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American Academy of Religion
(AAR)
Founded in 1909, the American Academy of
Religion is the world's largest association of scholars of
religion. As a learned society and professional association with
more than 10,000 members in some 1,000 colleges, universities,
seminaries, and schools in North America and abroad, the Academy is
dedicated to furthering knowledge of religion and religious
institutions in all their forms and manifestations. The American
Academy of Religion's mission is to promote ongoing reflection
through excellence in scholarship and teaching in the field of
religion.
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American Cusanus Society
Nicholas of Cusa
(1401-1464) was one of the most illustrious figures of the
fifteenth century. Trained as a canonist, he first made his mark in
political thought. Later, Nicholas became a papal envoy, a cardinal
and an original speculative thinker. His ideas of learned
ignorance, coincidence of opposites and enfolding / unfolding still
attract attention today. The American Cusanus Society, founded in
1983, promotes the study of Nicholas and his times. It holds
sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at
Western Michigan University in May of each year, and it has held
conferences at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, and at the Catholic University of America.
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American Musicological Society
(AMS)
The American Musicological Society was
founded in 1934 as a non-profit organization to advance research in
the various fields of music as a branch of learning and
scholarship. At present, 3,300 individual members and 1,200
institutional subscribers participate in the activities of the
Society. Its programs include a journal (three issues per year),
annual meeting for the presentation of musical research, grants,
subventions, fellowships, and awards. The full array of its
programs is presented on its website. |
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American Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies
The American Society
for Eighteenth-Century Studies is an interdisciplinary group
dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the
period ... from the later seventeenth through the early
nineteenth century. Established in 1969, the American Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies advances study and research in the
history of a time that has profoundly influenced our world. ASECS
is a pioneer in interdisciplinary investigation, and it therefore
welcomes as members those working in all areas of scholarly inquiry
pertinent to eighteenth-century studies.
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Amsterdam Aviation Association
(AAA)
The Amsterdam Aviation Association
(AAA) is linked to Aviation Studies Programme at the Hoge
School van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences. We provide
activities to help our members with their studies and make
their learning more interesting and enjoyable. The AAA is now
three years old and has approximately 170 members.
With such a high level of membership our current aim is
to create a solid base through relations with professional
aviation-linked sponsors and companies. |
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ARLIS/UK &
Ireland
ARLIS/UK & Ireland: the Art Libraries Society is the
professional organisation for people involved in providing library
and information services and documenting resources in the visual
arts. Founded in 1969, the Society is an educational charity with
over 700 members worldwide, including librarians, archivists,
libraries, publishers and specialist library suppliers.
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Association for Law, Property
and Society
The Association for Law, Property and
Society is a membership organization for scholars doing
interdisciplinary legal scholarship on all aspects of property law
and policy including; real, personal, intellectual, intangible,
cultural, personal, and other forms of property.
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Association of Art Historians
(AAH)
The Association was formed in 1974 to
support and promote the study of art history. They
are the UK national organisation for the discipline and serve
a key role in shaping and securing the future study of art
history and visual culture. Annual AAH Membership is open to anyone
with a personal or professional interest in art history or visual
culture and is available to individuals and institutions.
The Association organises a range of events including the AAH
Annual Conference and Bookfair which takes place at a
different UK institution each year. |
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Association of Historians of
Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA)
Founded in 1993,
the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art currently
has more than three hundred members. AHNCA's goal is to foster
dialogue and communication among those who have a special interest
in the field of nineteenth-century art and culture.
Nineteenth-century art is broadly defined as all art that was
produced between the American Revolution and the First World War,
regardless of geographic boundaries. HNCA is an affiliated
society of the College Art Association and as such organizes a
regularly scheduled session at each CAA annual
conference.
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Association for the Study of
Literature and Environment (ASLE)
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
was founded in 1992 and has grown into a dynamic community of
teachers, writers, students, artists and environmentalists
interested in the natural world and its meanings and
representations in language and culture. ASLE seeks to facilitate
interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to the study of nature
and culture through forms such as nature writing, art, ecocritical
scholarship, pedagogy, science writing, poetry, music creative
writing, and film, among other forms. We publish a quarterly
journal, ISLE, organize a biennial conference, and currently have
about 1300 members.
