The
International Gramsci Society was founded in October
1989 at the international conference "Gramsci nel
mondo" held in Formia, Italy. The aim of the International
Gramsci Society is to facilitate communication and the
exchange of information among the very large number
of individuals from all over the world who are interested
in Antonio Gramsci's life and work and in the presence
of his thought in contemporary culture.
In March 1992,
we published the first issue of the IGS Newsletter,
in order to keep members informed about publications,
meetings, and other activities relevant to the study
and the interpretation of Gramsci. The IGS Newsletter
has been published for several years in paper form and
mailed to all members of the Society.
In 1998, we
launched the IGS web site in association with the ItalNet
Consortium and the University of Notre Dame, and started
publishing the IGS Newsletter in both paper and electronic
form. All back issues of the IGS
Newsletter are available in an online searchable
HTML format and as downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader
(.pdf) files.
In early 2002,
we launched the IGS
Listserv and expanded the website to include more
information and to continue our aim of facilitating
communication and exchange on the life and work of Antonio
Gramsci.
International Gramsci Society Conferences
The IGS organizes
an international conference every few years. Three conferences
have been held thus far in Naples (1997), Rio
de Janeiro (2001), and in the cities of Cagliari, Ghilarza, and Ales in Sardinia (2007).
IGS conferences
provide the occasion for an extensive examination of
the status of Gramsci's influence in contemporary culture,
the diversity of Gramscian studies, the various directions
in which the interpretations and the uses of Gramsci's
ideas and categories have been developing. The conferences
have also served another, more practical purpose: they
provide IGS members with the opportunity to collectively
plan the work of the Society and give its organizational
structure a more permanent and solid form.
Click here for information
on IGS Membership.
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