learned societies
Knowledge-focused professional groups
Learned societies are organizations of scholars, scientists, or professionals who gather to advance knowledge in a particular field.
They typically publish journals, host conferences, and set standards for their disciplines.
The Royal Society, the American Historical Association, and similar bodies exemplify the form.
She presented her research at the learned society's annual meeting.
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- academyInstitution of learning
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- professional associationsGroups organized by occupation
- annual meetingRecurring yearly organizational assembly
antiquarian · lecture · public lecture · reading room · institute · journal · Académie française · Renaissance humanism · charter · coat of arms · academic publishing · honorific titles · think tank · symposia · dissertations · research grants · endowments · publications
- academia termsart academies, royal academies, research institutes, academic exchange, fellowship programs
- Academic Organizationsacademic conferences, symposiums, consortia, professional bodies, research institutes
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
- Intellectual OrganizationsMensa, Phi Beta Kappa, Prometheus, Rhodes Scholars, Fulbright
- learned societiesnational academy, IEEE, Phi Beta Kappa
learned societiestrade unions
Worker collectives for negotiations
labor unions · professional guilds · trade associations · commercial enterprises · social clubs
learned societiesflash mobs
Organized spontaneous public gatherings
street gangs · grassroots movements · online forums · ad hoc committees
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