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IAS activities focus on 2 publications :

↘︎ Journal of the International Arthurian Society (JIAS)

↘︎ Bibliography of the International Arthurian Society (BIAS)

And a congress held every 3 years. The next Congress will take place in 2027 :

↘︎ XXVIIIth congress (St Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain, 2027) 

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XXVIIth Congress of the International Arthurian Society

July 12-18, 2024

Aix-en-Provence , France

Who we are

The International Arthurian Society (IAS) is a non-profit learned association, administered by an elected International Board (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, editors-in-chief of the Society’s main publications and digital officer), and supported by statutes that are updated regularly. Its membership consists of researchers, teachers, students and other parties interested in the legend of King Arthur , its dissemination and reception. 

Its field of action targets both academic circles and the general public. On the one hand, it aims to encourage the study of history, literature, material transmission and other forms of artistic expression, whether medieval or modern, and, on the other, to keep alive and stimulate interest in Arthurian studies in contemporary society and culture, in all their forms (novels, essays, video games, films and documentaries, comic strips, etc.). 

To this end, the IAS: 

  • organises conferences (in particular, the triennial Arthurian Congress)
  • publishes a scientific journal, JIAS (Journal of the International Arthurian Society)
  • updates a bibliographic database, the BSIA (Bibliography of the International Arthurian Society)
  • maintains a dedicated trilingual website (English, French, German)
  • preserves its archives at the Centre for Arthurian Studies at Bangor University, Wales, UK
FOUNDATION OF THE IAS

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Image: Martin Kraft  (photo.martinkraft.com)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
via Wikimedia Commons

« Ja verroiz la Table Reonde / Qui tornoie conme le monde. » (Béroul, Tristran, v. 3379-80)

Only attested for the first time in Wace’s Brut, in 1155, the Round Table is probably better known to modern audiences as the physical table now exhibited in the Great Hall at Winchester. A memorable example of medieval Arthurianism dateable to the late thirteenth century, this Round Table is associated with the Arthurian fashions popular in Edward I’s time. Edward is only one of the many English kings who appropriated the legends for political gain. Centuries later Henry VIII will commission the repainting of the table in the form that can still be seen nowadays.                                                 

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