International Institute of Sociology

Organization for the simulation of sociological science

International Institute of SociologyFormation| 1893; 130 years ago (1893)

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Founder| René Worms
Headquarters| Paris
Geneva
Uppsala

President

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Affiliations| International Sociological Association (from 1971)
Website| www.iisoc.org

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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.

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[edit]

Nr  | President  | Country  | Term

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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[edit]

* International Sociological Association

## References[edit]

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

* A detailed history of the IIS

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