The Augustan Society, Inc., bills itself as an "association of scholars". The Society also emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the field. Indeed, it is our ability to span conventional topics that is one of the Society's great strengths. As such, there are many activities which do not fall neatly into one of the topical Departments. For this reason, and because they don't need discipline-specific oversight, it is appropriate to create these projects as Study Groups under separate administration.
'''Proposal: The Society should organized interdisciplinary projects, and some discipline-specific projects, as [[Study Groups]] without attachment will be created at need, provided that a member volunteers to work on it. Study Groups will be made dormant when no member is willing. Thus at any time there will be a specific topical departmentlist of active Study Groups and a list of inactive Study Groups, the latter occasionally being rather longer than as [[Committees]]the former. This is in keeping with the nature of the Society, and follows a long tradition of directing the focus of the Society to those projects which have member support at any given point in time.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should name an Officer to have general supervision of [[Currently active Study Groups]].'''include:
The * [[Vice-PresidentDescents from Antiquity Study Group]] should be considered for this position, as it will serve them as preparation for their succession to the presidency, but it may prove prudent to simply name a * [[Dean Family of StudiesAugustans Study Group]]* [[First Peoples Study Group]]* [[Photo Collection Study Group]] that could be an off-Board position.
===[[Descents from Antiquity]]===Currently inactive Study Groups include:
This a project to propose and prove or disprove descents from antiquity. This will involve publishing proposed lineages as a tool to generate discussion and consensus. A final report on each link will be published in The * [[Augustan OmnibusAge of Augustus Study Group]].* [[Ancient Genealogy Study Group]]'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly specify and publish the purpose * [[Anthropology Study Group]]* [[Archaeology Study Group]]* [[Armenian Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Arms and scope of the Armor Study Group]]* [[Descents from AntiquityBE-NE-LUX Genealogy Study Group]] project.'''* [[Brythonic & Cymric Genealogy Study Group]]'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly identify the individual lines that it attempts to prove or disprove with the * [[Descents from AntiquityCartography Study Group]] project.'''* [[Celtic/Arthurian Study Group]]'''Proposal: The Society should produce reports on each of the lines studied by the * [[Chivalric Philosophy Study Group]]* [[Chivalry Study Group]]* [[Colonial Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Colonial Witches Study Group]]* [[Crusades Study Group]]* [[Descents from AntiquityCharlemagne Study Group]] project on a regular basis until each is proven or disproven, with the final reports on each published in * [[Descents from the Conquest Study Group]]* [[Augustan OmnibusEast Asian Genealogy Study Group]].'''* [[Eastern & Central European Genealogy Study Group]]===* [[Family of AugustansEgyptology Study Group]]===* [[English Genealogy Study Group]]The objective of this project is to computerize lineages of Augustans whose genealogies are stored at * [[HeadquartersFrench Genealogy Study Group]] or have appeared in various Society publications with the intent to demonstrate our interrelatedness, and to identify common ancestors, both for the sake of fraternity and to assist one another with genealogical research.* [[Genetic Genealogy Study Group]]'''Proposal: The Society should document and publish the process by which the * [[Family of AugustansGermanic Genealogy Study Group]] project is to be pursued.'''* [[Habsburg Dynasty Study Group]]'''Proposal: The Society should place the combined lineages included in the * [[Family of AugustansHeraldry Study Group]] project online for use by members and possibly others. This should take the form * [[Historiography Study Group]]* [[Irish Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Italian Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Latin Kingdom of a useful web site, not just a collection of GED files.'''Jerusalem Study Group]]* [[Medals & Decorations Study Group]]* [[Medieval Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Merovingian Dynasty Study Group]] * [[Numismatic Study Group]]* [[Philatelic Study Group]]* [[Plymouth Colony Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Roman Study Group]]* [[Royal & Noble Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Scandinavian Study Group]]* [[Scottish Genealogy Study Group]]* [[Spanish Genealogy Study Group]]
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