Last Updated: 2008, February 2
Chronology of Scholarly Societies in the
Project:
1930 - 1939
- 1930
- All India Opthalmological Society (AIOS)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
- American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
- Asociación Argentina de Cirugía (AAC) =
Argentine Association of Surgery
- Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) =
Italian Library Association
["The Italian Library Association was founded in 1930 as 'Associazione dei
bibliotecari italiani' (Association of Italian Librarians)...."]
- Econometric Society (ES)
- Ένωση
Ελλήνων
Φυσικών
(ΈΕΦ) =
'Enōsē Ellēnōn Fusikōn (EEF) =
Association of Greek Physicists
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
- Institution of Highways & Transportation (IHT)
- Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile (IIMCH) =
Chilean Institute of Mining Engineers
- International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (ICAE) =
Commission Internationale du Génie Rural (CIGR)
- International Gas Union (IGU)
- International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) =
Institut International des Sciences Administratives (IISA)
- Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS)
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Türk Pedriatri Kurumu (TPK) =
Turkish Pediatric Institution
- Türk Tarih Kurumu (TTK) =
Turkish Historical Society
[The Society was founded in 1930 as the
Türk Ocağı Türk Tarihi Tetkik
Encümeni.
In 1931 it became the
Türk Tarihi Tetkik Cemiyeti (Society for the Study of
Turkish History).
In 1935, it became the
Türk Tarih Kurumu (TTK) (Turkish Historical Society).]
- Türk Veteriner Hekimleri Birliği (TVHB) =
Turkish Veterinary Medical Association
- 1931
- Academia Argentina de Letras (AAL)=
Argentine Academy of Letters
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
[The Society was founded in 1931 as the
Harvey Cushing Society.
In 1966 it took the name
American Association of Neurological Surgeons.]
- British Pharmacological Society (BPS)
- Genetics Society of America (GSA)
- Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC)
- International Council for Science (ICSU)
[The Council was founded in 1931 as the International Council of
Scientific Unions (ICSU).
In April 1998 it changed its name to International Council for Science
(ICSU).]
- International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(IUPPS) =
Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et
Protohistoriques (UISPP)
[The Union was founded in 1931 as
Congrès International des Sciences Préhistoriques et
Protohistoriques (CISPP), but considers as its direct predecessor the
Congrès Paléoethnologique International (CPI)
(founded in 1865) which in 1867 became
Congrès International d'Anthropologie et d'Archéologie
Préhistoriques (CIAAP).
In 1955 the association took the name
Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et
Protohistoriques (UISPP).]
- Lietuvos Bibliotekininkų Draugija (LBD) =
Lithuanian Librarians' Association
[The Association was founded in 1931, but suppressed in 1941 during the
German occupation.
It was revived in 1989.]
- Music Library Association (MLA)
- Mycological Society of America (MSA)
- New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC)
- 日本統計学会 =
Nihon Tōkei Gakkai =
Japan Statistical Society (JSS)
- Sociedad Chilena de Oftalmología (SOCHIOF) =
Chilean Society of Ophthalmology
[The Society was founded in 1931 as the
Sociedad Oftalmológica de Chile.
It later took the name
Sociedad Chilena de Oftalmología.]
- Society for Applied Microbiology (SfaM)
[The Society was founded in 1931 as the
Society for Agricultural Bacteriologists.]
- 中国水利学会 =
Zhōngguó Shuǐlì Xuéhuì =
Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (CHES)
- 1932
- لمجمع
اللغة
العربية =
Academy of the Arabic Language =
Académie de la Langue Arabe
- American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) [formerly
(1960) American Association of University Teachers of Insurance]
- American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
- Association of British Neurologists (ABN)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain
and Ireland (CUTG)
- Ένωση
Ελλήνων
Χημικών
=
Enose Ellenon Xemikon (EEX) =
Association of Greek Chemists
- National Dance Association (NDA)
- Sociedad de Neurología, Psiquiatría y
Neurocirugía de
Chile (SONEPSYN) =
Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery of Chile
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Союз
Архитекторов
России
=
Soûz Arhitektorov Rossii (SAR) =
Union of Architects of Russia (UAR)
[Within Russia, "the Union of Architects of Russia is a successor of the
Union of Architects of the USSR which was created in 1932."]
