The European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) is Europe's only scholarly society for the study of Western esotericism. Founded in 2005, the society promotes academic study of the various manifestations of Western esotericism from late antiquity to the present, and works to secure the future development of the field.
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The ESSWE publishes a peer-reviewed journal, Aries, and an associated book series with Brill, and also a periodic Newsletter.
The ESSWE holds an international conference in a different European country every two years, and holds a workshop for graduate students in years in which there is no conference. Past conferences have been in Tübingen (2007), Strasbourg (2009), and Szeged (2011).
The ESSWE provides various resource on its website, awards prizes and travel bursaries to recognize and encourage younger scholars, and has two regional networks, the Scandinavian Network for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (SNASWE) and the Israeli Network for the Study of Western Esotericsm (INASWE).
The ESSWE is an affiliated society of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) and a related scholarly organization of the American Academy of Religion (AAR).