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IT has often been said that the academic discipline provides a foundation on which international collaboration can be built. The Jerusalem Historical and Philosophical Society, formed in March 1946, with the object of promoting the study of history, philosophy and literature among the Arab, British and Jewish communities of Palestine, is good evidence of such collaboration. The Society meets once a month, when papers are read by members or guest lecturers, and the three subjects, history, philosophy and literature, are taken in rotation, four papers a year being devoted to each subject. Membership is limited and is by invitation only, the sole qualification being an academic interest in one of the three subjects. At present, several of the Arab members belong to the Government Arab College, British members are drawn from the staff of the British Council in Palestine, and Jewish members from the staif of the Hebrew University ; the Department of Education is also represented. So far it has not been possible to print papers in full ; but Dr. W. Yourgrau has produced short summaries of seven papers presented during the Society‘s first year. The president is Sir William FitzGerald, chief justice of Palestine, and the honorary secretary and treasurer is Miss E. Cunnington, Jerusalem, P.O. Box 2.
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Historical and Philosophical Society of Jerusalem. Nature 161, 124 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161124b0
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