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==Inactive Study Groups==
 
==Inactive Study Groups==
  
Note that all the Study Groups listed below were active at one point in time; thus this is not a speculative list, but an historical one.
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There are many inactive Study Groups, some of which have significant histories. Any maybe reactivated at the call of any member.
 
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* [[Age of Augustus Study Group]]
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* [[Ancient Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Ancient History Study Group]]
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* [[Anthropology Study Group]]
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* [[Archaeology Study Group]]
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* [[Armenian Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Arms and Armor Study Group]]
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* [[BE-NE-LUX Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Brythonic & Cymric Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Byzantine Study Group]]
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* [[Cartography Study Group]]
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* [[Celtic/Arthurian Study Group]]
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* [[Chivalric Philosophy Study Group]]
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* [[Chivalry Study Group]]
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* [[Colonial Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Colonial Witches Study Group]]
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* [[Crusades Study Group]]
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* [[Descents from Charlemagne Study Group]]
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* [[Descents from the Conquest Study Group]]
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* [[Descents from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Study Group]]
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* [[East Asian Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Eastern & Central European Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Egyptology Study Group]]
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* [[English Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[French Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Genetic Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Germanic Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Habsburg Dynasty Study Group]]
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* [[Heraldry Study Group]]
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* [[Historiography Study Group]]
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* [[Irish Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Italian Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Study Group]]
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* [[Lineage Chart Study Group]]
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* [[Medals & Decorations Study Group]]
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* [[Medieval Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Medieval History Study Group]]
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* [[Merovingian Dynasty Study Group]]
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* [[Numismatic Study Group]]
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* [[Philatelic Study Group]]
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* [[Plymouth Colony Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Roman Study Group]]
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* [[Royal & Noble Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Royalty & Nobility Study Group]]
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* [[Scandinavian Study Group]]
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* [[Scottish Genealogy Study Group]]
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* [[Ships Passenger Lists Index Study Group]]
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* [[Spanish Genealogy Study Group]]
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'''Proposal: The Society should, on a rotating basis, advertise the potential of the inactive [[Study Groups]] to the membership in an effort to reactivate as many as may have support.'''
 
'''Proposal: The Society should, on a rotating basis, advertise the potential of the inactive [[Study Groups]] to the membership in an effort to reactivate as many as may have support.'''

Revision as of 18:26, 17 February 2016

The Augustan Society, Inc., bills itself as an "association of scholars". The Society also emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the field. Indeed, our ability to span conventional topic boundaries 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 administration separate from the topical departments.

The Coordinator of each Study Group is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Dean of Studies, who also creates, activates, and deactivates the Study Groups.

Proposal: The Society should adopt a policy limiting Coordinators of Study Groups to being in charge of only one such group at a time. If two groups are related—such as Anthropology and Archaeology—then the groups could be merged under a single Coordinator. Membership in additional Study Groups would not be constrained.

 

Active Study Groups

Descents from Antiquity

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 Omnibus.

Proposal: The Society should more clearly specify and publish the purpose and scope of the Descents from Antiquity project.

Proposal: The Society should more clearly identify the individual lines that the Descents from Antiquity project attempts to prove or disprove with the Descents from Antiquity project.

Proposal: The Society should produce reports on each of the lines studied by the Descents from Antiquity project on a regular basis until each is proven or disproven, with the final reports on each published in The Augustan Omnibus.

Family of Augustans

The objective of this project is to computerize lineages of Augustans whose genealogies are stored at Headquarters 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.

Proposal: The Society should document and publish the process by which the Family of Augustans project is to be pursued.

Proposal: The Society should place the combined lineages included in the Family of Augustans project online for use by members. This should take the form of a useful web site, not just a collection of GED files. Data on events after 1940 should be redacted.

First Peoples

Proposal: The Society should oblige the First Peoples Study Group to create a statement of purpose.

Photo Collection Study Group

The objective of this project is to identify the individuals and locations shown in the Society's collection of photographic prints. The plan is to scan and upload the images to a public site, then ask members to assist in the identification. There is some sense of urgency in this, as members pass and memory fade.

Proposal: The Society should work to identify the individuals and locations (and to the extent possible, the dates) of the prints in the Society's photo collection.

Inactive Study Groups

There are many inactive Study Groups, some of which have significant histories. Any maybe reactivated at the call of any member.

Proposal: The Society should, on a rotating basis, advertise the potential of the inactive Study Groups to the membership in an effort to reactivate as many as may have support.

Proposal: The Society should, through the office of Dean of Studies and guided by the Member Interest Survey, invite specific members to reactivate particular Study Groups, and to create more for new topics.