List of literary societies
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of literature, e.g. the World Science Fiction Society, or a specific writer -- see, for example, the list of poetry groups and movements. Such societies typically engage in research about their chosen author or genre, publishing a newsletter and holding meetings to deliver papers. Some are overtly academic and scholarly; others are more social groups of amateurs who appreciate a chance to discuss their favourite writer with other hobbyists.
American Literary Societies
- Alphabetically by college or university
- The Franklin Society, Brown University
- United Brother Society, Brown University
- Pronouncing Society, Brown University
- Philermenian Society, Brown University
- Athenian Society, Brown University
- Peucinian Society, Bowdoin College
- Philermenian Society, Carson-Newman College
- Calliopeans Society, Carson-Newman College
- Columbian Society, Carson-Newman College
- Hypatian Society, Carson-Newman College
- Polytechnic Literary Society, Citadel
- Calliopean Society, Citadel
- Cliosophic Society, College of Charleston
- Chrestomathy Society, College of Charleston
- The Peithologian Society, Columbia University
- The Philolexian Society, Columbia University
- United Fraternity, Dartmouth College
- Social Friends, Darthmouth College
- Philanthropic Society, Davidson College
- Eumenean Society, Davidson College
- The Union Philosophical Society, Dickinson College
- Belles Lettres Society, Dickinson College
- Calliopean Society, Emory & Henry College
- Hermesian Society, Emory & Henry College
- Hermesian Society, Ouachita College
- Philomathean Society, Ouachita College
- Athenian Society, Ouachita College
- Irinian Society, Emory University
- Phi Gamma Society, Emory University
- The Few Society, Emory University
- Euphemian Society, Erskine College
- Philomathean Literary Society, Erskine College
- Philodemic Society, Georgetown University
- The Phi Kappa Literary Society, University of Georgia
- The Demosthenian Literary Society, University of Georgia
- Union-Philanthropic Society, Hampden-Sydney College
- The Joint Senate of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- The Philomathean Society, The University of Pennsylvania
- The American Whig-Cliosophic Society, Princeton University
- Philoclean Society, Rutgers University
- The Franklin Debating Society, Randolph-Macon College
- Clariosophic Society, University of South Carolina
- Euphradian Society, University of South Carolina
- Alamo Society, Southwestern University
- San Jacinto Society, Southwestern University
- Alethean Society, Southwestern University
- Clio Society, Southwestern University
- The UArts Literary Society, University of the Arts
- Washington Society, University of Virginia
- The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, University of Virginia
- Philomathean Society, Wesleyan College
- Adelphian Society, Wesleyan College
- Excelsior Society, Wheaton College
- Aristonian Society, Wheaton College
- Beltionian Society, Wheaton College
- Flat Hat Club, William & Mary
- Winthrop Literary Society, Winthrop University
- Critonian Society, Yale University
- The Elizabethan Club, Yale University
- Brothers in Unity, Yale University
- Linonian Society, Yale University
- Calliopean Society, Yale University