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AVISTA
AVISTA is a scholarly organization organized in 1984 through the
urging of the late Jean Gimpel (author of The Medieval Machine,
The Cathedral Builders, and other works on medieval art and
technology) and with the support of Lynn White, Jr. (author of
Medieval Technology and Social Change). The purpose of the
organization is to study and make known works in art, architecture,
and technology of the Middle Ages in honor of the medieval
craftsman who worked in these fields.
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British Forum for Ethnomusicology
(BFE)
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE)
is an association formerly known as the International Council for
Traditional Music (ICTM, UK Chapter). As an Affiliate National
Committee to the ICTM, their aim is to advance the study, practice,
documentation, preservation and dissemination of traditional music
and dance, including folk, popular, classical, urban, and other
genres, of all countries.
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British International Studies
Association (BISA)
The British International
Studies Association is an independent academic organisation which
promotes the study of International Relations and related subjects
through teaching, research and the facilitation of contact between
scholars. It is the professional organisation for academic and
practitioners of International Relations in the United Kingdom and
beyond. Founded in 1975 the association now has just
under 1000 members, while most members are based in the
UK there are also members throughout Europe, North
America, Asia and Australia. |
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The British and Irish
Association for Practical Theology (BIAPT)
The British and Irish Association for Practical Theology is an
active forum for practitioners, teachers and researchers in the
broad field of practical and pastoral theology. It was founded in
1994, and has grown through its broad based networks and successful
annual conferences to an active membership of over two hundred in
Britain and Ireland and further afield.
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British Music
Society
The British Music Society aims to encourage and renew international
enthusiasm for British music of the last 150 years. |
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The British Society for the
History of Science (BSHS)
The British Society for
the History of Science (BSHS) is the main organisation in the
British Isles working to bring together people with an interest in
the histories of science, technology and medicine and their
changing relationship with society.
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The British Society for Literature
and Science
The British Society
for Literature and Science promotes interdisciplinary research into
the relationships of science and literature in all periods. Each
year the BSLS book prize is awarded to the best title in the field
of literature and science published during the year; details of
previous winners and shortlisted titles can be found on the society
website. The BSLS also holds an annual conference, publishes
reviews of significant titles in the field and sponsors cooperation
with other scholarly societies.
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The British Society for the
Philosophy of Religion
The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion was founded in
1993 and is the UK's main forum for the interchange of ideas in the
philosophy of religion. The BSPR is affliated with the European
Society for Philosophy of Religion and together they hold
alternating biennial conferences to aid the networking
of philosophers of religion in Europe and to further
research in the area.
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The British Sociological
Association
The British Sociological Association is the national subject
association for sociologists in the UK and its primary objective is
to promote sociology. Members of the Association are drawn from a
wide range of backgrounds and include researchers, teachers,
students and practitioners in a variety of fields.
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The Centre for
Youth Ministry
The Centre for Youth Ministry is a consortium of training and youth
work agencies committed to creating and providing courses,
resources and research into Christian youth work.This partner page
is designed to provide their students with access to appropriate
titles related to management, learning, religion and
theology.
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Cranfield University (Department of Air
Transport)
The Department of Air Transport at Cranfield University, UK is
world-renowned for its teaching, research and consultancy in a wide
range of topics relation to the business of air transport. These
include air transport management, airport planning and management,
safety management, accident investigation, airworthiness and human
factors. Students completing MSc and PhD programmes through
Cranfield go on to define the direction of the industry at every
level to CEO.
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European Association for Aviation
Psychology (EAAP)
Since 1956 the European
Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) provides a forum for
professionals working in the various domains of aviation psychology
and human factors. With more than 300 members from 36 European and
non-European countries we facilitate - from a European perspective
- a professional network to encourage the successful management of
human performance in aviation. EAAP’s main activities focus on
organizing the biannual conference, supporting Aviation
Psychologists and Human Factors training courses and publishing the
regular Journal Aviation Psychology and Applied Human
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European Society of
International Law (ESIL)
The European Society of
International Law (ESIL) is a nonprofit membership organisation.
The goals of ESIL are to contribute to the rule of law in
international relations and to promote the study of public
international law by organising and supporting in-depth exchanges
of ideas on matters of common interest to international lawyers in
Europe and elsewhere, by encouraging high-level scholarship and
analysis, by providing a forum for European-wide discussions, by
fostering the involvement and representation of younger scholars,
and in general by promoting a greater awareness and understanding
of international law. ESIL was set up in 2004 and the Secretariat
of the society is based at the European University Institute in
Florence, Italy.
