List of learned societies
This is a partial list of learned societies, grouped by country.
International[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Association for Computing Machinery | 15 Sep 1947 | New York City |
Association for Information Science and Technology | 13 Mar 1937 | Silver Spring[1] |
Association for Symbolic Logic | 1936 | Poughkeepsie |
Association of Internet Researchers | 1999 | |
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology | 1997 | Western Australia |
Australasian Law Teachers Association | ||
Australasian Proteomics Society | 1994 | |
Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society | 1993 | |
Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights | 1899[2] | |
Chinese Music Society of North America | ||
Human Behavior and Evolution Society | 29 Oct 1986 | |
Illuminating Engineering Society | Wall Street | |
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science | 1967 | Menton |
International AIDS Society | 1988 | Geneva |
International Association of Amateur Heralds | ||
International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation | 1956 | |
International Association of Medical Colleges | 2005 | |
International Association for the Study of Pain | 1973 | Washington, D.C. |
International Behavioral Neuroscience Society | 1992 | San Antonio |
International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society | 1996 | |
International Communication Association | 1950 | |
International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies | 19 Jan 1949[3] | |
International Council for Science | 1931 | Paris |
International Council of Onomastic Sciences | ||
International Fiscal Association | 1938 | |
International Geographical Union | 1922 | Cape Town, Delhi |
International Institute for Conservation | 1950 | |
International Mammalian Genome Society | 1991 | |
International Mathematical Union | 1920 | Weierstrass Institute |
International Social Science Council | 1952 | Paris |
International Society of Critical Health Psychology | ||
International Society for Plant Pathology | ||
International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences | ||
International Union of Microbiological Societies | 1927 | |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1919 | Zürich |
Latin American Studies Association | 1966 | Pittsburgh |
Society for Animation Studies | 1987 | |
Society for Ethnomusicology | 1955 | Bloomington |
Society for Public Health Education | ||
Society for Social Studies of Science | 1975 | Evansville |
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship | 1992[4] | |
Union Académique Internationale | 1919 | |
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies | 1955 | |
World Veterinary Association | 1863 | Geneva |
European[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
European Academy of Sciences and Arts | 1990 | Salzburg |
European Association for Artificial Intelligence | 1982 | |
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science | 1972 | |
European Brain and Behaviour Society | 1968[5] | |
European Federation of National Engineering Associations | 1951 | |
European Geosciences Union | Sep 2002[6] | Munich |
European Mathematical Society | 1990 | Helsinki |
European Physical Society | 1968 | Mulhouse |
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology | 1998 | |
European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music | ||
Informatics Europe | 2006 | Zürich |
Argentina[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
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Academia Argentina de Letras | 13 Aug 1931 | Buenos Aires |
Argentine Association of Translators and Interpreters | ||
Argentine Film Critics Association | 1942 | |
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team | New York City, Buenos Aires[7], Córdoba[7] | |
Argentine Medical Association | 1891 | |
Argentine Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery | 1952 | |
Belgranian National Institute | ||
Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine | 9 Apr 1822 | |
Fundación Favaloro | 1975 | |
Fundación Italia | 1985 | |
Konex Foundation | 1980 | |
National Academy of History of Argentina | 1893 | Buenos Aires |
San Martín National Institute | 1933 | |
SADAIC | 1936 |
Armenia[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia | 25 Nov 1943 | Yerevan |
Armenian Economic Association |
Australia[]
Austria[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Austrian Academy of Sciences | 1847 | Vienna |
Austrian Institute of Technology | 1956 | Vienna |
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence | Vienna | |
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics | 1993 | Vienna |
Gregor Mendel Institute | 2000 | Vienna |
Institute Vienna Circle | 1991 | |
Joanneum Research | 1960 | Graz |
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies | 2011 |
Bangladesh[]
Belgium[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Belgian Physical Society | 26 Dec 1962 | Belgium |
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts | 1772 | Academy Palace |
Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium |
Brazil[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Brazilian National Academy of Medicine | 30 Jun 1829 | |
Brazilian Academy of Letters | 1896 | Rio de Janeiro |
Brazilian Academy of Sciences | 3 May 1916 | Rio de Janeiro |
