- North-American Catalan Society
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The North American Catalan Society or NACS is a professional association that joins all the researchers, students and all the people in general, specially in the United States and Canada, that show or have interest in any aspect of the culture from the Catalan Countries and the Catalan language (literature, linguistics, arts, history and philosophy, amongst others).
It was founded in 1978, during the First Colloquium of Catalan Studies in North America, that took place in the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign), and that was promoted by Josep Roca i Pons. The NACS is devoted to foster the studies about the Catalan language and its culture in the academical areas of North America. It also publishes the Catalan Review: International Journal of Catalan Culture.
In 1997, the Institute of Catalan Studies and the Catalan regional government granted the NACS the prestigious Ramon Llull prize for its fostering of the Catalan culture internationally. In 1998 the NACS received also the Creu de Sant Jordi, (Saint George cross), a high distinction given by the regional Catalan government.
Its present president (for 2007-2010) is Enric Bou, who teaches in the Brown University.
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