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The Evelyn Waugh
Society
The Evelyn Waugh Society is a non-profit organization whose
purpose is to promote, for the public benefit, interest and
research into the life and works of the English author Evelyn Waugh
(1903-1966).
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Feminism and Legal Theory Project
The Feminism and Legal Theory Project at Emory University Law
School provides a forum for interdisciplinary feminist scholarship
addressing important issues in law and society. The Project
fosters interdisciplinary examinations of specific law and policy
topics of particular interest to women and addresses the
intersection of gender with issues relating to race, class, ability
and sexuality.
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German Aviation Research
Society (GARS)
The German Aviation Research Society (GARS) is a platform for
researchers and practitioners in commercial aviation. It is a
discussion forum for everyone involved in the area, promoting
dialogue between theory, practice and politics and supporting
academic research in the field. Ashgate has published several books
in association with GARS as part of an ongoing partnership.
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Hakluyt
Society
Founded in 1846, The Hakluyt Society is named after Richard Hakluyt
(1552-1616), the celebrated collector and editor of narratives of
voyages and travels and other documents relating to English
interests overseas. The Society seeks to advance knowledge and
education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary
records of voyages, travels and other geographical
material.
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Historians of
British Art
The HBA was founded in Chicago in
1992. It is an affiliated society of the College Art Association
(North America). The purpose of HBA is to foster communication and
to promote the study and sharing of ideas among those engaged in
any type of scholarship or other professional endeavor related to
British art and architecture of every area and/or period. The
membership of HBA is international in scope. HBA has affiliated
sessions at the annual CAA conference, in addition to a separate
business meeting. HBA also sponsors visits to area collections
during the CAA meeting whenever possible.
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Historians of
Islamic Art Association
The Historians of Islamic
Art Association (HIAA) is a private, non-profit, non-political
organization whose purpose is to promote the study and teaching of
the art, architecture and archaeology of Islamic cultures and to
facilitate communication and cooperation among those engaged in
scholarly and other professional activities related to these
fields.
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Historians of Netherlandish
Art
Historians of Netherlandish Art is an
international organization founded in 1983 to foster communication
and collaboration among historians of Northern European art from
medieval to modern times. Its membership comprises scholars,
teachers, museum professionals, art dealers, publishers, book
dealers, and collectors throughout the world. The art and
architecture of the Netherlands (Dutch and Flemish), and of Germany
and France, as it relates to the Netherlands, from about 1350 to
1750, forms the core of members' interests. Current membership
includes around 700 individuals and 30 institutions and
businesses.
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Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (HFES)
HFES is the world's largest individual-member, multidisciplinary
scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals.
HFES members include engineers, psychologists, designers,
scientists, and other professionals, all of whom have a common
interest in designing products, systems, environments, and tools to
be safe and effective for the people who use and support
them. |
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HFES Europe
Chapter
The HFES Europe Chapter is an affiliate
of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Inc., a non-profit
corporation chartered by the State of California. Aim of the HFES
Europe Chapter is to increase co-operation between Human Factors
institutes and professionals, with a focus on Europe. Central
activity in this regard is the organisation of the Annual
Conference. |
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Institute of Ergonomics & Human
Factors
The Institute of Ergonomics & Human
Factors (IEHF) is a professional international organisation, based
in the UK, whose main aim is to promote public awareness of
ergonomics and its applications. It provides educational material
for students and teachers, and runs Regional Groups and Special
Interest Groups that promote ergonomics/human factors in localities
and for specific applications, for example ageing and work, green
ergonomics, and health systems. The Institute maintains and
develops academic and professional standards and recognises
excellence in the practice of ergonomics and human factors by
giving awards each year.
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Interdisciplinary
Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS)
INCS is an
international group of scholars dedicated to interdisciplinary
discussion and research. The organization sponsors annual meetings
and enjoys a collaborative relationship with Nineteenth-Century
Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal. INCS encourages
scholarly work that transcends disciplinary boundaries in its
approach to cultural studies.
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International Academic
Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights
(PLPR)
Planning matters. Law matters. Property matters. These three simple
messages inspire the International Academic Association on
Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR) to examine the difficult
relationship between public and private interests in the use of
land. PLPR is a free-standing standing academic association with
its own statutes and individual members from all continents. It was
founded in 2007 out of a AESOP-group (Association of European
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International Association of Word
and Image Studies / Association Internationale pour l'Étude des
Rapports entre Texte et Image
(IAWIS/AIERTI)
Founded in July 1987, the
International Association of Word and Image Studies / Association
Internationale pour l'Étude des Rapports entre Texte et Image
(IAWIS/AIERTI) seeks to foster the study of word and image
relations in a general cultural context and especially in the arts
in the broadest sense.
