The ESSWE is a learned society, established in 2005 to advance the academic study of the various manifestations of Western esotericism from late antiquity to the present, and to secure the future development of the field.
Among the activities of the Society are:
- Organising conferences and other academic meetings;
- Generally promoting contacts and programmes of exchange among scholars;
- Promoting publications and rendering services in that connection;
- Stimulating research and education;
- Promoting academic debate, interdisciplinary and critical approaches, and the application of a variety of scholarly methods;
- Co-operating with other scholarly associations in and beyond Europe;
- Encouraging the appreciation of the historical, cultural and intellectual significance of Western esotericism by research institutions, scholarly policy makers, and the general public.
ESSWE serves its members with the following benefits:
- Members can make use of an online e-mail system that allows them to easily communicate with other scholars in the field of Western esotericism generally and/or their specific field of expertise;
- Members can use the ESSWE website to make free publicity for their books;
- Members receive a 15% discount on the journal Aries and a 25% discount on volumes published in the Aries Book Series;
- Members receive a discount on ESSWE conference fees.
For information about how to become a member of ESSWE, see "Become a member".
The board of ESSWE is currently constituted as follows:
- President: Wouter J. Hanegraaff (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Vice President: Jean-Pierre Brach (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris, France)
- Treasurer: Demetrius Waarsenburg (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Secretary: Mark Sedgwick (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
- Membership Secretary: Egil Asprem (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Webmaster: Peter J. Forshaw (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Antoine Faivre (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris, France)
- Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (University of Exeter, UK)
- Boaz Huss (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
- Andreas Kilcher (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland)
- Marco Pasi (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Gyorgy E. Szonyi (University of Szeged, Hungary)
- Helmut Zander (Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany)
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Henny Homan, who served as Secretary for ESSWE since it was founded in 2005. Her warmth and enthusiasm will be greatly missed by us all and we hope that you will all join us in offering Henny's family our condolences and wishing them all good fortune for the future.
In Henny's memory we are pleased to announce the creation of the Henny Homan Essay Prize. Information about this prize will be posted soon.
We apologise to any member who may have sent unanswered communications to Henny concerning the society over the past few months and encourage them to contact either the new Secretary, Mark Sedgwick, or the new Membership Secretary, Egil Asprem.
Articles of Association: The ESSWE was incorporated on 21 April 2005 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the articles were then amended at the meeting of members held in Amsterdam on 21 June 2008. An English translation of the Articles of ESSWE is provided here. Since the ESSWE was incorporated under Dutch law, the official version of the Articles of Association is in Dutch (available here).
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