- Türk Dil Kurumu (TDK) =
Turkish Language Society
[The Society was founded in 1932 as the
Türk Dili Tetkik Cemiyeti
(Turkish Language Investigation Society).
In 1934 it became the
Türk Dili Arastirma Kurumu
(Turkish Language Research Society).
And in 1936 it took the name
Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Society).]
- 1933
- Academia Mexicana de Cirugía (AMC) =
Mexican Academy of Surgery
- Aluminum Association (TAAI) =
The Aluminum Association, Inc.
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)
- American Crop Protection Association (ACPA)
- Asociación de Ingenieros Químicos del Uruguay
(AIQU) =
Association of Chemical Engineers of Uruguay
[The Association was founded in 1933 as the
Asociación de Química Industrial.
Later it became the
Asociación de Químicos lndustríales.
It is now known as the
Asociación de Ingenieros Químicos del Uruguay
(AIQU).]
- Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
- Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS)
- Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance (CAHPERD) =
Association canadienne pour la santé, l'éducation
physique, le loisir et la danse (ACSEPLD)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie
Prüfung (DGZfP) =
German Society for Non-Destructive Testing
[Founded in 1933 as a "Fördergemeinschaft" of the
"Staatlichen Materialprüfungsamt Berlin-Dahlem."
It became a formally registered
society in 1937, when it took the name "Gesellschaft zur Förderung
zerstörungsfreier Prüfverfahren" (GFZfP).
Took the name "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie
Prüfverfahren in 1966.
Assumed its current name in 1975.]
- Early American Industries Association (EAIA)
- Institute of British Geographers (IBG)
[The Institute of British Geographers was formed in 1933 as a
break-away from the Royal Geographical Society (founded 1830).
In 1995 the two organizations merged to form the
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British
Geographers).]
- International Union Against Cancer (IUAC) =
Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC)
- החברה
הפסיכואנלטית
בישראל =
Israel Psychoanalytic Society =
Israeli Psychoanalytic Society
[The Society was founded in 1933, evidently as the
Palestinian Society of Psychoanalysis, and later became the
Israel Society of Psychoanalysis, sometimes known as the
Israeli Psychoanalytic Society.]
- Law Council of Australia (LCA)
- ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน
=
Royal Institute (Thailand)
- 精密工学会 =
Seimitsu Kōgakukai =
Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE)
- Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD) =
Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology
- 1934
- Academy of American Poets (AAP)
- American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
- American Musicological Society (AMS)
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
- Association Française de Génie Civil (AFGC) =
French Association of Civil Engineering
[The AFGC was formed in 1998 by the union of the
Association Française Pour la Construction (AFPC) and the
Association Française de Recherches et d'Essais sur les
Matériaux et les Constructions (AFREM) (founded 1948).
The Association Française Pour la Construction (AFPC) had
been formed in 1984 by the union of the
Association Française des Ponts et Charpentes (AFPC)
(founded 1934) and the
Association Française du Béton (AFB) (founded 1971).
In 1985, the
Association Française Pour la Construction (AFPC) took over
the activities of the
Association Scientifique de la Précontrainte (ASP).]
- สมาคม
สถาปนิก
สยาม
=
Association of Siamese Architects (ASA)
- Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA)
- Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) =
Association des Architectes Paysagistes du Canada (AAPC)
- Dansk Selskab for Fotogrammetri og Landmåling (DSFL) =
Danish Society for Photogrammetry and Surveying
[Formed in 1973 as the union of
Dansk Fotogrammetrisk Selskab
(Danish Photogrammetric Society), which had been founded in 1934, and the
Society for Technical Surveying, which had been founded in 1971.
Around 2000, the
Dansk Selskab for Fotogrammetri og Landmåling (DSFL)
merged with the
Dansk Akademi for Stedbestemt Information (DAiSI) and the
Dansk Kartografisk Selskab (DKS) to form the
Geoforum Danmark - Selskab for Geografisk Information
(Geoforum Danmark - Society for Geographical Information).]
