International Institute of Sociology

The International Institute of Sociology (IIS) is a scholarly organization which seeks to stimulate and facilitate the development, exchange, and application of scientific knowledge to questions of sociological relevance. Membership is open to all sociologists as well as to scholars in neighbouring disciplines.

International Institute of Sociology
Formation1893; 131 years ago (1893)
FounderRené Worms
HeadquartersParis
Geneva
Uppsala
President
Craig Calhoun
AffiliationsInternational Sociological Association (from 1971)
Websitewww.iisoc.org

Created in Paris in 1893 by René Worms, it is the oldest continuous sociological association in existence. Its first congress was held in Paris in October 1894[1]: 360  under the chairmanship of René Worms, which formalised the foundation of this institution.[1]: 169  The Révue internationale de sociologie, founded the year before, became the printed organ of the Institute.[1] Since its foundation the goal of the IIS has been to bring together sociologists from around the world. It has a longstanding tradition of promoting discussions on the most crucial theoretical issues of the day and on the practical use of social scientific knowledge. Among its members and associates were prominent scholars such as: Franz Boas, Roger Bastide, Lujo Brentano, Theodor Geiger, Gustave Le Bon, Karl Mannheim, William F. Ogburn, Pitirim Sorokin, Georg Simmel, Werner Sombart, Gabriel Tarde, Ferdinand Toennies, Thorstein Veblen, Lester F. Ward, Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Sidney Webb, Max Weber, Florian Znaniecki, and Ludwig Gumplowicz[1]: 169 

Every two years the IIS organizes a world congress in Sociology. Recent IIS World Congresses were held in Uppsala (2013), Delhi (2012), Yerevan (2009), Budapest (2008), Stockholm (2005), Beijing (2004), Kraków (2001), Tel Aviv (1999), Köln (1997), Trieste (1995), Paris (1993), Kobe (1991), and Rome (1989).

In addition to the congresses and other meetings, the IIS publishes the Annales de l'Institut International de Sociologie / Annals of the International Institute of Sociology. First published in 1895 after the first world congress, this book series seeks to present cutting-edge research and synthesis.

Leadership

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Nr President Country Term
1 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury   United Kingdom 1893 – 1895
2 Albert Schäffle   Germany 1895 – 1896
3 Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée   France 1896 – 1897
4 Paul von Lilienfeld   Russia 1897 – 1898
5 Gumersindo de Azcárate   Spain 1898 – 1899
6 Achille Loria   Italy 1899 – 1900
7 Guillaume De Greef   Belgium 1900 – 1901
8 Carl Menger   Austria-Hungary 1901 – 1902
9 Valtazar Bogišić   Russia 1902 – 1903
10 Lester Frank Ward   United States 1903 – 1904
11 Pierre Émile Levasseur   France 1904 – 1905
12 Maksim Kovalevsky   Russia 1905 – ?
13 Francisco Giner de los Ríos   Spain ?
14 Hector Denis   Belgium ?
15 Ludwig Stein    Switzerland 1909 – ?
16 Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk   Austria-Hungary ?
17 Franklin Henry Giddings   United States ?
18 Frederic Harrison   United Kingdom ? 1910
19 Nikolai Ivanovich Kareev   Russia ? – 1917
20 Tomáš Masaryk   Czechoslovakia 1921 – 1923
21 Albion Woodbury Small   United States 1923 – 1925
22 Ferdinand Buisson   France 1925 – 1929
23 Mariano Harlan Cornejo   Peru 1929 – 1936
24 Charles A. Ellwood   United States 1936 – 1937
25 Pitirim Sorokin   United States 1937
26 René Maunier   France ? – 1944
27 Corrado Gini   Italy 1950 – 1963
28 Alfredo Poviña   Argentina 1963 – 1969
Edgar F. Borgatta   United States ?
Paolo Ammassari   Italy 1989 – 1991
William V. D'Antonio   United States 1991 – 1993
Masamichi Sasaki   Japan 1997 – 2001
Eliezer Ben-Rafael   Israel 2001 – 2008
Björn Wittrock   Sweden 2008 – 2013
Craig Calhoun   United States 2013 – present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d A History of Classical Sociology. Ed. by Igor Kon. Moscow, 1989. ISBN 5-01-001102-6