21 November 2025 (Conference), 22 November 2025 (Gala Night)
UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, Honolulu, HI, USA (Venue: Campus Center Ballroom, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
More conferences will be added soon. Stay tuned!