THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HISTORY, ARTS AND LETTERS

Academic Councils

Institutional

Academic Councils

Academic councils identify the Society's areas of activity and help present the scholarly, historical, literary, artistic, and cultural fields connected to ASHAL's mission.

ASHAL organizes its intellectual and cultural work through academic councils dedicated to fields of knowledge, stewardship, and institutional recognition.

Collegiate bodies list

Collegiate Bodies

Academic Councils

Knowledge areas loaded from active institutional records.

B&
01

Business & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship, Management & Strategy "To entrepreneurship belongs the art of transforming the creative spirit into prosperity — and work into legacy." • Mission: To foster the entrepreneurial spirit, the legacy of family businesses, succession, and...

COLNEGOCIOS
02

Economics, Business Administration & Finance

" Economics is the art of directing means toward the prosperity of the common good and the endurance of nations. " • Mission: To analyze economic science, fiscal transparency, and the technical stewardship of wealth. • Scope: Economists, Business...

COLECONOMIA
03

Education & Pedagogy

"Education is not merely the transmission of information, but the awakening of the soul to truth." • Mission: To investigate integral human formation, the foundations of classical pedagogy, and contemporary educational challenges — promoting academic...

COLEDUCACAO
FC
04

Family, Child Development & Life Cycles

"The family is the cradle of virtues and the foundation of all civilization." • Mission: To study the family as a social foundation, protect childhood, and investigate life cycles, strengthening bonds, values, and the transmission of moral legacy between...

COLFAMILIA
05

Health Sciences & Medical Humanities

"To cure sometimes; to relieve often; to comfort always." • Mission: To study the history of medicine and the healing arts, and to promote an ethical and compassionate vision of the care of life. • Scope: Physicians, Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists, Physical...

COLCIENCIASMEDICAS
HG
06

History, Genealogy & Cultural Heritage

"To know the past is to learn where we belong: only then can we build a future with identity." • Mission: To preserve the roots of national identity, the memory of families, and historical heritage. • Scope: Historians, Genealogists, Archaeologists,...

COLHISTORIA
07

Language Arts & Literature

"The word is the mirror of the soul and the eternal record of civilization." • Mission : To safeguard the language, promote high literature, and preserve the integrity of the written word. • Scope : Writers, Poets, Philologists, Linguists, Proofreaders,...

COLLETRAS
08

Law, Government & International Relations

"Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi. (Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render to each his due)." • Mission: To uphold institutional order, legal culture, diplomatic tradition, and scholarly inquiry in political...

COLJURIDICO
09

Media, Communications & Public Affairs

"The public word is the sentinel of freedom and the chronicle of the present." • Mission: To document the narrative of the present and study the history of journalism and public communication. • Scope: Journalists, Publicists, Content Creators, Podcasters,...

COLCOMUNICACAO
M
10

Music

"Even in the absence of words, music speaks." • Mission: To promote musical harmony and preserve the musical heritage — with special attention to classical music and the great American musical traditions. • Scope: Musicians, Conductors/Maestros, Composers,...

COLMUSICA
11

Natural Sciences, Technology & Innovation

"The book of the universe is written in the language of mathematics." • Mission: To study the laws of nature and the exact sciences, document technical and scientific progress, and foster innovation applied to human and national development. • Scope:...

COLEXATAS
12

Performing Arts & Film Studies

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." • Mission: To document the human narrative through stage and image — preserving cultural memory through theater, cinema, photography, and audiovisual arts. • Scope: Actors, Theater...

COLARTESCENICAS
PP
13

Psychology, Psychoanalysis & Human Development

"The greatest journey a person can take is inward." • Mission: To study the human soul, bonds, inner narratives, and processes of emotional care, integrating clinical tradition, qualified listening, and human development. • Scope: Psychologists,...

COLPSICOLOGIA
PP
14

Public Policy, Management & Governance

"Governing is the art of providing for the common good with prudence and integrity." • Mission: To study public administration and ethics in the exercise of governmental power. • Scope: Public Administrators, Government Strategists, Policy Analysts, and...

COLPOLITICA
15

Social Sciences & Community Engagement

"Philia and Caritas: the science of human coexistence manifested in the art of serving." • Mission: To study human coexistence, community sociology, and the impact of philanthropy. • Scope: Sociologists, Anthropologists, Social Workers, and NGO Managers. This...

COLSOCIAIS
16

Sports & Physical Education

"Mens sana in corpore sano: the balance between the strength of the body and the elevation of the mind." • Mission: To study physical culture, sport as a school of virtues, and the history of competitions that have forged identities — promoting health,...

COLESPORTES
T&
17

Theology & Philosophy

"Fides et Ratio: the two wings on which the human spirit rises to contemplate truth." • Mission: To investigate the moral foundations of civilization and classical transcendent thought. • Scope: Theologians, Philosophers, Religious Leaders, Clergy, Seminary...

COLTEOLOGIA
18

Visual Arts & Design

"Beauty is the splendor of truth." • Mission: To preserve visual aesthetics and artistic heritage — classical and contemporary — as a cultural record of civilization. • Scope: Painters, Draftsmen, Sculptors, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, Photographers, Art...

COLARTESVISUAIS