Learned society
A learned society (/ˈlɜːrnɪd/; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences.[1] Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election.[2]
Most learned societies are
History
Some of the oldest learned societies are the
Significance
Scholars in the
Structure
Societies can be very general in nature, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, specific to a given discipline, such as the Modern Language Association, or specific to a given area of study, such as the Royal Entomological Society.
Most are either specific to a particular country (e.g. the Entomological Society of Israel), though they generally include some members from other countries as well, often with local branches, or are international, such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions or the Regional Studies Association, in which case they often have national branches. But many are local, such as the Massachusetts Medical Society, the publishers of the internationally known The New England Journal of Medicine.
Some learned societies (such as the Royal Society Te Apārangi) have been rechartered by legislation to form quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations.
Membership and fellowship
Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election.[2]
Some societies offer membership to those who have an interest in a particular subject or discipline, provided they pay their membership fees. Older and more academic/professional societies may offer associateships and/or fellowships to fellows who are appropriately qualified by honoris causa, or by submission of a portfolio of work or an original thesis. A benefit of membership may be discounts on the subscription rates for the publications of the society. Many of these societies award post-nominal letters to their memberships.
Online academic communities
Following the
See also
- Academic conferences
- List of learned societies
- National academy
- Professional association
- Text publication society
References
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- ^ "Accueil/Actualité". Académie des Jeux floraux. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "The reopening of the Accademia (1811) and the fifth edition of the Vocabolario (1863–1923)". Accademia della Crusca. 2015-03-01. Archived from the original on 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "Galileo | Federico Cesi and the Accademia dei Lincei". The Galileo Project. 2018-07-14. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "L'histoire". Académie française. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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- ^ Wise, Alicia; Estelle, Lorraine (2019-07-12). "How Learned Societies and Open Access Will Learn to Co-Exist". Social Science Space. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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- ^ Taylor, Mike (14 February 2013). "How virtual science communities are transforming academic research". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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External links
- Scholarly Societies Project from the University of Waterloo Libraries – database of hundreds of scholarly societies in various fields, including some of the oldest societies
- Eclectica, virtual exhibit on the history of Canadian learned societies (archived 12 April 2006)