Brazilian Society of Physiology | ||
Brazilian Society of Health Informatics | ||
Brazilian Medical Association | 1951 | |
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science | 1948 | São Paulo |
Canada[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Association francophone pour le savoir | ||
Canadian Institute of Actuaries | 1965 | Ottawa |
Canadian Economics Association | 1966 | |
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences | 1996[8] | Ottawa[9] |
Canadian Historical Association | 1922 | Ottawa |
Canadian Information Processing Society | 1958 | Mississauga |
Canadian Mathematical Society | Jun 1945[10] | Ottawa |
Canadian Political Science Association | ||
Canadian Society of Forensic Science | 1953 | |
Canadian Society of Medievalists | ||
Canadian Society for the Study of Religion | 1965[11] | |
Chemical Institute of Canada | ||
Engineering Institute of Canada | ||
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec | 6 Jan 1824[12][13] | La Cité-Limoilou |
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | 1868 | Toronto |
Royal Canadian Geographical Society | 1929 | 50 Sussex Drive |
Royal Society of Canada | 1882 | Ottawa |
Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada | 1974 | Ottawa |
Statistical Society of Canada | Ottawa |
China[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Chinese Academy of Engineering | 1994 | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1 Nov 1949 | Beijing |
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | 1977 | Beijing |
Chinese Chemical Society | 4 Aug 1932 | |
Chinese Mathematical Society | 1935 | |
Chinese Physical Society | 1932 | |
Royal Asiatic Society China | 2006 |
Czech Republic[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Royal Czech Society of Sciences[a] | 1791 | Prague |
Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis | 1746 | Olomouc |
Union of Czech mathematicians and physicists | 1862 | Prague[14] |
Finland[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Actuarial Society of Finland | 1922 | |
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters | 1908 | |
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland - TEK | 1896 | |
Finnish Association of Architects | 1892 | Helsinki |
Finnish Literature Society | 1831 | Kruununhaka |
Finno-Ugrian Society | 1883 | House of Science and Letters |
International Council on Monuments and Sites | 1965 | Paris |
France[]
- The 5 académies of the Institut de France:
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Académie des Beaux-Arts | 21 Mar 1816 | Paris |
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres | 1663 | Paris |
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques | 22 Aug 1795 | Paris |
French Academy of Sciences | 22 Dec 1666 | Paris |
Académie Française | 22 Feb 1635 | Paris |
Others[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Académie de Marine | 1752 | Paris |
French Academy of Technologies | 2000 | |
Société mathématique de France | 1872 | |
Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles | 1983 | Paris |
Germany[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Association of German Engineers | 12 May 1856 | Düsseldorf |
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities | 1759 | Munich |
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities | 1992 | Berlin |
German Academy of Science and Engineering | 2002 | Munich |
Academy of Sciences of the GDR | 1946 | East Berlin |
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina | 1 Jan 1652 | Halle (Saale) |
Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache | 1947 | Wiesbaden |
Göttingen Academy of Sciences | 1751 | |
Latvian Literary Society | 1824 | Riga, Jelgava |
North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts | 1970 | |
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences | 11 Jul 1700 | |
Saxon Academy of Sciences | 1 Jul 1846 | Leipzig |
Ghana[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences | 1959 | |
Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts | 2001 | Accra |
Ghana Biomedical Convention | 2007 | |
Ghana Institute of Architects | 1962 | |
Ghana Institution of Engineers | 1968 | |
Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation | ||
Ghana Institution of Surveyors | 1969 | |
Ghana Journalists Association | 1949 | |
Ghana Medical and Dental Council | Accra | |
Historical Society of Ghana | 1951 | Accra |
Nurses and Midwifery Council |
Hungary[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 3 Nov 1825 | Main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Hungarian Historical Society | 15 May 1867 | Budapest |
Hong Kong[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch | 1959 |
India[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Indian Academy of Sciences | 1934 | |
Indian National Science Academy | 1935 | New Delhi |
Indian National Academy of Engineering | New Delhi | |
Neurological Society of India | 1951 | |
The National Academy of Sciences, India | 1930 | |
Asiatic Society of Mumbai | 1804 | |
Sahitya Akademi | 1954 | New Delhi |
Ireland[]
Italy[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Lincean Academy | 1603 | Rome |
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL | 1782 | Villa Torlonia |
Accademia della Crusca | Florence | |
Academy of Arcadia | 1690 | |
