Professional Organizations
Belonging to professional organizations and attending conferences are excellent ways to connect with community and keep abreast of innovations and key issues in the field.- American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS)Founded in 1988, the AAIS' purpose is to encourage, support, and conduct research activities in Italian culture, including areas such as Italian language, art, music, history, literature, folklore, and popular culture, and well as its influence on other cultures. The AAIS holds an annual meeting and periodically publishes a scholarly journal called Italian Culture.
- The Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI)Based in the UK, ASMI’s membership is international and includes scholars and others from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including history, political science, languages, geography, literature and anthropology. ASMI publishes a quarterly journal called Modern Italy
- Modern Language Association (MLA)MLA is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature.
Journal Alerts
A good way to keep current is to monitor key journals in your field. Most databases will allow you to sign up for email alerts, including alerts related to your keywords.
- JournalTOCsis the biggest searchable collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs). You can create a free account and receive alerts when new issues of the journals you are interested in are published.
