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 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

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

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

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

Australia

Austria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch 1959

India

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

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

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

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 1790Amsterdam

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

Nigeria

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

Name Established Headquarters
Pakistan Academy of Letters 1976Islamabad

Papua New Guinea

Name Established Headquarters
The Institute of Chemists PNG 

Poland

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

Portugal

Name Established Headquarters
Sciences Academy of Lisbon 1779Lisbon

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Name Established Headquarters
Academia Sinica 9 Jun 1928Nangang District

Serbia

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

South Africa

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

Name Established Headquarters
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch 1900

Spain

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

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

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

Name Established Headquarters
Society for Art History in Switzerland 1880

Thailand

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

Tunisia

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

United Kingdom

United States

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Predecessor of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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