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The Hegel Society of America (HSA) was founded in 1968 at the Wofford Symposium in
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, United States. Its mission is to promote the study of the philosophy of
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends ...
, but it never endorses or promotes any particular way of interpreting Hegel. These studies include Hegel's place in the history of philosophy, as well as the relationships of Hegel's writings to social, political, and cultural movements within the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The HSA claims that Hegel's philosophy remains relevant to contemporary issues and fields of knowledge. HSA members meet every two years for three-day seminars. These meetings feature a program on a theme selected by a democratic vote at the previous meeting, and the proceedings of every meeting since 1982 have been published.


Cooperation

HSA scholars cooperate with scholars from the following institutions: #
Hegel Society of Great Britain The Hegel Society of Great Britain (HSGB) is an English-speaking forum for scholars and students interested in the writings of the philosopher GWF Hegel (1770–1831). Such scholastic interest may extend to Hegel's predecessors, contemporaries, f ...
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The Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung The Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung (International Hegel Association) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1962. Its mission is to promote the study of G.W.F. Hegel's philosophy on at least two different fronts: (1) Hegel's system and its part ...
# The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft # The Centre de recherche et de documentation sur Hegel #The
Hegel-Archiv The Hegel Archives (German: ''Hegel-Archiv'') were founded in 1958 in North Rhine-Westphalia to encourage historical-critical efforts to study the collected works of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The North-Rhine/Westphalian Academy of Sciences ...
at Ruhr Universität,
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Official journal

The HSA official journal, '' The Owl of Minerva'', is published twice yearly in Spring and Fall issues. Since 1969, the ''Owl'' has published approximately 1,000 articles, reviews, discussions, translations, and bibliographic information about current scholarship within Hegel studies. All members of the Hegel Society of America receives a print subscription to the ''Owl'', and print or electronic versions are distributed to more than 180 libraries worldwide. Memberships, and distribution of the journal in print and electronic formats, are managed by the
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''The Owl of Minerva''

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