International Intellectual Relations
Waldo G. Leland
to confer on means of forming an international union which should, in fields humanities, correspond recently organized International Research Council, concerned itself with sciences and technology, would supplant former Association Academies, about 1900 German initiation. The American scholars who attended conference thus called (Paris, May 15-17, 1919) were Charles H. Haskins Harvard University James T. Shotwell Columbia University, represented respectively Academy Arts Sciences Historical Association. At this preliminary it was agreed that a meeting for definitive organization should be held Paris following October. Meanwhile, United States, joint initiative Association, Boston (September 19, by representatives ten organizations,2 expressed opinion the learned societies devoted humanistic studies participate as group Union Acad6mique. then proceeded tentative participating under name Council Learned Societies, 1 Philosophical Society, Sciences, Antiquarian Oriental Numismatic Philological Archaeological Institute America, Society Biblical Literature Exegesis, Modern Language Economic Anthropological Political Science Bibliographical Geographers, Sociological Law, College Art History Linguistic Mediaeval Population America. 2 83
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