Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences




The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (RAOS) (French: Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer; Dutch: Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen) is a Belgian federal academy that contributes to the progress of scientific knowledge about overseas regions.
The seat of the Academy is located in Uccle (Ukkel in Dutch).[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Competitions, scholarships and prizes


  • 3 Publications


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


The Academy was founded under the name of Institut Royal Colonial Belge (Royal Belgian Colonial Institute) in 1928. In 1954 the institute was renamed as the Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales (Royal Academy of Colonial Sciences). At that time its area of activities was restricted to the Belgian Congo. In 1959 the Academy adopted the name of Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer (Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences) and broadened its geographical spectrum to include Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania.


To carry out its mandate the Academy organizes a wide range of activities: publications, conferences, yearly competitions with funds and prizes.


The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences is divided into three Sections:



  • Section of Human Sciences

  • Section of Natural and Medical Sciences

  • Section of Technical Sciences



Competitions, scholarships and prizes


The Academy organizes yearly competitions with specific topics for each of its three Sections. Scholarships are also granted every year as part of the Floribert Jurion [fr] Fund, which aim is to contribute to the training of future agricultural engineers or veterinary surgeons by giving them the opportunity to go for a training period in a developing country.


Finally the Academy awards the following three-year prizes:



  • The Lucien Cahen Prize for Geology (2012).

  • The Yola Verhasselt Prize for Tropical Geography (2013).

  • The Fernand Suykens Prize for the study of ports (2013).

  • The Jean-Jacques and Berthe Symoens Prize for Tropical Limnology (2014).



Publications


Works produced by the society include:[2]




  • Atlas général du Congo / Algemene atlas van Congo (in French and Dutch), 1948–1963.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    open access


  • Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer [nl], 1948-2015; 11 volumes Free to read (Also called Biographie Coloniale Belge)

  • Bulletin des Seances. 1930- (online) open access

  • Commission d'Histoire du Congo. (Publications.) 1953-1958.

  • Livre blanc: Apport scientifique de la Belgique au developpement de l'Afrique centrale. 1962-

  • Memoires (online) open access

    • Memoires de la classe des sciences morales et politiques. 1933-

    • Memoires de la classe des sciences naturelles et medicales. 1931-

    • Memoires de la classe des sciences techniques. 1930-





See also



  • Belgian overseas colonies


  • Société Belge d'Études Coloniales (est. 1894)


  • École Coloniale Supérieure [nl] (est. 1920 in Antwerp)



References





  1. ^ "Historical overview | Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences". www.kaowarsom.be. Retrieved 2015-11-14.


  2. ^ Joanne Coyle Dauphin (1965). "Belgian Centers of Documentation and Research on Africa". African Studies Bulletin. 8. JSTOR 522935. Academie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (ARSOM)




External links


  • Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences



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