- Dýralæknafélag Íslands (DI) =
Icelandic Veterinary Association
- Εταιρία
Ελλήνων
Λογοτεχνών
(ΕΕΛ) =
Etairia Ellēnōn Logotehnōn =
Hellenic Literary Society
- Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
- National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
- Norsk Psykologforening (NPF) =
Norwegian Psychological Association
- Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay (SGU) =
Gastroenterological Society of Uruguay
- Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
- 中国电机工程学会
=
Zhōngguó Diànshěn Gōngchéng
Xuéhuì =
Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering (CSEE)
- 1935
- American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
- Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs (ALI) =
Association of Engineers, Luxembourg
- Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
(AIAST)
- Australian Institute of Environmental Health (AIEH)
- भारतीय
राष्ट्रीय
विज्ञान
अकादमी =
Bhārătīyă Rāstrīyă
Vijñyān Akādmī =
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
[Founded in 1935 as
National Institute of Sciences of India (NISI).
It took its current name in 1970.]
- British Cement Association (BCA)
- Federação Brasileira de Associações
de Engenheiros (FEBRAE) =
Brazilian Federation of Engineering Associations
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
- International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) =
Association internationale de recherches hydrauliques (AIRH) =
Asociación Internacional de Investigaciones Hidráulicas
(AIIH)
- International College of Surgeons (ICS)
- Mining Association of Canada (MAC)=
Association Minière du Canada (AMC)
[Founded in 1935 as "Canadian Metal Mining Association."]
- Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren (NVvA) =
Dutch Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
- Psychometric Society (PS)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
(RANZCR)
[The society was founded in 1935 as the
Association of Radiology of Australia and New Zealand.
It took its present name in 1972.]
- Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología (SOCHOG) =
Chilean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Sociedad Mexicana de Cardiología (SMC) =
Mexican Society of Cardiology
- Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia (SBOT) =
Brazilian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM)
[The Society was founded in 1935 as the
Association of Industrial Medical Officers.
In 1965, it became the
Society of Occupational Medicine.]
- Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
- Unión Argentina de Asociaciones de Ingenieros (UADI) =
Argentine Union of Engineering Associations
- 中国数学会 =
Zhōngguó Shùxuéhuì =
Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS)
- 1936
- Academia Portuguesa da História (APH) =
Portuguese Academy of History
[This Academy was founded on 1936, May 19, and first convened
on 1938, January 9.
It considers itself the legitimate successor to the
Academia Real da História Portuguesa
(founded 1720, went into decline around 1736).]
- Academy of Management (AM)
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) [formed
in 1948 by the merger of Limnological Society of America (founded
1936) and Oceanographic Society of the Pacific]
- Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y
Traumatología (AAOT) =
Argentine Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
[The Association was founded in 1936 as the
Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía Ortopédica.
In 1949, it took the name
Sociedad Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumotología (SAOT).
And in 1982, it became the
Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología
(AAOT).]
- Asociación Odontológica Panameña (AOP) =
Panamian Odontological Association
- Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)
- Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
- Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) =
Conseil Canadien des Ingénieurs (CCI)
- Canadian Physiological Society (CPS) =
Société Canadienne de Physiologie (SCP)
- Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS)
[Founded in 1936 as: Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists (CSLT).
In 1997, it took the name: Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
(CSMLS).]
- Česká Gynekologická a
Porodnická Společnost (CGPS) =
Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
- Driftingenjörsförbundet i Finland (DIFF) =
Association of Swedish Speaking Engineers in Finland
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (ISSMGE) =
Société Internationale de Mécanique des Sols et
de la Géotechnique
- Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA)
[The association was founded in 1936 as the Institute of Municipal
Management (IMM).
In January 2001 it became the Local Government Managers Australia
(LGMA).]
- Manitoba Library Association (MLA)
- Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS)
- Sociedad Argentina de Horticultura (SAH) =
Argentine Horticultural Society
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
- Society of American Archivists (SAA)
- Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
- Svenska Antikvariatföreningen (SAF) =
Swedish Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
- Unión Matemática Argentina (UMA) =
Argentine Mathematical Union
- 1937
- Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA)
[The Society was founded in 1937 as the
Actuaries' Club of South Africa.
