The Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies brings together delegates and administrative officers of our member societies, representatives of institutional associates and affiliates, and friends of ACLS from foundations, from government agencies, and from across the academic and public humanities. Events at the constitutionally mandated meeting of the Council include the Report of the Treasurer, a vote on the annual budget, and formal action on societies recommended for ACLS membership. In addition to featuring the Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture, the Annual Meeting offers a substantive program of broad interest to the scholarly community that ACLS represents. The Conference of Administrative Officers also convenes at the Annual Meeting.
 | 2008 Annual MeetingMay 8-10
Hilton Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
The Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 8-10. See highlights below and meeting summary.
- Admission of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) as the 70th ACLS member society
- President Pauline Yu's Report to the Council
- The 2008 Haskins Prize Lecture delivered by Theodor Meron, appeals judge and former president, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow, New York University Law School
- Program session on "Learned Societies and the Future of Publishing: When will the Internet revolution arrive?" moderated by James O'Donnell, provost, Georgetown University; secretary, ACLS Board of Directors
- Presentations by ACLS Fellows on "Emerging Themes and Methods of Humanities Research"
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