History: The Cervantes Society of America was founded in
1978 and held its first membership meeting in San Francisco in December
1979. The Society's purpose is to advance the study of the life and works
of Miguel de Cervantes through the promotion of communication and
cooperation among its members, through the publication of reviews of books
and articles and reports on pedagogical approaches to Cervantes's work,
through descriptions of research currently in progress by members, through
discussion at annual meetings, and through such other means as may tend to
deepen and broaden understanding of Cervantes and his works.
Organization: The Society's Constitution, revised
in 2009, was first published in Cervantes 6 (Spring 1986), 91-96.
The official
languages of the Society are English and Spanish.
Meetings: The Society holds its annual
meetings either in conjunction with the annual convention of the Modern
Language Association or, in alternate years, at another site selected by
the Executive Council. The annual meetings consist of an open business
meeting and several sessions devoted to presentations of papers on topics
announced in advance. A call for papers for these meetings is published in
the Newsletter and on the Society's website.