In 1948, it took its current name.]
- Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber (ATV) =
Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
- American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)
- American Society for Information Science (ASIS)
[ASIS was founded in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute (ADI),
and assumed its present name in 1968.]
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
- Anglo-Norman Text Society (ANTS)
- Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
[founded in 1937 as Australian Institute of Librarians]
- Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) =
Société Canadienne d'Ophtalmologie (SCO)
- Carolina Geological Society (CGS)
- جمعية
أطباء
الأسنان
المصريون =
Egyptian Dental Association (EDA)
[The Association was founded in 1937 as a subdivision of the
Egyptian Royal Medical Association
(later the Egyptian Medical Association (EMA)).
In 1960 it separated from the EMA and became an independent body.]
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- Rural Sociological Society (RSS)
- Société Belge de Statistique (SBS) =
Belgische Vereniging voor Statistiek (BVS) =
Belgian Statistical Society (BSS)
- Société Française de Cardiologie (SFC) =
French Society of Cardiology
- Société Française de Microbiologie (SFM) =
French Society for Microbiology
- Systematics Association (SA)
[The Association was founded in 1937 as the
Committee on Systematics in Relation to General Biology.]
- Wildlife Society (TWS)
- 1938
- American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
- American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
(AAASS)
["The AAASS developed out of the Committee on Slavic Studies
established by the American Council of Learned Societies in 1938.
The Association was founded a decade later [i.e. 1948] for the purpose of
publishing an American journal in the Slavic field, and in 1960 became a
membership organization."]
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
(ACGIH)
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico (CIAPR) =
College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico
- Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia (ETA) =
Academia Scientiarum Estoniae =
Estonian Academy of Sciences
- Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
- Instituto de España (IdE) =
Institute of Spain
- Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen
en Kunsten (KVAB) =
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
[The Academy was founded in 1938 as
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren
en Schone Kunsten van België.
In 1971, it took the name
Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van
België.
And in 1998 it took its current name.]
- National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
- Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP) =
Dutch Institute of Psychologists
[The Insitute was founded in 1938 as the
Nederlands Instituut van Praktizerende Psychologen (NIPP).
In 1968 it became the
Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP).]
- Norsk Astronomisk Selskap (NAS) =
Norwegian Astronomical Society
- Ordem dos Médicos (OM) =
Society of Physicians
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
[In 1938 the
Ophthalmological Society of Australia (BMA) was formed;
in 1969 it became the
Australian College of Ophthalmologists;
in 1977 it became the
Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists (RACO).
In 2000 the College became the
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.]
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID)
- Society of University Surgeons (SUS)
- Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS)
[The Society was founded in 1938 as
Western Weed Control Conference (WWCC).
In 1968 it took its current name.]
- 1939
- American Finance Association (AFA)
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
- Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) = Société
canadienne de psychologie (SCP)
- Centro Paraguayo de Ingenieros (CPI) =
Paraguayan Engineering Center
- Hrvatsko Kemijsko Društvo (HKD) =
Croatian Chemical Society
- Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
- International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) =
Assocation Internationale pour l'Etude de la Végétation =
Internationale Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde
[The Association was founded in 1939 as the
Association Internationale de Phytosociologie (International
Phytosociological Society) in Marseille, but dissolved a few months later
with the onset of World War II.
It was founded again in 1947 in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
In 1982 it took its current name.]
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
- Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging (KVCV) =
Royal Flemish Chemical Society
- Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
[Founded in 1939 as American National Standards Committee Z39;
it assumed its present name in 1984.]
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Höhlenforschung (SGH)
=
Société Suisse de Spéléologie (SSS) =
Swiss Speleological Society (SSS)
- Society for Developmental Biology (SDB)
- Vereinigung der Buchantiquare und Kupferstichhändler in
der Schweiz (VEBUKU) =
Syndicat de la Librairie Ancienne et du Commerce de l'Estampe en Suisse
(SLACES) =
Association of Swiss Antiquarian Book and Print Dealers
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