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List of learned societies

This is a partial list of learned societies, grouped by country.

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International edit

Name Established Headquarters
Association for Computing Machinery  15 Sep 1947New York City[1][2][3]
Association for Information Science and Technology  13 Mar 1937Silver Spring[4]
Association for Symbolic Logic  1936Poughkeepsie
Association of Internet Researchers  1999
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology  1997Western 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[5]
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  1967Menton
International AIDS Society  1988[6]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  1973Washington, D.C.
International Behavioral Neuroscience Society  1992San Antonio
International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society  1996
International Communication Association  1950
International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies  19 Jan 1949[7]
International Council for Science  1931Paris
International Council of Onomastic Sciences  
International Fiscal Association  1938
International Geographical Union  1922Cape Town, Delhi
International Institute for Conservation  1950
International Mammalian Genome Society  1991
International Mathematical Union  10 Sep 1951[8]Weierstrass Institute
International Social Science Council  1952Paris
International Society of Critical Health Psychology  
International Society for Plant Pathology  26 Jul 1968[9]Saint Paul
International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences  1931
International Union of Microbiological Societies  1927
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry  1919[6]Zürich
Latin American Studies Association  1966[10]Pittsburgh
Society for Animation Studies  1987
Society for Ethnomusicology  1955Bloomington
Society for Public Health Education  
Society for Social Studies of Science  1975Evansville
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship  1992[11]
International Union of Academies  1919[12]
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies  1955
World Veterinary Association  1863, 9 Sep 1905Geneva, Budapest
International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation  1971[13]

European edit

Name Established Headquarters
European Academy of Sciences and Arts  7 Mar 1990Salzburg
European Association for Artificial Intelligence  1982
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science  1972
European Brain and Behaviour Society  1968[14]
Engineers Europe  1951City of Brussels
European Geosciences Union  Sep 2002[15]Munich
European Mathematical Society  1990Helsinki
European Physical Society  1968Mulhouse
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology  1998
European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music  
Informatics Europe  2006Zürich

Argentina edit

Name Established Headquarters
Academia Argentina de Letras  13 Aug 1931Buenos Aires
Argentine Association of Translators and Interpreters  
Argentine Film Critics Association  1942
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team  New York City, Buenos Aires[16], Córdoba[16]
Argentine Medical Association  1891
Belgranian National Institute  22 Jun 1944
Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine  9 Apr 1822
Fundación Favaloro  1975Buenos Aires
Fundación Italia  1985
Konex Foundation  1980
National Academy of History of Argentina  1893Former National Congress Building, Buenos Aires
San Martín National Institute  1933
SADAIC  1936
Association Internationale d'Études Occitanes  Montpellier

Armenia edit

Name Established Headquarters
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia  10 Nov 1943Yerevan
Armenian Economic Association  

Australia edit

Main article: List of learned societies in Australia

Austria edit

Name Established Headquarters
Austrian Academy of Sciences  14 May 1847Vienna
Austrian Institute of Technology  1956Vienna
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence  Vienna
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics  1993Vienna
Gregor Mendel Institute  2000Vienna
Institute Vienna Circle  1991
Joanneum Research  1960Graz
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies  2011

Bangladesh edit

Name Established Headquarters
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh  1952
Bangla Academy  1955Dhaka
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development  1959Cumilla
Bangladesh Astronomical Association  
Bangladesh Computer Society  Dhaka
Bangladesh Computer Samity  1987
Bangladesh Research and Education Network  
Bangladesh Entomological Society  
Bangladesh National Geographical Association  
Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists  1976
Bishwa Sahitya Kendra  1980
Shilpakala Academy  
Shishu Academy  1976Dhaka

Belgium edit

Name Established Headquarters
Belgian Physical Society  26 Dec 1962Belgium
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten  16 Mar 1938Academy Palace
Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium  1842Royal Museums of Art and History, Academy Palace

Brazil edit

Name Established Headquarters
Brazilian National Academy of Medicine  30 Jun 1829
Brazilian Academy of Letters  1896Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian Academy of Sciences  3 May 1916Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian Society of Physiology  
Brazilian Society of Health Informatics  
Brazilian Medical Association  1951[6]
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science  1948São Paulo

Canada edit

Name Established Headquarters
Association francophone pour le savoir  15 Jun 1923[17]
Canadian Institute of Actuaries  1965Ottawa
Canadian Economics Association  1966
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences  1996[18]Ottawa[19]
Canadian Historical Association  1922Ottawa
Canadian Information Processing Society  1958Mississauga
Canadian Mathematical Society  Jun 1945[20]Ottawa
Canadian Political Science Association  
Canadian Society of Forensic Science  1953
Canadian Society of Medievalists  
Canadian Society for the Study of Religion  1965[21]
Chemical Institute of Canada  
Engineering Institute of Canada  
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec  6 Jan 1824[22][23]La Cité-Limoilou
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada  1868Toronto
Royal Canadian Geographical Society  192950 Sussex Drive
Royal Society of Canada  1882Ottawa
Statistical Society of Canada  Ottawa

China edit

Name Established Headquarters
Chinese Academy of Engineering  1994
Chinese Academy of Sciences  1 Nov 1949Beijing
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences  1977Beijing
Chinese Chemical Society  4 Aug 1932
Chinese Mathematical Society  1935
Chinese Physical Society  1932
Royal Asiatic Society China  2006

Czech Republic edit

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Czech Society of Sciences[a]  1791Prague
Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis  1746Olomouc
Union of Czech mathematicians and physicists  1862Prague[24]
Learned Society of the Czech Republic  10 May 1994[25]Prague[24]