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International Center of
Medieval Art
The International Center of Medieval Art
promotes and encourages the study, understanding, and appreciation
of the visual arts of the Middle Ages produced in Europe, the
Mediterranean region, and the Slavic world, during the period
between ca. 300 and ca. 1500 C.E.
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International Consortium for
Law and Religious Studies (ICLARS)
ICLARS is an
international network of scholars and experts of law and religion.
It started in 2007, with the aim to provide a place where
information, data, and opinions could easily be exchanged among
members and made available to the broader scientific community. To
this end, ICLARS regularly organizes conferences and publishes a
newsletter. From its very beginning, ICLARS has been open to all
persons interested in law and religion relations, without any
political or religious preclusion. Therefore we invite everybody to
become member of ICLARS and to send us suggestions and proposals
concerning law and religion studies and research projects.
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International Council for
Traditional Music (ICTM)
The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is a
Non-Governmental Organisation in formal consultative relations with
UNESCO. Its aims are to further the study, practice, documentation,
preservation and dissemination of traditional music and dance of
all countries.
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International Society for Music
Education (ISME)
ISME is a worldwide organisation that seeks to celebrate the
diverse ways that people engage with, and develop in and through,
music. Founded in 1953, ISME represents an international,
interdisciplinary, intercultural network of professionals who
strive to understand and promote music learning across the
lifespan. ISME shares a commitment to culture, education,
conservation and the durable development of our cultural heritage,
and to evidence-based policy and practice. |
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Italian Art
Society
Founded in 1987, the Italian Art
Society is dedicated to the study of Italian art and architecture
from prehistory to the present day. With a membership of more
than 250 established and emerging scholars, graduate students, and
aficionados, the IAS is a vital force in generating new knowledge
about the visual arts on the Italian peninsula and neighbouring
islands.
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Journal of Art
Historiography
The aim of the Journal of Art
Historiography is to support and promote the study of the
history and practice of art historical writing focusing on its
institutional and conceptual foundations, from the past to the
present day in all areas and all periods.
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The Marlowe Society of
America
The Marlowe Society of America
is a non-profit organization of scholars formed over twenty
years ago to promote research and scholarship on Marlowe’s life,
works, and times, as well as his relationships with his fellow
playwrights and his crucial role in early modern stage
history.
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Modernist Studies
Association
The Modernist Studies Association strives to provide a venue,
interdisciplinary and international, in which scholars of Modernism
may contribute to ongoing reshapings of the field.
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Music Library Association
(MLA)
The Music Library Association is the professional association for
music libraries and librarianship in the United States, and is now
the US Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries,
Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML). Founded in 1931, it has
an international membership of librarians, musicians, scholars,
educators, and members of the book and music trades. Complementing
the Association’s national and international activities are eleven
regional chapters that carry out its programs on the local level.
MLA publishes the journal Notes, the world’s leading
journal in its field.
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National Association of Music
Educators (NAME)
Supporting high-quality music education for
all, NAME is the largest professional association representing
individuals involved in music education. The National Association
of Music Educators, is a professional network with key links to
Government and educational bodies.
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Nineteenth
Century Studies Association (NCSA)
The Nineteenth
Century Studies Association (NCSA), formerly known as the
Southeastern Nineteenth Century Studies Association, is an
interdisciplinary association for the study of nineteenth-century
world cultures. Founded in 1979 as a forum to encourage
interdisciplinary exchange, the membership has grown to include
scholars whose disciplinary focus ranges from art, architecture,
and literature to religious, scientific, and legal writing, to
social, political, and economic debate. |
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North American
Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA)
The North
American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) was established in
2002 to provide a continental forum for the discussion of the
Victorian period, to encourage a wide variety of theoretical and
disciplinary approaches to the field, and to support the interests
of scholars in the field.
