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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Albert Gallatin and John Russell Bartlett founded the American Ethnological Society in New York City in 1842. Their goal was to promote research in ethnology and all inquiries involving humans. The early meetings of the AES took place in the homes of the members, where they discussed all aspects of human life, from history and geography to philology and anthropology. The AES was a scholarly institution, in which papers were presented that were later published.
  • In the late 19th century, the AES's focus changed from the evolutionary concerns of ethnology to the academic dicipline of anthropology.

  • The AES remained small, due to financial difficulties until the 1920s.

  • In 1916, the AES became the American Ethnological Society, Inc. which broad. During this time, it also became associated with Columbia University and linked to the American Anthropological Association.

  • In the 1930s, The AES and AAA jointly published the "American Anthropologist," which concerned itself with all four fields of anthropology.

  • In 1950, the AES went nation-wide and started having biannual meetings across North America.

  • In 1972, the new "American Ethnologist" journal was created to focus on the expanding field of socio-cultural anthropology.

  • In the early 1980s the American Ethnological Society became incorporated into the American Anthropological Association as a sub-section.



American Anthropologist

"The American Anthropologist is the quarterly journal of the American Anthropological Association. The journal advances the Association's mission through publishing articles that add to, integrate, synthesize, and interpret anthropological knowledge; commentaries and essays on issues of importance to the discipline; and reviews of books, films, sound recordings and exhibits."


American Ethnologist

"American Ethnologist is a quarterly journal concerned with ethnology in the broadest sense of the term. The editor welcomes manuscripts that creatively demonstrate the connections between ethnographic specificity and theoretical originality, as well as the ongoing relevance of the ethnographic imagination to the contemporary world."


BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.aaanet.org/aa/
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/anthro/aes/history.html
http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/3a/ae/index.htm