American Oriental Society
 American Oriental Society medallion | |
| Established | September 7, 1842 |
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| Type | Learned society |
| Website | umich.edu/~aos/ |
The American Oriental Society was chartered under the laws of Massachusetts on September 7, 1842. It is one of the oldest learned societies in America,[1] and is the oldest devoted to a particular field of scholarship.[2]
It is closely associated with Yale University, which is the site of its library. The society publishes a journal quarterly, the Journal of the American Oriental Society, the most important American serial publication in the historical languages of Asia. Former presidents include Theodore Dwight Woolsey,[1] James Hadley,[1] William Dwight Whitney,[1] Daniel C. Gilman,[1] William H. Ward, Crawford H. Toy, Morris Jastrow, Jr., Harold H. Bender and Ludo Rocher.
References
- ^ a b c d e "ASU professor named president of American Oriental Society". ASU Now. April 8, 2011.
- ^ "American Oriental Society". ACLS. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
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