Finland edit

Name Established Headquarters
Actuarial Society of Finland  1922
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters  1908, 1838[6]Borgströmin talo, Mariankatu 5
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland - TEK  1896
Finnish Association of Architects  1892Helsinki
Finnish Literature Society  1831Kruununhaka
Finno-Ugrian Society  1883House of Science and Letters
International Council on Monuments and Sites  1965Charenton-le-Pont

France edit

Name Established Headquarters
Académie des Beaux-Arts  21 Mar 1816Paris
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres  1663Paris
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques  22 Aug 1795Paris
French Academy of Sciences  22 Dec 1666Paris
Académie Française  29 Jan 1635[26]Paris

Others edit

Name Established Headquarters
Académie de Marine  1752Paris
French Academy of Technologies  2000Paris
Société mathématique de France  1872Paris[27]
Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles  1983Paris

Germany edit

Name Established Headquarters
Association of German Engineers  12 May 1856Düsseldorf[28]
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities  1759Munich
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities  1992Berlin
German Academy of Science and Engineering  2002Munich
Academy of Sciences of the GDR  1946East Berlin
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina  1 Jan 1652Halle (Saale)
Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache  1947Wiesbaden
Göttingen Academy of Sciences  1751Theaterstraße 7
Latvian Literary Society  1824Riga, Jelgava
North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts  1970
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences  11 Jul 1700
Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities  1 Jul 1846Leipzig

Ghana edit

Name Established Headquarters
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences  27 Nov 1959Airport Residential Area
Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts  2001Accra
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  1951Accra
Nurses and Midwifery Council  

Hungary edit

Name Established Headquarters
Hungarian Academy of Sciences  3 Nov 1825Main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Historical Society  15 May 1867Budapest

Hong Kong edit

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch  1959

India edit

Name Established Headquarters
Indian Academy of Sciences  1934
Indian National Science Academy  7 Jan 1935[29], 1935[6]New Delhi, The Asiatic Society[29]
Indian National Academy of Engineering  20 Apr 1987New Delhi
Neurological Society of India  1951
The National Academy of Sciences, India  1930
Asiatic Society of Mumbai  1804[6]
Sahitya Akademi  1954New Delhi

Ireland edit

Main article: List of Irish learned societies

Italy edit

See also: List of learned societies in Italy
Name Established Headquarters
Lincean Academy  1603[6]Rome
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL  1782Villa Torlonia
Accademia della Crusca  Florence
Arcadian Academy  1690
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia  1585

Japan edit

Name Established Headquarters
Asiatic Society of Japan  1872
Chemical Society of Japan  1878Tokyo
Japan Society of Applied Physics  1949
Japanese Society for the History of Medicine  1892
Japanese Society for the History of Pharmacy  1954
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 edit

Name Established Headquarters
Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society  

Montenegro edit

Name Established Headquarters
Montenegrin Sports Academy  

Netherlands edit

Name Established Headquarters
Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery  1790Amsterdam

New Zealand edit

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, 20 Jul 1931
Royal Society Te Apārangi  1867Wellington
The Heraldry Society of New Zealand  1962Auckland
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry  1931

Nigeria edit

Name Established Headquarters
Association of Cost and Management Accountants  
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria  1979Lagos
Institute of Chattered Chemists of Nigeria  1993Abuja
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[30]Abuja
Nigerian Institute of Management  1961Lagos
Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors  
Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers  1969
Nigerian Society of Engineers  16 Feb 1958
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria  

Pakistan edit

Name Established Headquarters
Pakistan Academy of Letters  1976Islamabad

Papua New Guinea edit

Name Established Headquarters
The Institute of Chemists PNG  

Poland edit

Name Established Headquarters
Collegium Invisibile  1995Warsaw
Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists  1875Kraków

Portugal edit

Name Established Headquarters
Sciences Academy of Lisbon  1779Lisbon

Republic of China (Taiwan) edit

Name Established Headquarters
Academia Sinica  9 Jun 1928Nangang District

Serbia edit

Name Established Headquarters
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts  7 Nov 1841Belgrade
Matica srpska  1826Novi Sad

South Africa edit

Name Established Headquarters
Astronomical Society of Southern Africa  1922
Economic Society of South Africa  1925
Royal Society of South Africa  1908Cape Town
South African Archaeological Society  

South Korea edit

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch  1900

Spain edit

Royal Academies of the Instituto de España:

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Spanish Academy  1713Madrid, Real Academia Española headquarters
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando  12 Apr 1752Palace of Goyeneche
Real Academia de la Historia  18 Apr 1738Nuevo Rezado
Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences  1847Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales building
Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation  1763Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación headquarters
Royal Academy of Pharmacy  1737Royal Academy of Pharmacy building
Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences  1857Casa y Torre de los Lujanes
Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain  1994Mansion of the Marquis of Villafranca[31]

Sri Lanka edit

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  1959Colombo
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka  1906
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka  7 Feb 1845

Sweden edit

Name Established Headquarters
Swedish Academy  20 Mar 1786Stockholm Stock Exchange Building
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences  2 Jun 1739Frescati
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences  24 Oct 1919Stockholm
Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography  1878
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities  1753Eken 9
Swedish Linnaeus Society  23 May 1917Uppsala

Switzerland edit

Name Established Headquarters
Society for Art History in Switzerland  1880

Thailand edit

Name Established Headquarters
Siam Society  26 Feb 1904[32]Khlong Tan Nuea

Tunisia edit

Name Established Headquarters
Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts  1983Carthage

United Kingdom edit

Main article: List of learned societies in the United Kingdom

United States edit

Main article: List of learned societies in the United States

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Predecessor of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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