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KOSANBA
KOSANBA is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of Haitian Vodou. Founding The organization was founded in 1997 at the Center for Black Studies Research of the University of California, Santa Barbara, then under the directorship of Claudine Michel. Dr. Michel serves as executive director of KOSANBA. Thirteen scholars met for a colloquium on Haitian Vodou titled ''The Spirit and The Reality: Vodou and Haiti'' on April 25–26, 1997. At the end of the conference, they decided to institutionalize their efforts through a new association under the name ''The Congress of Santa Barbara''. Using the Haitian Creole name for ''congress'' (''kóngre'') with the ''San-'' and ''Ba-'' of ''Santa Barbara'', the abbreviation KOSANBA was born. Ongoing activities According to their declaration, KOSANBA "proposes to have an impact on Haitian cultural politics as well as on other measures and policies that affect the Republic of Haiti ... It is the belief of the Congress that Vodou plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholarly Association
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations, and many are professional associations. Their activities typically include holding regular conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in their discipline. Some also act as professional bodies, regulating the activities of their members in the public interest or the collective interest of the membership. History Some of the oldest learned societies are the Académie des Jeux floraux (founded 1323), the Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (founded 1488), the Accademia della Crusca (founded 1583), the Accademia dei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