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | 1585 |
Japan[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Asiatic Society of Japan | 1872 | |
Chemical Society of Japan | 1878 | Tokyo |
Japan Society of Applied Physics | 1949 | |
Japanese Society for the History of Medicine | 1892 | |
Japanese Society for the History of Pharmacy | ||
Optical Society of Japan | 1952 | |
Physical Society of Japan | 1877 | |
Society for the History of Western Learning in Japan | ||
Society of Polymer Science | 1951 |
Malaysia[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
Montenegro[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Montenegrin Sports Academy |
Netherlands[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery | 1790 | Amsterdam |
New Zealand[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand | 2000 | |
Legal Research Foundation | ||
Institute of IT Professionals | 1960 | |
New Zealand Dermatological Society | ||
Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand | 1931 | |
Royal Society of New Zealand | 1867 | Wellington |
The Heraldry Society of New Zealand | 1962 | Auckland |
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry | 1931 |
Nigeria[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Association of Cost and Management Accountants | ||
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria | 1979 | Lagos |
Institute of Chattered Chemists of Nigeria | 1993 | Abuja |
Nigerian Academy of Engineering | 1997 | |
Nigerian Association of Law Teachers | 1961 | |
Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics | ||
Nigerian Institute of Architects | 1960 | |
Nigerian Institute of International Affairs | 1961[15] | |
Nigerian Institute of Management | 1961 | Lagos |
Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors | ||
Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers | 1969 | |
Nigerian Society of Engineers | 16 Feb 1958 | |
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria |
Pakistan[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Pakistan Academy of Letters | 1976 | Islamabad |
Papua New Guinea[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
The Institute of Chemists PNG |
Poland[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Collegium Invisibile | 1995 | Warsaw |
Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists | 1875 |
Portugal[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Sciences Academy of Lisbon | 1779 | Lisbon |
Republic of China (Taiwan)[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Academia Sinica | 9 Jun 1928 | Nangang District |
Serbia[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 7 Nov 1841 | Belgrade |
Matica srpska | 1826 | Novi Sad |
South Africa[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Astronomical Society of Southern Africa | 1922 | |
Economic Society of South Africa | 1925 | |
Royal Society of South Africa | 1908 | Cape Town |
South African Archaeological Society |
South Korea[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch | 1900 |
Spain[]
Royal Academies of the Instituto de España:
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Royal Spanish Academy | 1713 | Madrid, Real Academia Española headquarters |
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando | 12 Apr 1752 | Palace of Goyeneche |
Real Academia de la Historia | 18 Apr 1738 | Nuevo Rezado, Palace of the Marquis of Molins |
Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences | 1847 | Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales building |
Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation | 1763 | Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación headquarters |
Royal Academy of Pharmacy | 1737 | Royal Academy of Pharmacy building |
Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences | 1857 | Casa y Torre de los Lujanes |
Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain | 1994 | Mansion of the Marquis of Villafranca[16] |
Sri Lanka[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka | 1976 | |
Computer Society of Sri Lanka | 1976 | |
College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka | 1927 | |
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka | 1959 | Colombo |
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka | 1906 | |
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka | 7 Feb 1845 |
Sweden[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Swedish Academy | 20 Mar 1786 | Stockholm Stock Exchange Building |
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | 2 Jun 1739 | Frescati |
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences | 24 Oct 1919 | Stockholm |
Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography | 1878 | |
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities | 1753 | Eken 9 |
Swedish Linnaeus Society | 23 May 1917 | Uppsala |
Switzerland[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Society for Art History in Switzerland | 1880 |
Thailand[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Siam Society | 26 Feb 1904[17] | Khlong Tan Nuea |
Tunisia[]
Name | Established | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Tunisian Academy of Sciences | 1983 | Carthage |
United Kingdom[]
United States[]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Predecessor of the Czech Academy of Sciences
References[]
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