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The society publishes a journal, the Transactions of the Philological Society, issued three times a year as well as a monographic series. The first Philological Society, based in London's Fitzroy Square, was founded in 1792 under the patronage of Thomas Collingwood of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. [5]
Formed in response to the new comparative philology practised by a handful of scholars on the Continent in the 1820s, the original Philological Society held the first in a series of informal meetings at London University in the early 1830s.
PhilSoc pursues its charitable aims in a number of ways: PhilSoc organises seven meetings annually. PhilSoc's journal, the Transactions of the Philological Society (TPhS), is published for the Society by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PhilSoc's book series, the Publications of the Philological Society, is also published for the Society by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Since 2000, PhilSoc has organised a biennial student essay competition in honour of the memory of the late RH Robins, former PhilSoc President and Secretary.
PhilSoc pursues its charitable aims in a number of ways: PhilSoc organises seven meetings annually. PhilSoc’s journal, the Transactions of the Philological Society (TPhS), is published for the Society by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Jul 8, 2024 · The Philological Society (PhilSoc) was established in 1830 and is the oldest learned society in Great Britain devoted to the scholarly study of language and languages. As well as encouraging all aspects of the study of language, PhilSoc has a particular interest in historical and comparative linguistics, and in the structure, development, and ...
Its book series, the Publications of the Philological Society, is also published for the society by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. It offers a number of bursaries for students embarking on a taught postgraduate programme in the UK in the areas of linguistics or philology; each bursary is worth £12,000.
