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 under the chairmanship of René Worms, which formalised the foundation of this institution.A History of Classical Sociology. Ed. by Igor Kon. Moscow, 1989. The Révue internationale de sociologie, founded the year before, became the printed organ of the Institute. 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, Valtazar Bogišić, 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
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 NrPresidentCountryTerm 1 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1893 – 1895 2 Albert Schäffle 1895 – 1896 3 Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée 1896 – 1897 4 Paul von Lilienfeld 1897 – 1898 5 Gumersindo de Azcárate 1898 – 1899 6 Achille Loria 1899 – 1900 7 Guillaume De Greef 1900 – 1901 8 Carl Menger 1901 – 1902 9 Valtazar Bogišić 1902 – 1903 10 Lester Frank Ward 1903 – 1904 11 Pierre Émile Levasseur 1904 – 1905 12 Maksim Kovalevsky 1905 – ? 13 Francisco Giner de los Ríos ? 14 Hector Denis ? 15 Ludwig Stein 1909 – ? 16 Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk ? 17 Franklin Henry Giddings ? 18 Frederic Harrison ? 1910 19 Nikolai Ivanovich Kareev ? – 1917 20 Tomáš Masaryk 1921 – 1923 21 Albion Woodbury Small 1923 – 1925 22 Ferdinand Buisson 1925 – 1929 23 Mariano Harlan Cornejo 1929 – 1936 24 Charles A. Ellwood 1936 – 1937 25 Pitirim Sorokin 1937 26 René Maunier ? – 1944 27 Corrado Gini 1950 – 1963 28 Alfredo Poviña 1963 – 1969 Edgar F. Borgatta ? Paolo Ammassari 1989 – 1991 William V. D'Antonio 1991 – 1993 Erwin Scheuch 1993 – 1997 Masamichi Sasaki 1997 – 2001 Eliezer Ben-Rafael 2001 – 2008 Björn Wittrock 2008 – 2013 Craig Calhoun 2013 – present
See also International Sociological Association
References
A detailed history of the IIS