ULibraries Research Guides: Academic Conferences: How to Find a Conference or Meeting

How to Find a Conference or Meeting

Societies and Professional Organizations

Most societies and professional organizations host conferences and meetings to facilitate discussion about the most recent scholarship in a subject area. Here are the top three ways of finding the right conference for you:

Consult the society's website for conference, meeting, or event information
Follow or like your society on social media sites to receive announcements and updates
Subscribe to a discipline listserv for conference updates and calls for proposals

To find out if a society exists within your area of study, use the Learned Societies tab below to browse various lists.

Lists of Learned Societies, Links to Conference Alert Sites, and Information on Attending and Presenting at Conferences

American Council of Learned Societies
Learned societies are dedicated to publishing work in their disciplines or areas of study. They hold regular conferences at which members present and discuss their current research.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Founded in 1912, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) was originally created by three independent scientific organizations to provide a forum in which to hold educational meetings, develop publications, and disseminate biological research results.
List of engineering societies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An engineering society is a professional organization for engineers of various disciplines. Some are umbrella type organizations which accept many different disciplines, while others are discipline-specific. Many award professional designations, such as European Engineer, Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or similar. There are also many student-run engineering societies, commonly at universities or technical colleges.
List of international professional associations
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is a list of professional associations which are international organizations.
List of Learned Societies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is a partial list of learned societies, grouped by country.

H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Welcome to H-Net Academic Announcements! Here, you can search and browse for academic conferences, calls for papers, and programs that you might be interested in. If you have an announcement of interest to the academic community, say it here!

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