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Political Studies Association
(PSA)
Established in 1950, The Political
Studies Association is the leading organisation in the UK is open
to everyone interested in the study of politics. It spans academics
in political science and current affairs, theorists and
practitioners, policy-makers, journalists, researchers, politics
teachers and students in higher education. With more than 1700
members the PSA is the second largest such national association in
the world. |
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Renaissance Society of America
(RSA)
Since 1954, the Renaissance Society of
America has been a leading organization for the interdisciplinary
study of the period 1300-1650. The RSA brings together scholars
from many backgrounds in wide variety of disciplines, including
history, literature, art history, and many others. It produces the
journal Renaissance Quarterly and organizes an annual
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The
Research Society for American Periodicals
The Research Society for American Periodicals is an
interdisciplinary organization of scholars interested in American
magazines and newspapers. Founded in 1991, the organization was
established to offer scholars in American literature and culture,
and all interested persons, an opportunity to share in the study
and appreciation of American periodicals. Through its annual
meetings, scholarly panels, special symposia, miscellaneous
publications, and website, RSAP provides a medium of communication
among interested scholars and expands the possibilities of
scholarly and critical study of an important part of American
literary and cultural history.
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The Research Society for Victorian
Periodicals
The Research Society for Victorian
Periodicals, familiarly known as RSVP, is an interdisciplinary and
international association of scholars dedicated to the exploration
of the richly diverse world of the 19th-century press, both its
magazines and its newspapers. Members of RSVP are involved in the
study of British literature, and the history and culture of Britain
and its empire, as well as in the emerging fields of book history
and media history.
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Resilience
Engineering Association
Resilience Engineering Association is a community of people seeking
to develop and apply Resilience Engineering concepts. Resilience
Engineering is a new way of thinking about safety. Conventional
risk management is based on hindsight and emphasizes error
tabulation. Resilience Engineering looks for ways to enhance
the ability of organizations to create processes that are robust
yet flexible, to monitor and revise risk models, and to use
resources proactively in the face of disruptions or business
pressures.
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Royal Musical
Association
The Royal Musical Association aims to sustain and enhance British
musical culture, while fostering international links and
recognizing outstanding scholarly achievement by individuals
worldwide, and to support the education and training of young
scholars. The Association’s chief activities in pursuit of these
aims are the publication of books and journals; the promotion of
conferences and symposia; the sponsorship of awards and prizes; the
advocacy of musical studies with public and private policy-making
bodies, and with repositories of musical resources; and engagement
with the student body in the United Kingdom.
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Shakespeare Association of
America (SAA)
The Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) is a non-profit,
academic organization devoted to the study of William Shakespeare
and his plays and poems, the cultural and theatrical milieu in
which he lived and worked, and the various roles he has played in
both Anglo-American and world culture ever since. The Association
holds annual meetings in different North American cities so that
its members can exchange ideas and discuss strategies for reading,
teaching, researching, and writing about Shakespeare's works and
their many contexts. Sessions at these conferences include formal
papers, seminars, workshops, film screenings, and theatrical
performances. |
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Sixteenth Century
Society and Conference (SCSC)
The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) promotes
scholarship on the early modern era, broadly defined (ca. 1450–ca.
1660). Providing opportunities for intellectual exchange among
scholars of the period, the Society also actively encourages the
integration of younger colleagues into the academic community. The
geographical scope of the organization is as international as its
membership. The SCSC welcomes scholars from all disciplines in
early modern studies, including history, art history, religion,
history of science, musicology, and literary and cultural studies
in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The Society holds
one annual meeting in a different city each year, usually during
the month of October, with an average of more than 700
participants.
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The Society of Architectural
Historians of Great Britain
The
Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, which
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006, warmly welcomes membership
applications from individuals from all walks of life who are
interested in the history of architecture of all places and in all
periods of time. Our newsletters, symposia, field-based conferences
and study days and overseas study trips provide opportunities for
the exchange and discussion of ideas about this subject, while our
journal, Architectural History, is one of the world's leading
English-language publications of original research and significant
source material related to historical architecture.
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Society for Education, Music
and Psychology Research (SEMPRE)
The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research embraces
research in both music education and music psychology, providing an
international forum to encourage the exchange of ideas and to
disseminate research findings. The Society is particularly
keen to encourage the participation of those at the start of their
research career and to maintain a broad membership that reflects
the considerable range of interests that are represented within
music education and the psychology of music. |
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The Society for
Ethnomusicology (SEM)
The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) was founded in 1955 to
promote the research, study, and performance of music in all
historical periods and cultural contexts. SEM’s international
membership of over 1800 individuals studies music-making throughout
the world from diverse humanistic and social scientific
perspectives. Members include scholars, teachers, students,
performers, media professionals, museum specialists, archivists,
librarians, and administrators from such disciplines as musicology,
anthropology, folklore, cultural studies, ethnic and area studies,
acoustics, and music education. More than 800 institutions are also
members of the Society.
