The Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism at the
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
was founded in 2000. Its aim was scholarly research into freemasonry and related fraternal associations. The activities of the centre were suspended in 2010.
Directors
The Centre's founding director was Prof. Andrew Prescott, who was working at the centre between 2000-2007. In 2007, Dr Andreas Önnerfors was recruited and took up his position in January 2008.
Publications
;''Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism''
Together with Equinox Publishers, the centre launched the first ever academic journal in the area, the ''Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism'', an independent, international, peer-reviewed academic journal in the area of research into organized sociability in general and
freemasonry
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...
in particular and as part of the former Academic Society for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism (ASRFF). The journal's editorial offices are in
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
, UK. The Journal was established in 2009 and is published by Equinox Publishers in the UK and edited by Dr.
Andreas Önnerfors (
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
and
Malmö University College in Sweden) and Dr. Rob Collis (
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
, United Kingdom). Dr. Róber Péter (
University of Szeged
The University of Szeged () is a Public university, public research university in Szeged, Hungary. Established as the Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár in present-day Cluj-Napoca in 1581, the institution was re-established as a university in 1872 by ...
, Hungary) is review editor. Each issue contains academic research articles, reports on studies of freemasonry and book reviews on the subject.
Freemasons for Dummies: The Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
/ref> The Journal deals with various aspects of Freemasonry and Fraternalism and associated topics such as including politics, society, culture, art, history, music and other disciplines.
;Other publications
The Centre also published a monthly newsletter about the activities of the Centre and its academic partners in Europe and the world.
The Centre also published working papers within its research area on their website.
See also
* Freemasonry
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...
References
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External links
Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism homepage, archived before its removal in 2010
University of Sheffield
History of Freemasonry
Freemasonry in England