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Society for the History of
Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP)
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
was founded to create a global network for book historians working
in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. Research addresses the
composition, mediation, reception, survival, and transformation of
written communication in material forms including marks on stone,
script on parchment, printed books and periodicals, and new media.
Perspectives range from the individual reader to the transnational
communications network. With more than 1000 members in over twenty
countries, SHARP works in concert with affiliated academic
organizations around the world to support the study of book history
and print culture.
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Society for Music
Theory
The Society for Music Theory (SMT) promotes music theory as both a
scholarly and a pedagogical discipline. Today our Society has a
membership of over 1200 music theorists worldwide, whose interests
embrace a varied and growing range of subject matter. |
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Society for Old Testament
Study
The Society for Old Testament Study, founded in 1917, is an
international academic learned society embracing the Old Testament,
and its cognate areas such as Hebrew and other Semitic languages,
the literature, religion, history, archaeology and sociology of
ancient Israel, and the study of the Old Testament in the light of
modern literary theory. |
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Society for the Scientific Study
of Religion
The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion stimulates,
promotes, and communicates social scientific research about
religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949, SSSR
fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among scholars
from sociology, religious studies, psychology, political science,
economics, international studies, gender studies, and many other
fields. Its flagship publication, the Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion, is the most cited resource in
the field. |
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Society for the Study of Early
Modern Women
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women is a network of
scholars who study women and their contributions to the cultural,
political, economic, or social spheres of the early modern period
and whose interest in it includes attention to gender and
representations of women.
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Society for Renaissance Studies
(SRS)
The SRS is a national and international
forum for the study of the Renaissance. It provides wide-ranging
support for interdisciplinary research and teaching across a range
of subjects, including art, history, architecture, philosophy,
science, religion, music and literature.
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Socio-Legal Studies Association
(SLSA)
The SLSA is where law meets the social sciences and humanities. It
was founded in 1990 to advance education and learning and in
particular to advance research, teaching and the dissemination of
knowledge in the field of socio-legal studies. The SLSA achieves
these aims in a number of different ways including meetings,
conferences, seminars; research grants; prizes; publications;
liaison with policy makers and research funders; supporting
students through reduced membership fees and bursaries.
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Spain-North Africa Project (SNAP)
The Spain-North Africa Project (SNAP) brings together scholars that
envision Iberia and North Africa as an interconnected region to
pursue collaborative projects in scholarship and teaching.
Its mission is to bridge academic, disciplinary, temporal,
national, and linguistic divides in order to better understand the
intertwined societies and cultures that span the Strait of
Gibraltar. Our 125+ members study interactions between
Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the western Mediterranean, using
Latin, Romance, Arabic, Hebrew, Tamazight, visual, and material
sources. They work in anthropology, archaeology, art history,
history, literary studies, musicology, philosophy, political
science, religious studies, and other disciplines and are based at
academic and cultural institutions on four continents.
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St
Andrews Reformation Studies Institute
The St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute is located in the
historic heart of Scotland's Renaissance and Reformation. The
University (founded in 1411) is the oldest in Scotland, and it was
also, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a stage on which
humanists and reformers acted out their parts in some of the great
crises of European intellectual history. The Institute also
provides the editorial board for Ashgate's monograph series,
St Andrews Studies in Reformation
History.
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UK Association for
Buddhist Studies (UKABS)
The object of the
Association shall be the academic study of Buddhism through the
national and international collaboration of all scholars whose
research has a bearing on the subject. Scholars may be located in a
range of departments: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative
Religion, Law, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious
Studies, Theology and Religious Studies, etc. The Association also
oversees the publication of the Buddhist Studies Review and holds
an annual conference.
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The University Association for Contemporary
European Studies (UACES)
The University Association for Contemporary European Studies
(UACES) provides an independent forum for informed debate and
discussion of European affairs. The largest European Studies
association since 1969, it is directly involved in promoting
research and teaching in European Studies as well as bringing
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Victorians
Institute
The Victorians Institute is an organization of scholars and
students centered in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the USA, but with
members nationwide and abroad. It was founded in 1970. The
Victorians Institute sponsors an annual conference and publishes
the Victorians Institute Journal, an award-winning,
refereed scholarly annual that publishes articles, reviews and
newly edited texts of interest to Victorianists. VIJ maintains an
annex at the NINES site at the University of Virginia.
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